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Lyon Opera House, France
Completely rebuilt in 1993 within the exterior facade of the 18th century historic building
Architect : Jean Nouvel
1300 seats
View of the pit from a side balcony seat.
Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress
Taken downtown SF.
This particular Opera Singer performs in an alleyway at Post and Maiden Lane. Seems the big building has very good acoustic quality that projects his voice very nicely throughout the alley.
The city fell asleep and dreams of opera.
The tears of Verdi, the art of Mozart, the laughs of Rossini.
Sounds, voices, lives, images, costumes, lights so far from everyday reality.
La ville s'est assoupie et rêve d'opéra.
Les larmes de Verdi, l'art de Mozart, les rires de Rossini.
Et ces sons, voix, vies, images, costumes si éloignées de la réalité du quotidien.
The opera house reflecting on a car, Bratislava.
(Reflets de l'opéra sur une voiture, Bratislava)
Crankshaft design for this engine became the subject of a special study. The crank is made of precision-cast alloy iron and runs in five main bearings. About 70% of the total unbalanced couple is balanced by counterweights on the crankpin webs, and the remaining 30% is balanced by two external counterweights—one mounted in front of the timing sprocket and the other integrally with the flywheel. In most previous passenger car applications of this engine, the fourth harmonic unbalance occurs beyond the normal speed range. But on the high-performance 289 the fourth harmonic comes within its 7000-rpm range, so the vibration damper developed for the Indianapolis engine, with enlarged rubber contact areas and tuned for higher crankshaft speeds, was adapted. The high-performance 289 also has the cross-bolted crankcase from the Indy engine, plus -a number of special design features such as high-tensile strength connecting rods, copper-lead alloy bearing shells, chrome-plated valve stems, mechanical valve lifters, and a high-lift, high-overlap camshaft. The cylinder heads give a compression ratio of 10.5-to-one, and the air intake system consists of a low-restriction air cleaner, an opera-throat four-barrel carburetor, and direct manifold passages. The exhaust system boasts individual headers merging into twin tail pipes. Power output is an impressive 271 bhp at 6000 rpm with a maximum torque of 312 lbs-ft at 3400 rpm. Naturally this unit can be tuned still further for racing purposes by such patent medicines as Dr. Shelby's Cobra Elixir (or imitations available from your local Performance Drugstore). Over 300 bhp may be reached without impairing engine reliability. Specific output of the hottest production model Mustang engine is 0.95 bhp per cu in, as against 0.73 for the standard 289-cubic-inch power unit.
In the Mustang, the 289 in stock form gives bushy-tailed performance and encourages enterprising driving methods, greatly aided by the precise gate and well-chosen ratios and excellent synchromesh of the four‑speed transmission. American manufacturers, be it GM, Ford or Chrysler, are really spoiling us with their faultless synchro systems, and the bad examples from abroad are becoming harder and harder to endure.
For some obscure reason, the 260-cu in V-8 can only be supplied with the 3-speed all-synchro transmission (or the 3-speed automatic). The 289 comes with either the 4-speed manual or the 3-speed automatic and the all-synchro four-speed gearbox is mandatory with the high-performance V-8.
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.
Royal Opera House Youth Opera Company performed their first production in the Linbury Studio Theatre.
Photograph: John Snelling
Performance of Offenbach's 'La belle Helene' by the orchestra, choir and ballet of the Kraków Opera. Kraków, Poland
Performed by Nam Hwa Opera an excerpt from Justic Bao'sUnexpected Encounter at the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre
Taken with Nikon D7000. 3 exposures in photomatix. Toned in Photoshop and played with perspective and distortion.