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On a workshop with a fellow photographer this was taken from the steps leading to the pedestrian access to the Sydney Harbour Bridge where one can stroll and get one of the best views of Sydney. A little rain had left the perfect opportunity to shoot one of those reflection images. You gotta take what you can get.!
You'd be a mug if you didn't 'ave a gander at this with
This building was completed in 1887, and cost 1.3 million rubles. It survived the German occupation of Odessa with only minor damage, and today hosts opera and ballet performances.
Grupo de teatro de Funcionarios de la UCSC.
Dirección: Leonardo Iturra.
Jueves 18 de diciembre, 2014.
Centro de Extensión UCSC.
Flight - Jonathan Dove - Opera Holland Park - 6th June 2015
Conductor - Brad Cohen
Director - Stephen Barlow
Designer - Andrew Riley
Lighting - Richard Howell
Refugee - James Laing
Controller - Jennifer France
Bill - Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Tina - Elli Laugharne
Older Woman - Lucy Schaufer
Stewardess - Kitty Whately
Steward - George von Bergen
Minskman - Nicholas Garrett
Minskwoman - Victoria Simmonds
Immigration Officer - John Savournin
Opera actors thanks to the spectators with a final bow after the “Koriolan“ opera premiere show at “KPI” Art and Culture Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
The Grand Opera House is a theatre in Belfast, Northern Ireland, designed by the most prolific theatre architect of the period, Frank Matcham. It opened on 23 December 1895.
According to the Theatres Trust the "magnificent auditorium is probably the best surviving example in the United Kingdom of the oriental style applied to theatre architecture".
In 1995 the running of the theatre was taken over by the Grand Opera House Trust. An extensive renovation was undertaken in 2006 with the notable addition of The Baby Grand performance space together with extended foyers, extended stage wings and artist accommodation and access for customers with disabilities. The theatre now also has a restaurant on the third floor called "The Hippodrome", on the ground floor a daytime bistro called "Luciano's" as well as space for corporate meetings and functions. The extension's striking, modern appearance caused a certain amount of controversy and mixed reviews as some felt that it was not in keeping with the original theatre however it improved facilities have been warmly received. The building is intended to host smaller musical, dramatic and comedy performances as well as a host of educational events. The theatre reopened with a Gala event on the 21 October 2006. The capacity is 1,063.
It was renamed the Palace of Varieties in 1904, although it reverted to its original name in 1909. Variety programmes dominated in the 1920s and 1930s and the theatre saw performances by Gracie Fields, Will Fyffe and Harry Lauder. It became a repertory theatre during World War II and at the celebrations to mark the end of the war, Eisenhower, Montgomery and Alanbrooke attended gala performances at the theatre. The Grand Opera House was acquired by the Rank Organisation, which led to its use as a cinema between 1949 and 1972, after which it was almost demolished, only to open again in 1980.
Despite The Troubles, the theatre was listed in the 1970s and has been restored extensively since. The building had been damaged by bombs on several occasions usually when the nearby Europa Hotel had been targeted. It was very badly damaged by bomb blasts in 1991 and 1993. The theatre continued to thrive, however, hosting musicals, plays, pantomimes and live music.
Contemporary Opera Premiere Explores Biological Warfare,
Mind Control, and Famous 1950's CIA Misdeed
Man: Biology of a Fall, a new full-length opera with music by Evan
Hause and a libretto by Gary Heidt, will have a four-performance
world premiere run on October 4, 5, 6 and 7 at Kumble Theater, the
new cutting-edge performance space of the Brooklyn Campus of Long
Island University (1 University Place, Brooklyn).
The opera, presented in chamber orchestra version and utilizing live
electronics, will feature a cast of 10 male singers, 2 female singers
and 2 actors. The opera stars Lyric Tenor Steven Ebel supported by a
large cast consisting of Darren Lougée, San-ky Kim, Mark Peters,
David A. Gordon, Mary Ellen Assue, Raemond Martin, Jeffrey
Mandelbaum, C. David Morrow, John Schenkel, Kamala Sankaram, actors
Christopher Burris, Miriam Tabb and Yuval Boim. It will be directed
by Jyana S. Gregory with lighting design by Matthew Richards,
costumes by Jessica Ford, and sets by Rumiko Ishii. Conducted by the
composer.
The opera deals with Frank Olson (1910-1953) who was one of the first
American scientists to study biological weapons, such as anthrax, for
the Army. He also witnessed violent interrogation techniques used on
ex-Nazi POWs in post-war Europe, some ending in death. He observed
first-hand accounts of fighter pilots returning from the Korean War
who reported the use of biological weapons on enemy soldiers. He was
ultimately drugged with LSD and subjected to interrogation himself
when he began having reservations about his work. Then he went out a
hotel window in New York City. Suicide or murder? – The opera is a
fictional account of the final mysterious days of his life.
This opera, Man: Biology of a Fall, is the third and final opera of
what composer and librettist call the "Defenestration Trilogy
(written between 2000 and 2007) of which two already-produced operas
are The Birth and Theft of Television concerning the suicide of F.M.
inventor Edwin Armstrong and Nightingale dealing with the last days
of James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense who went out a
hospital window under unknown circumstances. In reviewing the work,
Opera News called it “fresh and dramatic" and the Village Voice
called it "dramatic and haunting."
