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The Saigon Opera House (or Ho Chi Minh Municipal Theater) is a landmark of Saigon (HCM City). Built at the turn of the century (20th!) by the French to host Opera shows, it was later transformed into the South Vietnam's Assembly House and then became unused following the re-unification.
In the basement is, of all things, the Q-Bar Saigon. After the American owner was banned from returning to Vietnam, he opened another one in Bangkok.
This one is more minimalist, and more interesting than the venue in Bangkok...unfortunately, the Bangkok version seems to specialize in drunk, ass-pinching, 3-day-beard, Moby-bald Euro-trash clientele. Oh well, I noticed after many visits that there are many girls that seem to like that....
I am confused by the recent trend of calling this city "Saigon" by the Vietnamese people (at least the people in Hanoi). There seems to be a desire to return to the classical name of the city...perhaps someone from Flickr can clarify this for me...
While we are visiting HCM City, it may be interesting to note the number of bars named after the movie "Apocalypse Now!". IN HCM there is a "Apocalypse Now!" bar and in Phnom Penh one can visit "Heart of Darkness" (the working title of the movie)... life imitating art.
There is an Opera House in Hanoi as well...next to the Hilton, which is called the "Hilton Opera", not the "Hanoi Hilton".
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)
Opera House It was a nice way to start the Australian Day. For this photo I’ve used a big Stopper filter, allowing the sky to rush by the Opera House. via 500px bit.ly/1iCy00y
I was surprised how the verdigris on the bronze ribs under the shells of the Opera House had turned a very bright green.
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 :)
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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Tijdens een zogenaamde visarun naar het Thais consulaat in Laos,werd ik backstage uitgenodigd door de chef de la troupe.
Amargosa Opera House Death Valley Junction, California. www.amargosa-opera-house.com/index.htm . If you ever go to Death Valley, be sure to stop by and check out this amazing theater in the desert.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amargosa_Opera_House_and_Hotel. Death Valley Junction is the actual name of this tiny community where the opera house is located. For me, this place has always been an otherworldly landmark for the entrance to Death Valley National Park. The first time I passed by here I was a little astounded because you drive miles and miles and see nothing but sand and brush punctuated by beer bottles and plastic bags. Then, you come around a corner and signs of civilization like more trash and rusty, equipment and one more corner and there is an “opera house”. Make a left just beyond the opera house (NE) and in about 10 miles you at Furnace Creek.
The Palais Garnier is an elegant 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera by the architect Charles Garnier. It was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when a new 2,700-seat house, the Opéra Bastille, with elaborate facilities for set and production changes, opened at the Place de la Bastille. The Paris Opera now mainly uses the Palais Garnier for ballet.
The Palais Garnier is probably the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris like Notre Dame cathedral, the Louvre, or the Sacré Coeur basilica. This is at least partly due to its use as the setting for Gaston Leroux's 1911 novel The Phantom of the Opera and the novel's subsequent adaptations in films and Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular 1986 musical. Another contributing factor is that among the buildings constructed in Paris during the Second Empire, besides being the most expensive, it has been described as the only one that is unquestionably a masterpiece of the first rank." (Wikipedia)