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Welcome to the age of Napoleon.

I'm coming to you today with something a bit different.

First up, we've got a short interview, which I think you'll find interesting.

After the interview, we've got something from

fellow French history podcaster Will Clark of Gray History, so stay tuned. Anyway, without further ado,

let's dive in. Why don't you introduce yourself? Absolutely. So my name is David Seriro, and I am originally an opera singer and actor,

and I've been directing and producing theater plays and musicals and opera for nearly

20 years, 25 years almost now, and also directing and producing films.

And as I've been also big passionate of Napoleon, how can you not be passionate of Napoleon,

I would you say?

And I played Napoleon himself Bonaparte many times on stage.

I adapted several works for the stage.

I adapted the Kubrick screenplay as a theater play back in 2018,

but also recorded the French correspondence of Napoleon and Josephine and recorded all

his biggest war speeches.

And I wrote a play also called I-Napoleon, where Napoleon tells his story to the 2026

audience basically.

And that play was actually Grammy nominated because we did the recording

and the recording was nominated, working on the documentary, Napoleon and the Jews.

But also for the last, I should say, five years now,

I also created the Festival Napoleon Festival, but in French we said the festival

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