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The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist modern design, with a series of large precast concrete 'shells', each taken from a hemisphere of the same radius, forming the roofs of the structure. The Opera House covers 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) of land. It is 183 metres (605 feet) long and about 120 metres (388 feet) wide at its widest point. It is supported on 580 concrete piers sunk up to 25 metres below sea level. Its power supply is equivalent for a town of 25,000 people. The power is distributed by 645 kilometres of electrical cable.
The roofs of the House are covered with 1.056 million glossy white and matte cream Swedish-made tiles, though from a distance the tiles look only white. Despite their self-cleaning nature, they are still subject to periodic maintenance and replacement.
The Concert Hall and Opera Theatre are each contained in the two largest groups of shells, and the other theatres are located on the sides of the shell groupings. The form of the shells is chosen to reflect the internal height requirements, rising from the low entrance spaces, over the seating areas and up to the high stage towers. A much smaller group of shells set to one side of the Monumental steps and houses the Bennelong Restaurant.
Although the roof structures of the Sydney Opera House are commonly referred to as shells (as they are in this article), they are in fact not shells in a strictly structural sense, but are instead precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs. The building's interior is composed of pink granite quarried in Tarana and wood and brush box plywood supplied from northern New South Wales.
Cast and crew of Opera Holland Park. Their production of L'amico Fritz by Mascagni opens on 10.06.11.
Peking opera or Beijing opera (simplified Chinese: 京剧; traditional Chinese: 京劇; pinyin: Jīngjù) is a form of traditional Chinese theatre which combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance, and acrobatics. It arose in the late 18th century and became fully developed and recognized by the mid-19th century.[1] The form was extremely popular in the Qing dynasty court and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China.[2] Major performance troupes are based in Beijing and Tianjin in the north, and Shanghai in the south.[3] The art form is also preserved in Taiwan (Republic of China), where it is known as Guójù (traditional Chinese: 國劇; simplified Chinese: 国剧; literally: "National theatre"). It has also spread to other countries such as the United States and Japan.
京劇又稱京戲，在台灣又稱平劇、國劇，是中國戲曲曲種之一。分布地以北京為中心，遍布全國。京劇是十九世紀中期，融合了徽劇和漢劇，並吸收了秦腔、崑曲、梆子、弋陽腔等藝術的優點，在北京形成的。京劇形成後在清朝宮廷內得到了空前的繁榮。京劇的腔調以西皮和二黃為主，主要用胡琴和鑼鼓等伴奏，被視為中國國粹。
京劇於2010年，獲選進入人類非物質文化遺產代表作名錄。
Performance of Offenbach's 'La belle Helene' by the orchestra, choir and ballet of the Kraków Opera. Kraków, Poland
The Postcard
A postally unused postcard that has a divided back.
The Hungarian State Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera House is a neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy út. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure in 19th.-century Hungarian architecture.
Construction began in 1875, funded by the city of Budapest and by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, and the new house opened to the public on the 27th. September 1884.
Before the closure of the "Népszínház" in Budapest, it was the third largest opera building in the city; today it is the second largest opera house in Budapest and in Hungary.
Today, the opera house is home to the Budapest Opera Ball, a society event dating back to 1886.
Many important artists performed here including the composer Gustav Mahler, who was music director in Budapest from 1888 to 1891 and Otto Klemperer, who was music director for three years from 1947 to 1950.
In the 1970's the condition of the building prompted the Hungarian State to order a major renovation which eventually began in 1980 and lasted till 1984. The reopening was held exactly 100 years after the original opening, on the 27th. September 1984.
It is a richly decorated building, and is considered one of the architect's masterpieces. It was built in neo-Renaissance style, with elements of Baroque.
Ornamentation includes paintings and sculptures by leading Hungarian artists. Although in size and capacity it is not among the largest, in beauty and the quality of acoustics the Budapest Opera House is considered to be amongst the finest opera houses in the world.
