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Paris never runs out of beautiful building and this is one I really like. To me, the best part of this building is the golden sculptures of all the famous musicians & composers on the front. Needless to say Mozart is one of them :)
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The Paris Opera (also known as Opéra National de Paris & Palais Garnier) in France
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3 exposure shots (+2..0..-2 EV) in RAW taken handheld
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 percent of the GDP of France, and was the 5th largest region by GDP in the world. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.
The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, and the first located outside Japan, with 262 million passengers in 2015.
Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2018, with 10.2 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the UK, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in the world in 2017, after Bangkok and London.
The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 1960, 1984, and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city and, every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes there.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Garnier
The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier (pronounced [ɔpeʁa ɡaʁnje] French About this sound (help·info)) and historically was known as the Opéra de Paris or simply the Opéra, as it was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when the Opéra Bastille opened at the Place de la Bastille. The Paris Opera now mainly uses the Palais Garnier for ballet.
The Palais Garnier has been called "probably the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris like Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, or the Sacré Coeur Basilica." This is at least partly due to its use as the setting for Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and, especially, the novel's subsequent adaptations in films and the popular 1986 musical. Another contributing factor is that among the buildings constructed in Paris during the Second Empire, besides being the most expensive, it has been described as the only one that is "unquestionably a masterpiece of the first rank." This opinion is far from unanimous however: the 20th-century French architect Le Corbusier once described it as "a lying art" and contended that the "Garnier movement is a décor of the grave".
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 museum is included in unaccompanied tours of the Palais Garnier.
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This was shot in the premises of the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman. such a gorgeous atmosphere to be in.
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This fascinating "Cut away" was in the Musee D' Orsay art gallery.
It's hard to believe how complex a theatre it is.
Can sit out. Maybe they are just being quirky.
I took this with a fisheye lens inside the Paris opera. I can’t imagine what the internal bureaucracy is like within the Paris Opera for various art displays inside. And I can’t figure out how this one got through. But maybe there is a major art meme that I missed that includes well-dressed amphibians.
- Trey Ratcliff
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Here’s a challenge for our musician friends. Can you tell us what song appears in this 1928 painting from bohemian Paris? Any ideas would be much appreciated!
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. Construído em estilo neobarroco, é o 13º teatro a hospedar a Ópera de Paris, desde sua fundação por Luís XIV, em 1669. Sua capacidade é de 2200 espectadores sentados.
O palácio era comumente chamado apenas de Ópera de Paris, mas, após a inauguração da Ópera da Bastilha, em 1989, passou a ser chamado Ópera Garnier.
Se tiver interesse em saber mais: www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/L_Opera/Palais_Garnier...
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The Palais Garnier, also known as the Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, but more commonly as the Paris Opéra, is a 2,200-seat opera house on the Place de l'Opéra in Paris, France, which was the primary home of the Paris Opera from 1875 until 1989. A grand landmark designed by Charles Garnier in the Neo-Baroque style, it is regarded as one of the architectural masterpieces of its time.
If you are interested in knowing more: www.operadeparis.fr/cns11/live/onp/L_Opera/Palais_Garnier...
A grand landmark designed by Charles Garnier in the Neo-Baroque style.
"Although described by a contemporary critic as 'looking like an overloaded sideboard', it (the Paris Opera House) is now regarded as one of the masterpieces of the period
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I'm a HUGE Phantom of the Opera fan and love masquerade balls. I even had a Phantom of the Opera wedding ceremony...:) This is just one of my many masks.... and Me behind it...:)
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It's such a wonderful atmosphere around the grand mosque at night. An atmosphere with tradition and gorgeous culture.
The shot was taken from the mosque's garden, where you can spend sometime between nicely structured corridores.
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The ceiling of the Palais Garnier, painted by Russian painter Marc Chagall in 1960, definitely is at odds with the style of the rest of the building, but it is no less beautiful a sight. Sorry whiners, I approve. Haters gonna hate.
I can't get this to look straight ... but I couldn't resist the title ...
Je ne peux rien faire pour le rendre plus droit ... mais je n'ai pas pu résister le titre ...
