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Wearing great-grandmother's earrings, grey pearl necklace from Shanghai, black satin dress with black buttons from Rain Graves, ivory mantilla from Spain.
HO - Helder Olino - 15 de Abril de 2009 - Lisboa - Opera Agrippina do compositor George Frideric Handel, no Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos
Budapest Opera House, Hungary, 2005. I saw 'Madame Butterfly' with Hungarian sub-titles....[it would not be the last time I saw opera with Eastern European subtitles...]
Kunqun opera
You Yuan (A Stroll in the Garden)
Du Liniang, accompanied by her maidservant, enters the garden for the first time in her life. The spring flowers are in full bloom. The young lady is struck by the beauty of nature and suddenly feels the joys, as well as the pains, of life.
Chinese opera together with Greece tragic-comedy and Indian Sanskrit Opera are the three oldest dramatic art forms in the world. During the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907), the Emperor Taizong established an opera school with the poetic name Liyuan (Pear Garden). From that time on, performers of Chinese opera were referred to as 'disciples of the pear garden'. Since the Yuan Dynasty (1271 - 1368) it has been encouraged by court officials and emperors and has become a traditional art form. During the Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), it became fashionable among ordinary people. Performances were watched in tearooms, restaurants, and even around makeshift stages.
It happened to be the yearly Opera Festival when we arrived there. Many posters could be found around the street.
The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in the Australian city of Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, finally opening in 1973 after a long gestation starting with his competition-winning design in 1957. Utzon received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour, in 2003.[1]
The Pritzker Prize citation stated:
"There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent."
The Sydney Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007.[2] It is one of the 20th century's most distinctive buildings and one of the most famous performing arts centres in the world.[citation needed]
The Sydney Opera House is situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, close to the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It sits at the northeastern tip of the Sydney central business district (the CBD), surrounded on three sides by the harbour (Sydney Cove and Farm Cove) and neighboured by the Royal Botanic Gardens
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This picture is made in the Andrássy Út. On the other side of the street you can find the Hungarian State Opera. They are planning to build a nice hotel here!