The auditorium holds 1,261 people. It is horseshoe-shaped and, according to measurements done in the 1970's by a group of international engineers – it has the third best acoustics in Europe after La Scala in Milan and the Palais Garnier in Paris.
Each year the season lasts from September to the end of June and, in addition to opera performances, the House is home to the Hungarian National Ballet.
Architecture of the Opera House
The decoration of the symmetrical façade follows a musical theme. In niches on either side of the main entrance there are figures of two of Hungary's most prominent composers, Ferenc Erkel and Franz Liszt.
The foyer has marble columns, and the vaulted ceiling is covered in murals which depict the nine Muses.
Wrought-iron lamps illuminate the wide stone staircase and the main entrance. Going to the opera was a great social occasion in the 19th. century, and a vast, sweeping staircase was an important element of the opera house as it allowed ladies to show off their new gowns.
The main hall is decorated with a bronze chandelier weighing 3050 kg. (Equivalent to 3 Fiat 500's). It illuminates a fresco depicting the Greek gods on Olympus.
The central stage proscenium arch employed the most modern technology of the time. It featured a revolving stage and metal hydraulic machinery.
The royal box is located centrally in the three-storey circle. It is decorated with sculptures symbolizing the four operatic voices - soprano, alto, tenor and bass.
Performance of Offenbach's 'La belle Helene' by the orchestra, choir and ballet of the Kraków Opera. Kraków, Poland
Neon sign on the Washington Opera House, 116 West 2nd Street, Maysville, Kentucky. The opera house was built in 1898. A number of famous artists and actors performed here including Marguerite Clark, Tom Mix, John L. Sullivan, and John Philip Sousa and his band. The Washington Opera continues as a theater and is currently home to the Maysville Players.
Wilhelm Riphahn, Architect
Unheard of, really. An architecture shot with people in it. What is this world coming to?
I'm including it not necessarily because I find it a great shot (it's not), but this way people can see that I have actually been to see an opera, and not just take pictures of the building. AND because I notice a lot of people searching for images of the Kölner Oper, and I thought this might help give an impression of the foyer. I couldn't take any shots of the main foyer because it was stuffed 'full' of the Kinder Oper.
Speaking of which, they have finally removed the 'Kinderoper' out of the grand foyer (it was a stage/house in miniatur which might have been good for small shows, but it took up the entire foyer and made the entire building cramped. For years.) and now everybody is amazed at how nice a space it is and asking why they didn't do this sooner.
Caracas, Venezuela - A lady sings at a concert in Caracas.
From my collection of stock photos of Venezuela
The opera house was renovated in the late 1990s, at which time the Floral Hall (seen on the left), once the Covent Garden flower market, was incorporated into the newly enlarged building.
Site visit August 6, 2015. Abatement and demolition is complete, work is starting on structural modifications.
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The expansion of residential suburbs in the 1960’s and 1970’s left our central city with stately but underutilized school facilities. Fremont School is one example - a beautiful brick and terracotta building in the Spanish Revival style on a quiet Midtown street. It had a ‘second life’ as an adult education center, which was has since been shuttered.
After much discussion and negotiation, Fremont School now is slated as the new creative home for Sacramento’s Performing Arts community. The high ceilings and large classrooms have the potential to perfectly suit rehearsal and teaching needs for the Sacramento Ballet, Sacramento Opera and Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra.
There are many technical challenges to adapting an early 20th century non-reinforced masonry building to the needs of 21st century performing arts. We are diving into these challenges with creative energy, confident that this new Studios for the Performing Arts will be a vibrant and creative magnet in the community.