Prise en balade parisienne hier soir avec Julien, Marie et Charlotte.
Probability and its applicability to gambling arose from a question that the polymath gambler Chevalier de Méré posed to mathematicians Blaise Pascal and Pierre de Fermat, whose correspondence about it in 1660 gave rise to Pascal's Expected Values and more generally to probability theory.
The first casino built in 1865 by Prince Charles III of Monaco [Charles Honoré Grimaldi (1818–1889)] proved so successful that he commissioned the architect of the Paris Opéra, Charles Garnier, to design and build in 1878 the opulent, Belle Époque-style Casino Monte Carlo, which includes an opera house. Although citizens of Monaco are prohibited from the casino's gambling rooms, the Principality's controlling financial interest in this popular destination sustains Monaco's status as a tax haven. I took this photo on March 14, 2017.
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The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris, or simply the Opéra) is the primary opera company of Paris, France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter became the Académie Royale de Musique. Currently called the Opéra de Paris, it primarily produces operas at its modern theatre Opéra de Bastille which opened in 1989, and ballets at the older Palais Garnier which opened in 1875. source: wikipedia
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On the right, the Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was originally called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier and historically was known as the Opéra de Paris or simply the Opéra, as it was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989. The Palais Garnier was the setting for the 1910 nove, Phantom of the Opera,l and subsequent adaptations in films and musicals. Today it is used by the Paris Opera for ballet. (Wikipedia)
Patrons of the arts? Balletomanes? Something slightly darker? We shall never truly know. Jean-Louis Forain (1852-1931) collaborated with Edgar Degas and hence was himself a portrayer of the performing arts, but the pioneering French Impressionist painter also illustrated satirical magazines, hence the ambiguity of this scene.
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A Ópera de Paris (em francês: Opéra de Paris) é a primeira companhia de ópera de Paris, França. Tendo seu nome oficial de Ópera Nacional de Paris. Foi fundada em 1669 por Luís XIV da França como Academia de Ópera (Académie d'Opéra) e rapidamente se tornou Academia Reeal de Música (Académie Royal de Musique). A companhia produz suas óperas, primeiramente, no moderno teatro Ópera da Bastilha, inaugurado em 1989 e balés no antigo Palais Garnier, que foi inaugurado em 1875.
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The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris, or simply the Opéra) is the primary opera company of Paris. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and renamed the Académie Royale de Musique. Classical ballet as we know it today arose within the Paris Opera as the Paris Opera Ballet and has remained an integral and important part of the company. Currently called the Opéra national de Paris, it primarily produces operas at its modern 2700-seat theatre Opéra Bastille which opened in 1989, and ballets and some classical operas at the older 1970-seat Palais Garnier which opened in 1875. Small scale and contemporary works are also staged in the 500-seat Amphitheatre under the Opéra Bastille.
The company's annual budget is in the order of 200 million euros, of which 100 million come from the French state and 70 million from box office receipts. With this money, the company runs the two houses and supports a large permanent staff, which includes the orchestra of 170, a chorus of 110 and the corps de ballet of 150.
Each year, the Opéra presents about 380 performances of opera, ballet and other concerts, to a total audience of about 800,000 people (of which 17% come from abroad), which is a very good average seat occupancy rate of 94%. In the 2012/13 season, the Opéra presents 18 opera titles (two in a double bill), 13 ballets, 5 symphonic concerts and two vocal recitals, plus 15 other programmes. The company's training bodies are also active, with 7 concerts from the Atelier Lyrique and 4 programmes from the École de Danse.
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1906 ballerina Carlotta Zambelli in Gounod's opera Ariadne in which she danced the role of a fury at the world première on 31st Oct 1906 at Palais Garnier.
[photo by Paul Boyer]
Carlotta Zambelli was an Italian prima ballerina and ballet teacher. Apart from a year in St Petersburg, she spent her entire career in Paris.
She was born in Milan on 4th Nov 1875 and died there on 28th Jan 1968.
