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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 opera house in Copenhagen. It´s design is very contraversial and is sometimes called "the gas station". It looks good in dark though!
This is the Springer Opera House in Columbus, Georgia. "The Springer Opera House is a historic theater at 103 Tenth Street in Downtown Columbus, Georgia. First opened February 21, 1871, the theater was named the State Theatre of Georgia by Governor Jimmy Carter for its 100th anniversary season, a designation made permanent by the 1992 state legislature. The Springer has hosted legendary performers such as Edwin Booth, Oscar Wilde, Ethel Barrymore, Agnes de Mille, and bandleader John Philip Sousa. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and named a National Historic Landmark in 1978 for its architecture and state of preservation." Wikipedia.
front of opera house, people left to right:
gentleman , lady, lady, gentleman, "phantom", the keeper, concessions girl, announcer, ticket man, performer.
A piece that will become part of an installation with Alexis Ortiz at The Artspace at Mt. Baker Artlofts in Seattle on August 11, 12pm-6pm.
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.
Acrobatic opera performances in Chengdu, Sichuan China. The guy "wielding" the huge flag would swing and whirl it while the other guy does somersaults and stuff over the flag!!
A pretty imposing building, it's very impressive inside too.
Crawley Camera Club members might remember Edwin's photo of this from the inside :-)
The building has 1,100 rooms in a total area of 38,500 m2 (414,000 sq ft). The main auditorium, seats 1,364. The angled exterior surfaces of the building are covered with Italian marble and white granite and make it appear to rise from the water. It is designed so that visitors can walk onto the roof. An amazing building!