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A tribute to Paris and the french spirit In the span of a « Soirée fantastique », Laurent Beretta revives the prestige and inventiveness of Robert-Houdin’s Paris, the most famous magician of the 19th century. From refinement to the extraordinary, he embodies the spirit and elegance of France. Robert-Houdin’s Soirées fantastiques played to full houses […]

The secrets of posterity « In the Galerie de Valois, in the Palais-Royal, there is a sorcerer… A real sorcerer, a real enchanter, guaranteed, who performs miracles visible to the naked eye. » Le Charivari, July 10, 1845. When Robert-Houdin exhaled his last breath on June 13, 1871, all the clocks in his house started

Giving new life to the french cultural and magical heritage For the first time in more than a century, Laurent Beretta revives the magical & cultural heritage of France, with his show “Les Soirées Fantastiques”. A tribute show in the birthplace of Robert Houdin. 150 years after Robert Houdin’s death, Laurent Beretta, renowned French illusionist and

Robert-Houdin was a prolific clockmaker, entrepreneur and scientist Settled in Paris in 1830, Robert-Houdin became known for the ingenious manufacture of several automatons and machines of his invention. Throughout his life, he collected awards, patents and medals at exhibitions: 1st class bronze, silver and gold medals at the 1839, 1844, 1855 and 1859 exhibitions. Robert-Houdin‘s