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An attractive Ironstone village just north of Banbury, Oxfordshire. The church of St John the Baptist has a three stage Perpendicular tower and externally all architectural features are either Perpendicular or Decorated. When you enter the church the north arcade proves to be C12, except the west bay which was added in the C14. The south arcade has octagonal piers and was added in the Decorated period. A blocked C14 arcade in the chancel wall once led to a north chapel. To the south of the chancel is an ogee-headed Decorated piscina and a fragment of a reredos decorated with birds and flowers. An attractive Norman font with blind-arcading beneath cable-moulding and the south aisle has part of a painted C15 screen. Perhaps the most important features of the church are the late C14 wall paintings, a Doom over the chancel arch, on the north side of the chancel arch a Pieta and on the south St George and the dragon, the guide book suggests it is a depiction of the Black Prince and suggests the Doom might be C12 or C13 in origin. There are other C14 fragments in the south aisle and in the north Prince of Wales feathers and C17 texts. A south window has the
fragments of medieval glass including a C14 shield of Verdon. There are two brasses in the south aisle Thomas Sharman died 1586 and his son.
A class 45 and class 25 stabled at Bedford on 22nd September 1984, viewed from a passing class 317. Rather blurred scan from a transparency.
The Vienna State Opera is one of the most famous opera houses in the world and is located in Vienna's 1st district , Innere Stadt . It opened on May 25, 1869 with Don Juan by Mozart . The members of the State Opera Orchestra include: the Vienna Philharmonic . The Vienna State Opera Choir performs externally as the Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Choir .
Vienna Court Theater and Court Opera
Carl Wenzel Zajicek : The Kärntnertortheater in Vienna , painted around 1900 (long after it was demolished)
As a cultural institution, the Vienna State Opera is the successor to the Vienna Court Opera, which was founded and supported by the Habsburgs . In addition, the Vienna State Opera Orchestra continues the tradition of the Vienna Court Music Orchestra, which has existed since 1498 . The Court Opera was already a leading European institution and experienced many premieres, which were mainly provided by composer Antonio Draghi and librettist Nicolò Minato at the end of the 17th century . Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705) was himself a passionate musician and, with 230 of his own works, also a talented composer. For the first time , he appointed a non-Italian, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, as imperial court music director . During this time, performances took place in the Redoutensaal of the Hofburg. The large court theater there was renovated by Francesco Galli da Bibiena until 1699 and reopened on January 28, 1700 with Draghi's opera Alceste (text: Donato Cupeda ), which also celebrated the birth of the Archduchess Maria Josepha .
One of the highlights of Vienna's baroque opera history was the premiere of the tragic comedy Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena by Francesco Bartolomeo Conti on February 6, 1719. Between 1706 and 1732, Conti premiered countless works in the Neapolitan style in Vienna. From 1716 until his death in 1732, the opera composer Antonio Caldara also worked in Vienna, where he performed more than 80 operas. In 1730, the poet Metastasio also arrived in Vienna, where in the following years he wrote numerous libretti , which were set to music by various composers throughout Europe.
Playbill for the premiere of the Abduction from the Seraglio by the “Kaiserl. Royal National Court Actor” on July 16, 1782
Playbill from the premiere of Beethoven's Fidelio on May 24, 1814 in the Theater am Kärntnertor
In the 18th century, two forerunner buildings of the later court and state opera existed: In 1709, the Theater am Kärntnertor - in the immediate vicinity of today's opera house - was completed and operated under imperial privilege until 1752 . After a theater fire , the new building was inaugurated in 1761 as the “Imperial and Royal Court Theater in Vienna”. The first house was probably the Alte Burgtheater on Michaelerplatz, which opened in 1748 and which at that time also hosted drama and opera performances and where, among other things, Works by Christoph Willibald Gluck (including Orfeo ed Euridice , 1762), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven celebrated their premieres . Joseph Karl Selliers , the then tenant of the Kärntnertor Theater, was commissioned to convert the old ballroom into a “theater next to the castle” .
A great supporter of the court opera was Emperor Joseph II (r. 1764–1790). For his wedding on January 24, 1765, Gluck composed the opera Il Parnaso confuso , which was performed with the musical participation of his siblings. In 1776 he declared the house next to the castle to be the “German National Theater”. As later sole ruler, he gave Mozart, with whom he was a personal friend, several commissions to compose operas, including the German Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio (1782) and the Italian opera Così fan tutte (1790). With Le nozze di Figaro, the enlightened absolutist also approved a work that dealt with noble prerogatives and feudal arbitrariness.
Since the 1810s, the court opera performances have taken place almost exclusively in the k. k. Court Theater at the Kärntnertor, including the premieres of Carl Maria von Weber's Euryanthe (1823), Gaetano Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix (1842) and Maria di Rohan (1843), Otto Nicolai's Homecoming of the Exiled (1844), Friedrich von Flotow's Martha (1847) and Jacques Offenbach's The Rhine Mermaids (1864). Also in 1864, Richard Wagner finally failed to premiere Tristan und Isolde at the Court Opera. A performance of his Tannhäuser (1875) resulted in the third version of the final work.