Performances: Thursday, October 4, 7:30 PM, Friday, October 5, 7:30
PM, Saturday, October 6, 7:30 PM, Sunday, October 7, 3:00 PM at
Kumble Theater (1 University Place, Brooklyn). Tickets $35 & $25; $15
Students and Seniors. Kumble Theater Box Office: (718) 488-1624 or
www.KumbleTheater.org. Directions: 2/3/4/5 trains to Nevins Street; B/
M/Q/R trains to DeKalb Avenue; A/C trains to Hoyt-Schermerhorn; G to
Fulton; LIRR to Flatbush Terminal.
Grupo de teatro de Funcionarios de la UCSC.
Dirección: Leonardo Iturra.
Jueves 18 de diciembre, 2014.
Centro de Extensión UCSC.
Entrance of the opera. Built between 1862 and 1875 by Charles Garnier, Opera Garnier is a baroque example of neoclassicism. Paris, France.
1 January 2020. The Opera House in Chesnut Road. Now student accommodation.
Part of the façade of the old building has been incorporated into the new building. Does it work as a pleasing addition to local buildings?
I'm surprised and pleased to say that I think it does.
A Night Club called Opera House
In the past, people thought I was joking when I said there was an opera house behind Tottenham Police Station.
It was the Opera House Nightclub; and Club Opera. Though later its name was changed to Industry.
The building was almost completely demolished, apart from the façade.
On 8 April 2013, Bruce Thain, a local journalist, reported on plans for this site. including comments from developer Stewart Wellington. He was granted planning permission by Haringey Council for a four storey block with 64 student rooms. The plans retained part of the original facade.
Plans for the new building were approved with 160 square metres of solar panels, a green living roof and secure cycle space.
In the 2013 news item, Bruce Thain mentioned that planning permission included agreement that the owner of the building, Steven Webster, would pay £150,000 towards affordable housing and pedestrian safety in the borough.
At the time Mr Wellington said he was negotiating with universities and colleges in North London to guarantee that all rooms in the building will be occupied by students.
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Some links about Façadism
Façadism is the term used for the practice of demolishing a building but leaving its facade intact to build a new structure behind or around it. This may be for historical reasons. Or to suggest - or pretend - that a modern building still retains some historical features,
§ Article 2 January, 2018, by "the Gentle Author" was far from gentle about this "Outrage".
"We must stand up to the creeping plague of facadism, an infection spreading across the developments of London". Adding that:
"future generations will laugh in horror and derision at the folly of facadism".
§ The Ethics of Facadism; Pragmatism versus Idealism. An article by Robert Bargery. Sympathetic and informative online article in 2005. (Robert Bargery was previously head of policy and research at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment.)
§ Online article: Facadism: When walls talk, and lie by Niall Patrick Walsh.
§ Article by David Leblanc in the Toronto Globe about buildings in that city. "Façadism isn’t a necessary evil; sometimes it’s just the right choice"
The iconic silhouette of Sydney Opera House has long been a challenge to recreate at any scale in bricks. My own reconstruction - at my signature 1:650 scale - was originally part of a commissioned skyline of Sydney Harbour developed for the CR Smith Museum in Dallas, in 2025. I spent the better part of a year refining that design to create my own, definitive addition of the landmark to add to my Brick Odyssey collection.
Several of the major challenges in designing this piece were:
• Strictly adhering to the dimensions and curving profiles of each iconic "shell" or "sail" featured in the Opera House, Concert Hall and Restaurant. The angles therein use numerous curved slopes and wedges which I had never previously used in a reconstruction up to this point.
• Clearly differentiating between the water of Sydney Harbour, the peninsula of Bennelong Point and the raised plinths on which the buildings are perched; all in an effort to capture these four tiers of the overall site.
• Furthermore, the added challenge of capturing key patterns throughout: including the chevron-pattern glazed tiles covering the shells and the scallop-pattern paving stones along the approach to the peninsula. The former were captured using various triangular and chamfered tiles; while the latter feature a novel technique in which 1x1 quarter circle tiles are reflected along rows, with the endcap tiles being necessarily cut in half to form clean edges.
And last, but not least, keep an eye out for Benny the Seal!
Sydney Opera House is one of several new works I recently had the chance to photograph, with the help and careful eye of James A. Vitullo Photography. 📷
For more on the development and engineering behind my reconstruction of the Sydney Opera House, check out the Design Insights post, exclusively on Patreon, at the link below ⤵️
www.patreon.com/posts/sydney-opera-148312623?utm_medium=c...
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The Israeli Opera
OPERA SCENES concert
With the Meitar Opera Studio
Sometimes you just get lucky. I headed into Sydney on this night with the intent to get a very specific shot. Having successfully achieved that goal I turned around to make my way back home and was presented with the opportunity to capture two fantastic scenes one of which was this one of the Sydney Opera House.
The downside to this was that it meant unpacking all my gear...clearly I haven't learnt my lesson about never packing up.