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Performance of Offenbach's 'La belle Helene' by the orchestra, choir and ballet of the Kraków Opera. Kraków, Poland
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the Canada-United States border. Since its construction in 1901, it has become a symbol of the harmony between the two countries. The Haskell was a gift to the community given in memory of Carlos F. Haskell by his wife Martha and son Horace Haskell. It was designed by Boston architects James Ball, a Rock Island (Canada) native and his partner Gilbert Smith. The position of the border is depicted by a black line painted on the floor. It starts at the south-west tower and is visible through the center of the building. The library stacks, the Opera House stage and some seats are in Quebec (Canada). The rest of the seats and the main entrances are in Vermont (USA).
The structure rests on a granite block foundation. The cut granite blocks on the first story and the yellow brick on the second , bear the load of the building. The Opera House's hand-painted scenery, roll-up curtain and balcony level frescoes are the work of vermont born, Boston artist Erwin LaMoss. The Haskell has been classified as a historic site the the Quebec, Canadian and United States governments.
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Opera glasses, left by Ross of New Bond Street London, probably early 20th century, front right by Zingraff of Paris 1920s-1930s, and right rear marked E Knaus & Co, Wiesbaden (Germany) – these are mother-of-pearl and are packed in a draw-string leather bag which may be original.
On Saturday, Feb. 11th, I took part in an all day seminar through WMFT radio in Chicago with Henry Fogle about great opera singers of the 20th century. I had only meant to watch for an hour or so and then finish in the future. But, it was so interesting I just spent the whole day with it! Along the way, I did four sketches of singers that we heard perform on recordings and DVD's. The one of Lyntine Price was while watching a DVD of her singing, the other three were from still images shown on the screen. Great fun!
MSC Opera in the Byfjord right outside of Bergen.
Since the MSC Orchestra, MSC Poesia..... are called Panamax ships, I would the like to call the Opera, Lirica for Sotramax ships :D
The largest ships to pass the Sotra bridge
Con el objetivo de enriquecer y consolidar el trabajo de las instituciones y de la entidad dos sopranos ofrecen un curso de técnica vocal.
Copy of the Vienna Opera House.This portrait is very dear to me, as Konstantin Paustofski quotes this Odessa Highlight often in his Six Part Diary Cycle. It has been restored beyond the call of duty: the white is not ivory but it is the white that chips the glazing of your teeth. It is the white that the management of Walt Disney World selects copying such a building in Florida.
This type of weather (dry air, no clouds, bright sunlight, a lot of UV radiation in the air), allowed my Polarisation filter to out blue the sky above resulting into an over the top brilliant postcard wich is too perfect to be taken for granted.
My entry for the Opera photo contest. Displaying SnowyDay Design (blatant self promotion, heh) on a 128x128 screen.
Update: I won!!
Night photo of the Opera House in Sydney, Australia. Taken during a short visit there in the summer of 2018.
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