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Champagne, cheese, french bread, just a corner of the table, a moment from our posh picnic with friends at Glyndebourne Opera house. Under cover on the upper circle on a wet, misty afternoon, with the brickwork and rooftop of the original country house in the background. Yes, it's that time of year again, already, for an October Glyndebourne weekend.
Actually it has to be called 'sparkling wine', as it's English, from the vineyards at Tenterden, Kent. But the cheese was French :)
The tour of this amazing building was a highlight of our short time in Vienna, Austria. The Vienna State Opera House was built between 1861 and 1869. It was damaged by bombing in WWII but was restored to its former glory after the war. The main auditorium seats 1,709. The many other rooms in the building are all beautiful. This is the fresco on the ceiling in the entry hall titled "The Recognition" by the Viennese painter Franz Dobyaschofsky
Chinese opera (Chinese: 戏曲/戲曲; Pinyin: xìqǔ) is a popular form of drama and musical theatre in China with roots going back as far as the third century CE. There are numerous regional branches of Chinese opera, of which the Beijing opera (Jingju) is one of the most notable.
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The Zürich Opera House has been the home of the Zürich Opera since 1891, and also houses the Bernhard-Theater Zürich and the Zürich Ballet.
Built to replace the Aktientheater which burnt down in 1890, it was originally known the Stadttheater Zürich, a description that appears on the building’s lintel. It was built by the Viennese architects Fellner and Helmer, who changed their previous design for a theatre in Wiesbaden only slightly. It was built in only 16 months and was opened in 1891, and was the first opera house in Europe to have electrical lighting.
It was the city's main performance space for drama, opera, and musical events until 1925, when it was renamed Opernhaus Zürich and a separate theatre for plays was built
By the 1970s, the opera house was badly in need of major renovations; when some considered it not worth restoring, a new theatre was proposed for the site. However, between 1982 and 1984, rebuilding took place but not without huge local opposition. In response to the combination of high subsidies for opera and the lack of cultural programs for youth, large protests were held in May 1980. The protests became known as the Opernhauskrawalle youth protests or in the local dialect “Züri brännt”, which means “Zurich is burning”, as documented in the 1981 Swiss documentary film of the same name.
The rebuilt theatre was inaugurated with Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and the world première of Rudolf Kelterborn’s Chekhov opera Der Kirschgarten.
As restored, the theatre is an ornate building with a neo-classical façade of white and grey stone adorned with busts of Weber, Wagner, and Mozart. Additionally, busts of Schiller, Shakespeare, and Goethe are to be found.
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Her Majesty's, Haymarket, London Grade 2* listed theatre, designed by C J Phipps and Romaine Walker on the site of an older theatre and opened 1897. Now part of Lloyd Webber Theatres (formerly Really Useful Group), and long-time home to Phantom of the Opera.
City of Westminster, West End, London, England - Her Majestys Theatre Haymarket
March 2023
Local opera and movie house located in McConnelsville. Aptly named for McConnelsville and Malta, Ohio, that the opera house serves. A good write up of its history can be found at this link:
Boom Crash Opera
I always name my images after songs, but this time I've made a slight change. There was a well know band here in Oz during the 80s and early 90s called Boom Crash Opera. I just couldn't resist naming this Long Exposure shot after them. I waited and waited looking through the viewfinder until the rear of the Queen Mary looked like it was just about came in contact with the front sail of the Opera House. I think I timed it pretty well, and this is the final image, processed in B&W with just a hint of colour. Hope you like it...Mike
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View of an opera house. A sign visible on the building reads "The Cash Mercantile
Co."
Digital Collection:
North Carolina Postcards
Publisher:
Medlin & Austin
Location:
Monroe (N.C.); Union County (N.C.);
Collection in Repository
Durwood Barbour Collection of North Carolina Postcards (P077); collection guide available
online at www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/pcoll/77barbour/77barbour.html
Standing on the roof (public terrace) of the Harbin Opera House that's under construction.
MAD architects
De estilo neobarroco, la Ópera Garnier, también llamado Ópera de París o Palacio Garnier, fue construido por el arquitecto Charles Garnier a petición de Napoleón III. Desde que se inauguró en 1874 fue oficialmente la Academia Nacional de Música. En 1989 la Compañía de la Ópera fue trasladada hasta el recientemente construido Teatro de la Bastilla, que recibió ese nombre por estar erigido en el lugar donde antaño se alzaba la Bastilla. A pesar de este cambio el Palacio Garnier sigue siendo conocido cómo la Ópera de París y continúa siendo una referencia para los amantes de este género.
Como curiosidad os diré que los hechos acontecidos en la obra de Gastón Leroux, El Fantasma de la Ópera, transcurren en este edificio.
For Part 3 of Rise and Shine we have some Black's leather operas on show. Go and check out Sue rocking her pair here www.flickr.com/photos/mz250supa5/53525393667/