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A Ópera Garnier ou Palais Garnier é uma casa de ópera localizada no IX arrondissement de Paris, França. O edifício é considerado uma das obras-primas da arquitetura de seu tempo.
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Sichuanese opera (Chinese: 川劇 is a type of Chinese opera originating in China's Sichuan province around 1700.Today's Sichuan opera is a relatively recent synthesis of 5 historic melodic styles. Regionally Chengdu remains to be the main home of Sichuanese opera.
Overall the art form is well known for its singing, which is less constrained than that of the more popular Beijing opera form. Sichuan opera is more like a play than other forms of Chinese opera, and the acting is highly polished. The music accompanying Sichuanese opera utilizes a small gong and an instrument called a Muqin, which is similar to the Erhu.
The traditional formula is quite systematic with a combination of stunts like face-changing, tihuiyan, sword-hiding, fire-spitting and beard-changing with the plot and different characters.
Depending on the style, face paint is also limited compared to other related forms. Jing characters do not appear, and the only painted face characters are those with a small white patch in the middle of the face, which indicates a slightly evil character.The face paint colors are traditionally limited to black, red, white and grey.
"Lighting The Sails", an art installation by Brian Eno: various changing designs are projected onto the famous silhouette of the Sydney Opera House. It is a feature of the "Luminous" festival, itself part of the current "Vivid" festival in central Sydney.
Boom Crash Opera
I always name my images after songs, but this time I've made a slight change. There was a well know band here in Oz during the 80s and early 90s called Boom Crash Opera. I just couldn't resist naming this Long Exposure shot after them. I waited and waited looking through the viewfinder until the rear of the Queen Mary looked like it was just about came in contact with the front sail of the Opera House. I think I timed it pretty well, and this is the final image, processed in B&W with just a hint of colour. Hope you like it...Mike
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Intermission at the Budapest Opera House on the occasion of Mozart's 250th Birthday, marked with a performance of Don Giovanni
Standing on the roof (public terrace) of the Harbin Opera House that's under construction.
MAD architects
For Part 3 of Rise and Shine we have some Black's leather operas on show. Go and check out Sue rocking her pair here www.flickr.com/photos/mz250supa5/53525393667/
Author: Lever, Charles James, 1806-1872
Title: Sir Jasper Carew, His Life and Experiences
Publisher: Chapman and Hall
Publication Date: 1865
URL: archive.org/details/15051009.2539.emory.edu
Description and Synopsis:
The novel’s cover depicts a young woman looking out over a crowd of men.
Further Notes:
Anglo-Irish novelist Charles Lever grew up in Dublin. He was formally trained as a medical doctor, but found more financial success in writing and editing. His novels often depict the complicated relationship between the English and the Irish (Tilley).
Works Cited:
Tilley, E. S. “Lever, Charles James (1806–1872).” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Web. 26 Feb. 2015. www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/16531
For plant lovers
Springtime’s magnificent displays of early flowering magnolias, camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas are a sight to behold. Summer’s warmth brings out the glorious fragrance of hundreds of roses and the colourful blooms in the herbaceous borders. Autumn transforms the colours of the many mature and award-winning trees in the Grade II* listed landscape. The Garden is dotted with seating and areas where you can simply sit in peaceful contemplation and let the world pass by.
For explorers
Warren Wood and Stephanie’s Glade come alive in the spring with huge flowering rhododendrons overhanging carpets of bluebells and wood anemones. The woodland and parkland contain numerous rare and exotic trees, many of them ‘champions’, planted by Colonel Stephenson R Clarke who sponsored the great plant hunters to travel all over the world in the early 20th century. Please note that the uneven terrain is unsuitable for wheelchairs.
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.
Cortesía de: Biblioteca Nacional de China
Referencia post:
www.odisea2008.com/2013/05/disfraces-de-la-opera-de-pekin...