From 1884 she studied with Adelaide Viganò and Cesare Coppini at the La Scala Ballet School with further studies at the Paris Opera Ballet School with Rosita Mauri.
She made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1894 and was promoted to étoile in 1898 and was prima-ballerina of the Paris Opera until her retirement in 1930.
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Gaetano Donizetti's opera buffa brings themes dear to my heart.
The dearth of modern operatic productions threatens to drown the decent conservative values of the art. It would be so easy to propose a set design of Coney Island with a roller coaster ride and retirement homes as a suitable modem rendition for the opera's setting.
But as i am always concerning myself with the reconciliation of opposing themes, here ones that underlie the opera. I propose a symbolic interconnection of the past with a fantasy laden present; I am doubtful my design could provide any transcendence, but I will let a little obsessive detail play in, paying attention to transitions like an attentive conductor and with a doubtful amount of skill. I let some rustic simple architectural music do the communication across time. I will follow the urging of my heart, and let innovation propelled by desire rather than architectural sense do the singing, perhaps the old bachelor Pasquale would approve. The main structure of the design, a small 11'x22' drinking shack, entreats both the composer and his leading character to relax, drink, eat and take it easy. This is an alternate universe to the Rome of the opera and seeks to release the built up tension of the opera; the original plot does not do this to a satisfactory extent, only perhaps in the sense of the commedia dell' arte. So this does the reconciliatory work which a modern operatic production might botch. The opera's most famous soprano Giulia Grisi tends to the bar and eating establishment.
I have no drawing technique to perfect, nor any fancy equipment. Compositionally I'm kind of a blunderer. My only aesthetic is a very dubitable one, it is the aesthetic of fun, but my eternal hope is that those in history whom I've dedicated my designs to would approve the honors given and enjoy themselves within the imagined architectural settings. Like John Hejduk I don't seek that these designs be built, as they do their intended work in the imagination. As Tadao Ando once conveyed, a design can be completely laid out with just one drawing for any competent builder to construct. Derivated to another level, a single imagined design should do the trick also, with one compressed drawing.
Instead of an operatic set design, this design is for an Asian drinking alley that adjoins the Paris Opera house, Donizetti's personal place for the blossoming of his art. Part of my drawing is adapted from the work of the architect Ludwig Leo Ausschnitt.
A grail-like hot pot, the Japanese nabe, is like a fountain of youth which accompanies a drinking session to a feverish level to revive the bachelor in a healthier way than Pasquale being duped by the harlequin-like Malatesta. After the meal, the amiable group of Pasquale can play a game of cards, a rebuttal of the Faustian game, in which avoiding the harlequin would be the principal goal of the card game. Giulia Grisi uses harlequin's wand as a card-dealing stick and his guitar to serenade the elderly group. The intimate drinking bar is a basic model for all the establishments along the Asian styled alley, linked by a riverside promenade next the opera house. The design of this riverside alley mimics an opera's orchestra pit.
This Design is also dedicated to the conductor Nello Santi.
Design, concepts, text and drawing are copyright 2016 by David Lo.
DATE:May 14 1948 D:Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh at Paris Opera House,during their visit to France /original photos
Dancer Looking at the Sole of her Right Foot, 1919-20
Bronze cast
Edgar Degas
In his sculptures of dancers, Edgar Degas sought to capture the body in motion or in strenuous ballet postures. His models were often young and impoverished ballerinas at the Paris Opéra. A regular model of his, known only as Pauline, described the strain of this pose, which she held repeatedly over many sessions.
Lady with a Parasol, 1870-72,
Edgar Degas
In this study of a fashionable woman holding a parasol, Edgar Degas's chief concern seems to be the effect of light on the human figure. Some areas are loosely painted, with the initial charcoal outline still visible. Others, such as the woman's profile and the details of her hat, are treated with great delicacy. An old label on the back of the painting calls it At the Race-course, which may explain the woman’s elegant appearance. Degas left this work unfinished but kept it in the studio until is death.
