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Darth Vader in Paris,
Years ago I got up at 5 am to shoot the Opera Garnier in Paris with no one there. Lately, I got the idea what if Darth Vader landed there to do a little inspection for a John William concert at the opera:-)
He would not want to be noticed and come there early.
I saw the last star war Movie The Last Jedi. I love the new characters, but I was disappointed by Luke Skywalker lack of spirit, he was the one character in the Saga that was a true Jedi and I felt it didn't make sense for him to be so down. What did you think?
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I took this shot of the opera house in Sydney about a year ago.
Thought it would make a good candidate to play around with.
The balloons and reflection have been added in CS6.
I don't think there have ever been hot air balloons anywhere near this, it sure would look good.
Hope you enjoy and thanks for looking and all the comments, favourites on yesterdays project.
Norbert
I took this while attending Pella, IA Tulip Festival. It was settled by Dutch immigrants and this heritage is well represented throughout the town. According to Wikipedia there is even a Pella Dutch dialect.
The Pella Opera House was Pella’s first 4-story structure, located in the heart of downtown Pella. The current building is actually the second Opera House in town. According to an article written by Ray Koenigs in the 1986 Pella History Book, an earlier Opera House had been built in 1860. That building was destroyed in a fire in 1883, and three years passed before there was talk of building a replacement.
The building was designed by architect Stanley De Gooyer and was built and largely financed by Herman Rietveld, owner of the Pella Drain and Tile Company. The Pella Advertiser of November 8, 1900 says that, “Mr. Rietveld has done more for the building interests of Pella than any other man in our city.” A business man with many interests, he was involved in banking, newspaper publishing, various manufacturing businesses and farming.
On July 21, 1900, ground was broken and construction began.
Today, in the triangle at the top of the Opera House, one can read the words “Opera House Block.” Block in this case is a reference to a business area building rather than a city block. The building was 65 feet high, 120 feet long and 40 feet wide. A few days before its opening, the Pella Advertiser stated that “the ground floor will be devoted to offices, an implement room, a heating plant for the entire building as well as the box office and grand staircase leading to the second floor theater. The stage is 28 feet in depth with an opening 18′x20′ and fitted with the latest scenery from the finest studios in the US. There was also a balcony and above that on the 4th floor will be a large room with a Brussels carpet, fit for receptions and banquets. Hundreds of incandescent lights will illuminate the interior.”
The opening play on Saturday, November 16, 1900, at 12:30pm was “What Happened to Jones?” The critic who reviewed the performance praised the orchestra, but complained that the play itself was devoid of any real plot to give it an interest and consisted in the sandwiching of jokes both new and old between the flimsy makeshift of a plot.[Opera House website]
Frankfurt Opera House with a minute long exposure time ensured that anyone crossing if front of me would vanish as long as they kept moving. iPhone ReeXpose App used.
But apart from the cyclist looking on his phone for guidance the foreground was empty, which is what I wanted. A couple of ghosts standing on the steps on the left hand side, adds to the mystery.
Capture time: 00:01:00, aperture f/1.8, focal length 1.6mm, ISO 100, iPhone 13 Pro Max on a tripod. Processed in Lightroom Classic and Photoshop rel 24.
La Bohème / Puccini.L'avant-scène opéra , Neuchâtel. Switzerland.No.4689.
"L'avant-scène opéra a le plaisir de vous présenter le magnifique opéra de Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème.
Ce spectacle vous sera présenté les 11, 12 et 14 février à la grande salle du Théâtre du Passage de Neuchâtel.
Ne manquez pas cet événement réunissant des gens talentueux: Leana Durney, Gueorgui Faradjev, Maïté Renaud, Davide Autieri, Christophe Mironneau, Francesco Biamonte, Charles Brunner et Léonard Schneider mis en scène par Alexandre De Marco. Avec le choeur et l'orchestre de L'avant-scène opéra, dirigé par Yves Senn.
La scénographie est de Xavier Hool, les lumières de Pia Marmier et les costumes de Anna Bugnon."
"La Bohème est un opéra en quatre tableaux1 de Giacomo Puccini, sur un livret en italien de Giacosa et Illica, d’après le roman d’Henri Murger, Scènes de la vie de bohème, et son adaptation théâtrale La Vie de bohème. Composé entre 1892 et 1895, il fut créé le 1er février 1896 au Teatro Regio de Turin, sous la direction d'Arturo Toscanini.
L'œuvre ne doit pas être confondue avec l'opéra homonyme de Ruggero Leoncavallo, créé l'année suivante et qui est rarement représenté."
La bohème (French pronunciation: [la bɔ.ɛm], Italian: [la boˈɛm]) is an opera in four acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger. The world premiere performance of La bohème was in Turin on 1 February 1896 at the Teatro Regio, conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini; its U.S. premiere took place the next year, 1897, in Los Angeles. Since then, La bohème has become part of the standard Italian opera repertory and is one of the most frequently performed operas worldwide.
In 1946, fifty years after the opera's premiere, Toscanini conducted a performance of it on radio with the NBC Symphony Orchestra. This performance was eventually released on records and on Compact Disc. It is the only recording of a Puccini opera by its original conductor (see Recordings below).
La Bohème è un'opera in quattro quadri di Giacomo Puccini, su libretto di Giuseppe Giacosa e Luigi Illica.
Ispirato al romanzo di Henri Murger Scene della vita di Bohème, il libretto ebbe una gestazione abbastanza laboriosa, per la difficoltà di adattare le situazioni e i personaggi del testo originario ai rigidi schemi e all'intelaiatura di un'opera musicale. L'orchestrazione della partitura procedette invece speditamente e fu completata nel dicembre 1895.
Meno di due mesi dopo, il 1º febbraio 1896, La Bohème fu rappresentata per la prima volta al Teatro Regio di Torino, con Evan Gorga, Cesira Ferrani, Antonio Pini-Corsi e Michele Mazzara, diretta dal ventinovenne maestro Arturo Toscanini, con buon successo di pubblico, mentre la critica ufficiale, dimostratasi all'inizio piuttosto ostile, dovette presto allinearsi ai generali consensi.
L'opera ha la stessa fonte e lo stesso titolo dell'omonimo spettacolo di Ruggero Leoncavallo, con cui al tempo Puccini ingaggiò una sfida.
La Bohème [labɔˈɛm] ist eine Oper in vier Bildern, komponiert von Giacomo Puccini. Das Libretto wurde von Luigi Illica und Giuseppe Giacosa nach dem Roman Les scènes de la vie de bohème von Henri Murger verfasst. Die Uraufführung fand 1896 im Teatro Regio in Turin unter Arturo Toscanini statt. Trotz schlechter Kritiken nach der Uraufführung wurde La Bohème ein Welterfolg. Sie gehört zum Standard-Repertoire vieler Häuser und ist eine der weltweit am häufigsten aufgeführten Opern.[1] La Bohème steht dem Verismo nahe, es geht um Leben, Leiden und Lieben von gewöhnlichen Menschen. Sie ist die vierte der zwölf Opern Puccinis und gilt vielen als sein Meisterwerk."
Wikipedia.
"The Opera Singer"
As I pulled up to the parking lot, he was singing away, I manged a few shots before he spotted me and moved, but not too far.
Opera, Paris! I really love this place, the opera is very beautiful and it is a must see if you come to Paris! I went a bit dramatic on this one! I woke up pretty early to not have too many people in my frame. Do you guys wake up early to do Cityscape?
L'opéra de Vichy est un opéra situé à Vichy dans le département de l'Allier. Unique en France avec son architecture Art nouveau, il présente une décoration déclinée dans une harmonie d'or, d'ivoire et de jaune.