At the end of the 19th century, Lviv felt the need for a large city theatre. In 1895, the city announced an architectural competition for the best design, which attracted a large number of projects. An independent jury unhesitatingly chose the design by Zygmunt Gorgolewski, a graduate of the Berlin Building Academy and the Director of the Lwów higher art-industrial school.
The Lviv Opera was opened on October 4, 1900. It was originally called the City Theater (Teatr Miejski) and later the Grand Theatre (Teatr Wielki) until it was renamed in 1939 by the Soviet occupiers for "The Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet".
The building was erected in the classical tradition with using forms and details of Renaissance and Baroque architecture, also known as the Viennese neo-Renaissance style. The stucco mouldings and oil paintings on the walls and ceilings of the multi-tiered auditorium and foyer give it a richly festive appearance. The Opera's imposing facade is opulently decorated with numerous niches, Corinthian columns, pilasters, balustrades, cornices, statues, reliefs and stucco garlands. Standing in niches on either side of the main entrance are allegorical figures representing Comedy and Tragedy sculpted by Antoni Popiel and Tadeusz Baroncz; figures of muses embellish the top of the cornice.
The theatre, beautifully decorated inside and outside, became a centrefold of the achievements in sculpture and painting of Western Europe at the end of the 19th century. The internal decoration was prepared by some of the most renowned Polish artists of the time. Among them were Stanisław Wójcik (allegorical sculptures of Poetry, Music, Fame, Fortune, Comedy and Tragedy), Julian Markowski, Tadeusz Wiśniowiecki, Tadeusz Barącz, Piotr Wojtowicz (relief depicting the coat of arms of Lviv), Juliusz Bełtowski (bas-relief of Gorgolewski) and Antoni Popiel (sculptures of Muses decorating the façade). The main curtain was decorated by Henryk Siemiradzki.
The Opera House was donated to the Danish state by the A.P. Moller and Chastine Mc-Kinney Moller Foundation in August 2000 (A.P. Moller was a co-founder of the company now known as Maersk). Some politicians were offended by the private donation, in part because the full cost of the project would be tax deductible, thus virtually forcing the government to buy the building; but it was accepted by the Folketing and the government in the autumn of 2000. It was designed by the architect Henning Larsen and engineers Ramboll and Buro Happold and Theatre Consultant Theatreplan. The acoustics were designed by Arup Acoustics and architectural lighting design by Speirs and Major Associates. A.P. Moller had the final say in the design of the building, however, adding steel to the glass front, among other things. Construction began in June 2001 and was completed on October 1, 2004. It was opened on January 15, 2005 in the presence of M?rsk Mc-Kinney Moller, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and Queen Margrethe II.
The tenor Placido Domingo made a gala guest appearance as Sigmund in Wagner's Die Walkure on April 7, 2006 (production by Kasper Bech Holten). The performance was attended by Queen Margrethe II. - wiki
The Oslo Opera house is a piece of architectural art in itself. The clouds on that day just additionally pronounced that fact.
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The Opera.
Permeating in the inner most part of the soul,
a sacred unassailable dream,
flowing with every note,
until you get carried away,
with the pains,
the joys of man kind,
every octave,
is hit upon,
extracted,
and squeezed,
until the senses can't take no more,
gleaming bright from the upper lights,
this night shall always sing towards Padua,
as the artist takes his leave,
tips his hat to all,
then gets to work,
on all that inspired him,
from within the stage of,
The Opera.
Steve.D.Hammond.
The Valencia Opera House (Palau de lese Arts Reina Sofia) was the last amazing creation of the Valencian architect Santiago Calatrava.
This stunning building sparkles in the sunlight and is shaped like the helmet of an ancient goddess.
Considered to be the largest opera house in Europe, Palau de les Arts has a seating capacity of 4,400 and was officially opened in October 2005.
The beautiful Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía cost 250 million euros and only the Sydney Opera House surpases it with a larger seating capacity.
The opera house contains the most modern technology and open-air auditoriums for theater, opera and concerts. There are four different halls - the main hall, master room, amphitheatre and chamber theatre.
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