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The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist modern design, with a series of large precast concrete 'shells', each taken from a hemisphere of the same radius, forming the roofs of the structure. The Opera House covers 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) of land. It is 183 metres (605 feet) long and about 120 metres (388 feet) wide at its widest point. It is supported on 580 concrete piers sunk up to 25 metres below sea level. Its power supply is equivalent for a town of 25,000 people. The power is distributed by 645 kilometres of electrical cable.
The roofs of the House are covered with 1.056 million glossy white and matte cream Swedish-made tiles, though from a distance the tiles look only white. Despite their self-cleaning nature, they are still subject to periodic maintenance and replacement.
The Concert Hall and Opera Theatre are each contained in the two largest groups of shells, and the other theatres are located on the sides of the shell groupings. The form of the shells is chosen to reflect the internal height requirements, rising from the low entrance spaces, over the seating areas and up to the high stage towers. A much smaller group of shells set to one side of the Monumental steps and houses the Bennelong Restaurant.
Although the roof structures of the Sydney Opera House are commonly referred to as shells (as they are in this article), they are in fact not shells in a strictly structural sense, but are instead precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs. The building's interior is composed of pink granite quarried in Tarana and wood and brush box plywood supplied from northern New South Wales.
Performance of Offenbach's 'La belle Helene' by the orchestra, choir and ballet of the Kraków Opera. Kraków, Poland
The Opera House during Vivid Sydney 2010. Nikon D50, exposure times varied between 1 sec up to around 3 sec at approx f/8-12. I took multiple photographs of the Opera house's many looks during Vivid Sydney 2010.
DANISH architect Joern Utzon who designed the Sydney Opera House, died in his sleep yesterday, aged 90. He never got to see his famous creation that was built on Sydney Harbour. It will however, continue to be one of Australia's most photographed architectural landmarks.
Chris Mirto, assistant professor of opera theater, and guest artists work with conservatory students on a newly commissioned opera, as it is being written. The performance will be staged during Winter Term 2023, followed by an off-campus presentation.
Photo by Jonathan Clark '25
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Stanstead, Quebec / Derby Line, Vermont.
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.
The Telok Blangah Senior Citizens Centre, the Cantonese Opera interest group performed at the Telok Blangah Community Club hall.
Photo : © Olivier Wavre (mention obligatoire)
Opéra de Leos Janacek.
Théâtre du Crochetan - Monthey.
Hemu - Conservatoire de Lausanne.
Traduction française et adaptation Gary Magby
Assistante à la traduction
Anita Jirovskà
Direction artistique Gary Magby
Direction musicale Ivan Törzs
Mise en scène Cédric Dorier
Chorégraphie Yannis François
Scénographie Adrien Moretti
Lumières Christophe Forey
Costumes Séverine Besson
Peinture Béatrice Lipp
Maquillage Katrine Zingg
Accessoiriste Emilie Triolo
Assistanat à la mise en scène
Anne Ottiger
Assistanat à la direction musicale Jonathan Linnarsson
Cheffe de chœur
Stephanie Burkhard
Accompagnatrice Layla Ramezan
Habilleuses
Coralie Chauvin, Claudine Quentin
Solistes
Michel Anner
Gabriella Cavasino
Emma Cherouana
Gabriel Courvoisier
Juliette De Banes Gardonne
Sandrine Droin
André Gass
Pierre Héritier
Stéphanie Mahue
Sarah Matousek
Céline Mellon
Lucie Niquet-Rioux
Rémi Ortega
"Seen the H. & H. Minstrels here Tue. evening. Very fine." Postmarked September 27, 190? Built ca. 1886 , ground floor seating, 650 seating capacity by 1907.
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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We went to see Turandot at Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre.
I love Mozart operas, but I have to say I'm less of a fan of this era of music.
However, they say you should try anything once except incest and Morris Dancing, so we went, and I really enjoyed it.
Do google the story of Turandot, it is horrific!
Puccini was a misogynist, and this tale of a foul spoilt bitch and the selfish b.....d who finally wins her really appealed to him. I've never seen so many severed heads paraded in one evening!
It was beautifully presented, and apart from a moments crisis when the super-titles were briefly hung too high for us to read in the balcony, a good time was had by all!
The Pavilion theatre is a listed building so there is no air conditioning apart from opening windows in the interval! luckily there was a decent breeze.
This is the opera that has the tenor aria 'Nessum dorma' in it. Always fouled in my mind because of its associations with Pavarotti/football/mindless violence/litter.....weird and amazing what the mind does!
Still, at least I at last know why 'none shall sleep'!
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