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There are #fireworks going off every night around 8pm behind the Sydney Opera House currently, as part of a Madama Butterfly opera being staged. Finally managed to capture them after getting the time wrong 3 or 4 times lol.
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"
Zenaida Yanowsky's farewell performance at the Royal Opera House, as Marguerite in Ashton's Marguerite and Armand (with Roberto Bolle), June 7th 2017
After the performance, was a flower throw, and previous dance partners, RB directors, choeographers, and friends, presented their own bouquets.
Opera (GöteborgsOperan), Kanaltorget, Göteborg, 13 października 2011 r.
Budynek wg projektu arch. Jana Isikowitza ukończono w 1994 r.
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The Gothenburg Opera House (GöteborgsOperan), Kanaltorget, Gothenburg, October 13, 2011
The building by arch. Jan Isikowitz was completed in 1994.
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
(Project 365 Day 64)
Nintendo released their Opera browser for Wii today. The "Trial Edition" aspect really shows, though. Yes, you can watch YouTube videos, but I've already managed to crash the Wii hard by logging into Gmail, going to another page, then hitting "back". Also, IMing in Gmail doesn't quite work because there's no "send" button, and there's no way to hit enter in the text field. (When you click the text field, you get a separate keyboard screen to type in, similar to what you might get on a cell phone. On this screen, you can type enter, but that just becomes a carriage return in the text.) Oh, and I tried to use Meebo, but the text entry screen kept disappearing immediately after appearing for no reason. So I've yet to manage to send an IM via my Wii. :( I can send emails, though!
P.S.: You can, however, turn the cursor by turning your Wiimote, as you can in the normal Wii menus. Now that's one thing you can't do on your computer! :D
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.
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23/11/2014 : Marseille 1er, place Ernest-Reyer : opéra municipal (Gaston Castel, Henri Ebrard, Georges Raymond arch., Antoine Sartorio sculpt., 1919-24)
Grupo de teatro de Funcionarios de la UCSC.
Dirección: Leonardo Iturra.
Jueves 18 de diciembre, 2014.
Centro de Extensión UCSC.
The Opéra Garnier is one of the Paris National Opera's two home venues in the city. It was built from 1861 to 1875 on a commission of Napoleon III, along with the Place de l'Opéra on which the building stands, at the intersection of Boulevard des Capucines and Avenue de l'Opéra. Inaugurated as "le Nouvel opéra de Paris" (the New Paris Opera), the venue became known as the "Palais Garnier" within the first decades of its existence, acknowleding the plans and designs of its architect Charles Garnier. The Paris National Opera now uses the Palais Garnier mainly for ballet. The Palais Garnier also houses the Bibliothèque-Musée de l'Opéra de Paris (Paris Opera Library-Museum), although the Library-Museum is no longer managed by the Opera and is part of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
La Ópera de Budapest, diseñada por el arquitecto húngaro Miklós Ybl, es uno de los edificios neo renacentistas más importantes de Hungría.
La construcción del edificio se llevó a cabo entre 1875 y 1884 y fue financiada por Francisco José I, emperador de Austria y rey de Bohemia, con la condición de que ésta no fuera más grande que la Ópera de Viena.Su capacidad es de 1.261 asientos.
Y, si alguien se ha leído hasta aquí, decir que hay una buena moza pasando frente a ella en la foto.
Curiosidad: Los cantantes de la ópera en Budapest retaron a Mahler a un duelo, ofendidos por sus críticas. Mahler declinó…
Large Mosaic of the Sydney Opera built by the visitors of the ExpoLorraine exhibition in Nancy (France). The picture makes 480 pixels times 224 pixels and the mosaic is built using 420 16x16 basplates fixed magnetically on a four panels stand.
The picture shows the status after the first day of the exhibition.
The Saigon Opera House (Vietnamese: Nhà hát lớn Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, French: Opėra de Saigon), an opera house in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, is an example of French Colonial architecture in Vietnam.
Built in 1897 by French architect Ferret Eugene as the Opėra de Saigon, the 800 seat building was used as the home of the Lower House assembly of South Vietnam after 1956. It was not until 1975 that it was again used as a theatre, and restored in 1995.
Entrance of the opera. Built between 1862 and 1875 by Charles Garnier, Opera Garnier is a baroque example of neoclassicism. Paris, France.
Hungarian State Opera House (Magyar Állami Operaház), Budapest. The auditorium is of modest size - seating just over 1,250 - but its great beauty and excellent acoustics make it one of the great opera houses of the world.
Budapest Opera House, Andrassy Ut.
November 2013
IR shot at the Sydney Opera House.
Nikon F4. AF Nikkor 24mm F2.8D lens. AGFA Rollei Infrared 400S 35mm B&W film. Hoya IR R72 filter.
"OPERA"
Candied Marcona Almonds, Manjari Chocolate Mousse,
Almond Ice Cream and "Whiskey Tonic"
Another outstanding dessert - I felt Per Se desserts were actually superior to the savory dishes.
Please enjoy the entire Per Se (Dinner) picture set and consider Overall Impression.
At the end of the 19th century, Lviv felt the need for a large city theatre. In 1895, the city announced an architectural competition for the best design, which attracted a large number of projects. An independent jury unhesitatingly chose the design by Zygmunt Gorgolewski, a graduate of the Berlin Building Academy and the Director of the Lwów higher art-industrial school.
The Lviv Opera was opened on October 4, 1900. It was originally called the City Theater (Teatr Miejski) and later the Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki) until it was renamed in 1939 by the Soviet occupiers for "The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet".
The building was erected in the classical tradition with using forms and details of Renaissance and Baroque architecture, also known as the Viennese neo-Renaissance style. The stucco mouldings and oil paintings on the walls and ceilings of the multi-tiered auditorium and foyer give it a richly festive appearance. The Opera's imposing facade is opulently decorated with numerous niches, Corinthian columns, pilasters, balustrades, cornices, statues, reliefs and stucco garlands. Standing in niches on either side of the main entrance are allegorical figures representing Comedy and Tragedy sculpted by Antoni Popiel and Tadeusz Baroncz; figures of muses embellish the top of the cornice.
The theatre, beautifully decorated inside and outside, became a centrefold of the achievements in sculpture and painting of Western Europe at the end of the 19th century. The internal decoration was prepared by some of the most renowned Polish artists of the time. Among them were Stanisław Wójcik (allegorical sculptures of Poetry, Music, Fame, Fortune, Comedy and Tragedy), Julian Markowski, Tadeusz Wiśniowiecki, Tadeusz Barącz, Piotr Wojtowicz (relief depicting the coat of arms of Lviv), Juliusz Bełtowski (bas-relief of Gorgolewski) and Antoni Popiel (sculptures of Muses decorating the façade). The main curtain was decorated by Henryk Siemiradzki.
A view of the Opera House from Circular Quay. The Opera Bar with the white umbrellas is also visible and probably one of my favourite bars in Sydney providing full views of the Harbour Bridge and North Sydney.
It is really hard to believe I've spent 23 years of my life in Sydney without appreciating its beauty until now. I think it is one of the most beautiful cities in the world but London still remains home for me, at least in the foreseeable future.
HDR, 9 exposures, using Photomatix Pro.