Vienna Court Theater and Court Opera
Carl Wenzel Zajicek : The Kärntnertortheater in Vienna , painted around 1900 (long after it was demolished)
As a cultural institution, the Vienna State Opera is the successor to the Vienna Court Opera, which was founded and supported by the Habsburgs . In addition, the Vienna State Opera Orchestra continues the tradition of the Vienna Court Music Orchestra, which has existed since 1498 . The Court Opera was already a leading European institution and experienced many premieres, which were mainly provided by composer Antonio Draghi and librettist Nicolò Minato at the end of the 17th century . Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705) was himself a passionate musician and, with 230 of his own works, also a talented composer. For the first time , he appointed a non-Italian, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, as imperial court music director . During this time, performances took place in the Redoutensaal of the Hofburg. The large court theater there was renovated by Francesco Galli da Bibiena until 1699 and reopened on January 28, 1700 with Draghi's opera Alceste (text: Donato Cupeda ), which also celebrated the birth of the Archduchess Maria Josepha
One of the highlights of Vienna's baroque opera history was the premiere of the tragic comedy Don Chisciotte in Sierra Morena by Francesco Bartolomeo Conti on February 6, 1719. Between 1706 and 1732, Conti premiered countless works in the Neapolitan style in Vienna. From 1716 until his death in 1732, the opera composer Antonio Caldara also worked in Vienna, where he performed more than 80 operas. In 1730, the poet Metastasio also arrived in Vienna, where in the following years he wrote numerous libretti , which were set to music by various composers throughout Europe.
Playbill for the premiere of the Abduction from the Seraglio by the “Kaiserl. Royal National Court Actor” on July 16, 1782
Playbill from the premiere of Beethoven's Fidelio on May 24, 1814 in the Theater am Kärntnertor
In the 18th century, two forerunner buildings of the later court and state opera existed: In 1709, the Theater am Kärntnertor - in the immediate vicinity of today's opera house - was completed and operated under imperial privilege until 1752 . After a theater fire , the new building was inaugurated in 1761 as the “Imperial and Royal Court Theater in Vienna”. The first house was probably the Alte Burgtheater on Michaelerplatz, which opened in 1748 and which at that time also hosted drama and opera performances and where, among other things, Works by Christoph Willibald Gluck (including Orfeo ed Euridice , 1762), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven celebrated their premieres . Joseph Karl Selliers , the then tenant of the Kärntnertor Theater, was commissioned to convert the old ballroom into a “theater next to the castle” .
A great supporter of the court opera was Emperor Joseph II (r. 1764–1790). For his wedding on January 24, 1765, Gluck composed the opera Il Parnaso confuso , which was performed with the musical participation of his siblings. In 1776 he declared the house next to the castle to be the “German National Theater”. As later sole ruler, he gave Mozart, with whom he was a personal friend, several commissions to compose operas, including the German Singspiel Die Entführung aus dem Seraglio (1782) and the Italian opera Così fan tutte (1790). With Le nozze di Figaro, the enlightened absolutist also approved a work that dealt with noble prerogatives and feudal arbitrariness.
Since the 1810s, the court opera performances have taken place almost exclusively in the k. k. Court Theater at the Kärntnertor, including the premieres of Carl Maria von Weber's Euryanthe (1823), Gaetano Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix (1842) and Maria di Rohan (1843), Otto Nicolai's Homecoming of the Exiled (1844), Friedrich von Flotow's Martha (1847) and Jacques Offenbach's The Rhine Mermaids (1864). Also in 1864, Richard Wagner finally failed to premiere Tristan und Isolde at the Court Opera. A performance of his Tannhäuser (1875) resulted in the third version of the final work.
St Michael, Roxwell, Essex
Externally rather a stark church, set in the old village centre not far from the Bishops Stortford road. A sign on the door says 'Welcome! Please come in!'
A slightly quirky interior, the star of which is a fine window by Lawrence Lee, best known for the main windows at Coventry Cathedral. There is an art nouveau poor box, and some grandiloquent memorials.
window frames hang on outside of building, allowing for a seamless visual linkage between interior and exterior
An attractive Ironstone village just north of Banbury, Oxfordshire. The church of St John the Baptist has a three stage Perpendicular tower and externally all architectural features are either Perpendicular or Decorated. When you enter the church the north arcade proves to be C12, except the west bay which was added in the C14. The south arcade has octagonal piers and was added in the Decorated period. A blocked C14 arcade in the chancel wall once led to a north chapel. To the south of the chancel is an ogee-headed Decorated piscina and a fragment of a reredos decorated with birds and flowers. An attractive Norman font with blind-arcading beneath cable-moulding and the south aisle has part of a painted C15 screen. Perhaps the most important features of the church are the late C14 wall paintings, a Doom over the chancel arch, on the north side of the chancel arch a Pieta and on the south St George and the dragon, the guide book suggests it is a depiction of the Black Prince and suggests the Doom might be C12 or C13 in origin. There are other C14 fragments in the south aisle and in the north Prince of Wales feathers and C17 texts. A south window has the
fragments of medieval glass including a C14 shield of Verdon. There are two brasses in the south aisle Thomas Sharman died 1586 and his son.