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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.
The Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper) is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera (Wiener Hofoper); in 1920, it was renamed the Vienna State Opera. The members of the Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from its orchestra.
The building was the first major building on the Vienna Ringstraße commissioned by the controversial Viennese "city expansion fund". Work commenced on the building in 1861 and was completed in 1869, following plans drawn up by architects August Sicard von Sicardsburg and Eduard van der Nüll, who lived together in the 6. Bezirk. It was built in the Neo-Renaissance style.
The Ministry of the Interior had commissioned a number of reports into the availability of certain building materials, with the result that stones long not seen in Vienna were used, such as Wöllersdorfer Stein, for plinths and free-standing, simply-divided buttresses, the famously hard stone from Kaisersteinbruch, whose colour was more appropriate than that of Kelheimerstein, for more lushly decorated parts. The somewhat coarser-grained Kelheimerstein (also known as Solnhof Plattenstein) was intended as the main stone to be used in the building of the opera house, but the necessary quantity was not deliverable. Breitenbrunner stone was suggested as a substitute for the Kelheimer stone, and stone from Jois was used as a cheaper alternative to the Kaiserstein. The staircases were constructed from polished Kaiserstein, while most of the rest of the interior was decorated with varieties of marble.
The decision was made to use dimension stone for the exterior of the building. Due to the monumental demand for stone, stone from Sóskút, widely used in Budapest, was also used. Three Viennese masonry companies were employed to supply enough masonry labour: Eduard Hauser (still in existence today), Anton Wasserburger and Moritz Pranter. The foundation stone was laid on May 20, 1863.
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Lakmé - Léo Delibes - Opera Holland Park - 9th July 2015
Conductor - Matthew Waldren
Director - Aylin Bozok
Designer - Morgan Large
Lakmé - Fflur Wyn
Gérald - Robert Murray
Nilakantha - David Soar
Frédéric - Nicholas Lester
Mallika - Katie Bray
Ellen - Maud Millar
Rose - Fleur de Bray
Hadji - Andrew Dickinson
A Fortune Teller - Timothy Langston
A Chinese Merchant - Michael Bradley
Pickpocket/Bohemian - Joseph Kennedy
Dancer - Lucy Starkey
The Opera House is a landmark of the city as well as a relic of its colonial past. Built in 1912 by the French, it is no adorned with the smiling portrait of Ho Chi Minh.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiphong_Opera_House
Our time in Haiphong city was mostly limited to this evening, so we made the most of it with a nightime meander (not a great time for photography but better than nothing) Being the only Europeans around surprised and amused many of the locals in equal measure, which was rather nice! :-)
Turns out the first Opera cake was invented by Dalloyau and rest of the dessert shops followed. The one showing is not from Dalloyau... sorry
Opera House, Sydney, Australia. Photographed in 12 February 1983.
Digitised from a slide. The original slide, which is of higher quality, is held.
Blackpool Opera House. The auditorium on three levels seats 2,920 in a wide sweep. The circle alone (seen here) seats 763.
Blackpool, Lancashire, England - Opera House Blackpool, Church Street, Winter Gardens.
November 2012, image reworked 2021
The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper ballet. The building is located near the Elbe River in the historic centre of Dresden, Germany.
Manchester Opera House on Quay Street, opened in 1912 and used as a bingo hall 1979-1984, now returned as a live theatre.
October 2009
Press-show of opera “Koriolan“ in terms of Vlad Troitsky project "New Music" at “KPI” Art and Culture Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
Press-show of opera “Koriolan“ in terms of Vlad Troitsky project "New Music" at “KPI” Art and Culture Centre, Kyiv, Ukraine
Interesting-looking streetlights outside Opéra Garnier.
I am here not only to window-shop Galeries Lafayette, but also locate the stop for Roissybus, the Paris city bus service (run by municipal mass transit agency, RATP) that runs nonstop to De Gaulle Airport; that is my chosen method for going to the airport next day to fly home, rather than the pickpocket-infested RER commuter trains or the expensive Air France coaches.
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The new opera building in Oslo, as seen from a boat. By 2015 this desolate area will hopefully be a whole new neighbourhood...
Excavation on Bow Street as part of Open Up, the Royal Opera House's project to improve its public spaces. Find out more at www.roh.org.uk/about/open-up