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Opera en el Ópera.
Jalé la cobija, me puse las chanclas, a dos pasos, el lavabo del baño me esperaba con el cepillo de dientes y el dentífrico en pasta, en lo que abría la llave del agua caliente me preparé café. Salí del baño y me rasuré los 3 pelos de la cara, después me daría cuenta de que no eran 3 sino 5.
the National Theater (Narodni Divadlo) in Prague
I love theaters (opera theater the most) and wanted to take a shot from this position since ever but I never had the chance to do so.
This time was different: our lady guide was very nice and, differently from other guided tour of theaters I visited before (where visitors were secluded in a lateral viewing position) we could sit right in the middle of the parterre seating area
I took the last seat, aimed up, and here it is...
enjoy
The Opéra de Nice is the principal opera venue in Nice, France, which houses the Ballet Nice Méditerrannée and the Nice Philharmonic Orchestra. It offers three types of performances: operas, ballets and classical music concerts
This shot is from my collection taken at the Vivid Festival in Sydney. www.vivid.com.au A great event that began last year and has been taken to another level this year!
Some call for this building to be a wonder of the world. I don't know if I agree but it sure is impressive.
What impresses me most is when you're close enough to touch it you realise it is covered in tiles no bigger than my hand!
For a BIGGER impact make sure you view LARGE on black!... it's well worth it!
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre on Bennelong Point in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who, in 2003, received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour. The citation stated:
“There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent.”
The Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007. As of 2009, it is the most recently constructed World Heritage Site to be designated as such, sharing this distinction with such ancient landmarks as Stonehenge and the Giza Necropolis. It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world.
A quote about opera from the Terry Pratchett book Maskerade. The quote is not exact to what's in the book, as I only listen to the book on tape and got this quote online and couldn't check it against the original text.
blogged: workthatneedle.blogspot.com/2011/07/apologies-for-absence...
Every opera house is haunted by ghosts: victims of exposure, murder, suicide, drowning, a broken heart, curses, martyrdom, an avalanche (1), and just plain bad luck. Kings, queens, clerics, artists, philosophers, peasants, gypsies, heroes, heroines -- none are spared.
Whilst shooting Australia day in the city I couldn't resist a detailed photo of the opera house sails. I hadn't shot the opera house before, but I had the shot in my head that I wanted to create from here and the light was just what I needed...
It has been a year and half since my wife and I took our last vacation! This time our moto was "go big or go home" and as the stars aligned for vacation times and work schedules we found ourselves shooting for a January vacation. We weighed the options and Australia, being their summer, seemed like a great choice. We planned, saved, and dreamed and months later, on a hot summer morning in January at 6am I found myself in front of the opera house in awe! I was realizing what seemed liked a totally crazy idea months before had really come true. I was in front of the opera house and it was beautiful!
The city was just starting to wakeup, and people were out for their daily runs and doing boxing workouts in the park! It was wonderful to see the city start to come alive! I tried so hard to take it all in. The smells, the sounds, and the feeling of the wind coming off the water. It was a moment I'll never forget!
How it was done:
Canon 5d mkII, 16-35mm II
35mm, F11, ISO 50, 196 sec (3min 15sec)
This photo was achieved use a Lee Big Stopper Filter, with a modified Coken Zpro Filter Holder. Only basic adjustments in Lightroom after import to achieve final look.
Today, May 1st 2019, on the beach, I met Daveda Karanas, the mezzo-soprano opera singer who plays the role of Liese in The Passenger.
It was so wonderful to talk about the opera with her and discuss this very difficult subject of The Holocaust.
We both agreed that although it is a very difficult issue, we have to keep talking and telling about the Holocaust.
Daveda said that she was shocked to find out that so very many young Americans know nothing about the Holocaust.
I wish I had my camera with me, but I hadn't just because I went swimming.
Daveda was on the beach with her 3 y/o daughter and we had such an interesting conversation.
The Passenger (Passazhirka)
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"The horrors of World War II, still raw today, were fresh in 1959 when Auschwitz survivor Zofia Posmysz wrote a play titled The Passenger from Cabin 45 for Polish radio. The play became the basis of the opera by Mieczys& Weinberg in 1967. The action of the drama takes us from the stylish gentility of a luxury liner's deck to the squalor of a death camp, where cruelty, despair, and unspeakable courage are evident in equal measure.
En route to a new post with her husband, a German diplomat, Lisa is unnerved by the sight of a woman--another passenger--who eerily resembles Marta, one of the inmates Lisa oversaw when she was a prison guard at Auschwitz. The opera moves back and forth in time, alternating the experience of her tortured present, as she struggles to explain her past to her horrified husband, with flashbacks of life at Auschwitz and her manipulative interactions with Marta.
Suppressed for more than 40 years, Weinberg's gripping opera has emerged anew, electrifying audiences."
And now at the Tel Aviv Opera.
“As Liese, the mezzo-soprano Daveda Karanas gave a richly textured performance, with a gleaming voice and first-class acting. She effectively communicated a person being overwhelmed by guilt, as her desperate rationalizations failed her (“I never beat anyone. They appreciated that.”). And somehow, despite her participation in terrible crimes, she came off as more appealing than her weaselly husband, whose horror at learning of her past evaporated when it appeared the secret was safe and would not impede his career.”
Grand escalier / The grand stairway. Charles Garnier long reflected on the design of the Grand Stairway for the new Opera. In the end, he drew inspiration from the Grand-Thétre in Bordeaux. The steps, which go from concave to convex, are made of white marble from Seravezza (Italy). They hug the curve of the onyx balustrade, the pedestal of which is in green marble from Sweden and the 128 balusters in antique red marble
The Opera Park reflects six themes: The English Garden, White Nordic Forest, Red North American Forest, Oak Forest, Cherry Grove and Tropical Greenhouse (The Growth House Restaurant or in Danish: Væksthuset Restaurant).
The Opera Park has been awarded the European Garden Award 2025 - marking the 10th award for the project! From a modest lawn to a lush park island in the heart of Copenhagen.
Architects: Cobe.
www.instagram.com/cobearchitects/
(cobe.dk/ - a new website is under construction)