Opera of "KAMIKAZE" 03.Feb.2013,
at Tokyo Bunkakaikan.Ueno,
Composed by Shigeaki SAEGUSA,
Conductor by Naoto OTOMO,
New Japan Philharmonic,
三枝成彰 オペラ 「KAMIKAZE-神風-」
作 曲 三枝 成彰
原案・原作 堀 紘一
脚 本 福島 敏朗
演 出 三枝 健起
美 術 千住 博
照 明 沢田 祐二
アリア歌詞 大貫 妙子
キャスト
神崎光司少尉 ： ジョン・健・ヌッツォ
土田知子 ： 小川里美
木村寛少尉 ： 大山大輔
木村愛子 ： 小林沙羅
冨田トメ ： 坂本 朱 ほか
管弦楽 新日本フィルハーモニー交響楽団
The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist modern design, with a series of large precast concrete 'shells', each taken from a hemisphere of the same radius, forming the roofs of the structure. The Opera House covers 1.8 hectares (4.5 acres) of land. It is 183 metres (605 feet) long and about 120 metres (388 feet) wide at its widest point. It is supported on 580 concrete piers sunk up to 25 metres below sea level. Its power supply is equivalent for a town of 25,000 people. The power is distributed by 645 kilometres of electrical cable.
The roofs of the House are covered with 1.056 million glossy white and matte cream Swedish-made tiles, though from a distance the tiles look only white. Despite their self-cleaning nature, they are still subject to periodic maintenance and replacement.
The Concert Hall and Opera Theatre are each contained in the two largest groups of shells, and the other theatres are located on the sides of the shell groupings. The form of the shells is chosen to reflect the internal height requirements, rising from the low entrance spaces, over the seating areas and up to the high stage towers. A much smaller group of shells set to one side of the Monumental steps and houses the Bennelong Restaurant.
Although the roof structures of the Sydney Opera House are commonly referred to as shells (as they are in this article), they are in fact not shells in a strictly structural sense, but are instead precast concrete panels supported by precast concrete ribs. The building's interior is composed of pink granite quarried in Tarana and wood and brush box plywood supplied from northern New South Wales.
ÓPERA - Eugene Onegin - Tchaikovsky – Coliseu do Porto
9 Abril 2015 | Quinta-Feira
"Eugene Onegin" estreia-se no Coliseu do Porto. Trata-se de uma ópera em três actos e seis cenas, com música de Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky com arranjo e orquestração de Kurt-Heinz Stolze e libretto de John Cranko, baseado no romance em verso de Alexander Pushkin "Eugene Onegin". Uma produção que seguirá para o Teatro Principal de Palma.
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Sinopse:
Eugene Onegin, um nobre habituado ao luxo da corte imperial russa, herda de um tio distante uma propriedade rural. Diverte-se a caçar e com a simplicidade da pequena aristocracia local. Ali conhece Tatiana, uma jovem sonhadora que alimenta a alma sensível com a leitura de romances e poesia. Na sua ingénua pureza, a jovem não hesita em confessar seu amor por Onegin através de uma carta. Surpreso e invulnerável, ele diz-lhe com rude franqueza que não pode corresponder a tal amor.
Pouco tempo depois, ao matar num duelo o jovem poeta Lenski, noivo de Olga, irmã de Tatiana, o implacável Onegin parte para uma longa viagem. De volta a São Petersburgo, é convidado para um baile no palácio do príncipe Gremin. Ali o aguarda uma perturbadora surpresa: a elegante anfitriã, esposa de Gremin, é Tatiana. Fascinado, Onegin compreende seu erro, o que aprofunda ainda mais o vazio da sua vida. Dominado pela paixão, escreve uma carta a Tatiana, e ousa até entrar nos seus aposentos, implorando uma resposta. Embora ela confesse a Onegin que o seu amor adolescente não foi esquecido, ela diz-lhe, com firme determinação, que se tornou uma mulher e jamais encontraria ao seu lado respeito e felicidade. Ordenando-lhe que a deixe para sempre.
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Personagens e Intérpretes:
Eugene Onegin | Oleksander Striuk,
Lensky | Sang-Jun Lee
Tatyana | Inha Martynova
Principe Gremin | Rui Silva
Olga | Ana Ferro
Larina | Ana Isabel dos Santos
Filipena | Gisela Sachse
Coro da Orquestra do Norte
Orquestra do Norte
Miguel Massip, cenografia
Alfonso Romero, encenação
José Ferreira Lobo, direcção musical
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Foto: Ana Limão