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Inside the Courtauld Gallery
1. tiny, 2. Qu'ils mangent de la brioche ! // Let them eat cake!, 3. so much for being tidy and organised, 4. A Blythe a Day - #3 Molly, 5. Betsy, 6. Portraits, 7. harbour through purple flowers, 8. And finally, the last set is all done now. Phew! It's time to start packaging though 😓, 9. Sand beret for blythes available at Petronitas . Boina arena para blythes, 10. just because ..., 11. BLYTHECON PARIS 2015, 12. "Surprise everyone !A new sister has come back from Paris to live with us! Can you guess who she is!!!!" #kbabydolls #vainilladolly #kassandrabox #erregirodolls #honeytree #holagominola #babycatfacedollies #poupeemechanique #moshimoshi #littledrops, 13. tiny book, 14. すべての写真-12131, 15. n180_w1150, 16. Little Pastel, 17. "When you're as cute as me, you can stop the traffic! Even in Paris!" #gbaby #poupeemechanique #paris #parisopera #kawaii #blythedolls #dollphotography #traffic #dakawaiidolls #redhaed, 18. Wisp Hill, 19. Simone De Beauvoir & Jean-Paul Satre are holidaying in Paris with Allen Ginsberg. Existentialist tour tomorrow., 20. Neemo fun!, 21. Peek - a - boo! Picture taken by my friend Bogna ☆, 22. A severed head, 23. Classic french beret in pink, 24. Pacey, 25. My Blythe Family 2015, 26. Ready for adventure!! ✈ we're back to travelling mode 😁 #travellingblythe #travelplans #blythedoll #blytheinsta #instablythe #instadoll #dollstagram #blythecustom, 27. Cat's Eyes, 28. Mei Lee, 29. Vivi, 30. "Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anais Nin, 'The Diary of Anais Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934'
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DATE:April 9 1957 D:The Queen ,accompanied by president Coty arrive in the Royal Box for gala performance at the Paris Opera /original photo
Widely regarded as one of of the most opulent opera houses in Europe, the Opéra Garnier, designed by and named after its architect Charles Garnier, opened in 1875 after taking 14 years to build. It is known for being the setting of Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel "The Phantom of the Opera." But what it's best known for is its over-the-top lavish interior, done mostly in Neo-Baroque and Beaux Arts style. The Palace is lit with crystal chandeliers and filled with multicolored marble, columns, and lavish statuary portraying Greek mythology deities.
Seen here is the entrance to the famed marble Grand Staircase which only gives you a sneak preview of the magnificence that lies ahead.
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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of 105 square kilometres (41 square miles) and an official estimated population of 2,140,526 residents as of 1 January 2019. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of Europe's major centres of finance, commerce, fashion, science, and the arts.
The City of Paris is the centre and seat of government of the Île-de-France, or Paris Region, which has an estimated official 2019 population of 12,213,364, or about 18 percent of the population of France. The Paris Region had a GDP of €681 billion (US$850 billion) in 2016, accounting for 31 percent of the GDP of France, and was the 5th largest region by GDP in the world. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit Worldwide Cost of Living Survey in 2018, Paris was the second-most expensive city in the world, behind Singapore and ahead of Zurich, Hong Kong, Oslo and Geneva.
The city is a major rail, highway, and air-transport hub served by two international airports: Paris-Charles de Gaulle (the second busiest airport in Europe) and Paris-Orly. Opened in 1900, the city's subway system, the Paris Métro, serves 5.23 million passengers daily, and is the second busiest metro system in Europe after Moscow Metro. Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest railway station in the world, and the first located outside Japan, with 262 million passengers in 2015.
Paris is especially known for its museums and architectural landmarks: the Louvre was the most visited art museum in the world in 2018, with 10.2 million visitors. The Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l'Orangerie are noted for their collections of French Impressionist art, and the Pompidou Centre Musée National d'Art Moderne has the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. The historical district along the Seine in the city centre is classified as a UNESCO Heritage Site. Popular landmarks in the centre of the city include the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris and the Gothic royal chapel of Sainte-Chapelle, both on the Île de la Cité; the Eiffel Tower, constructed for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1889; the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, built for the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900; the Arc de Triomphe on the Champs-Élysées, and the Basilica of Sacré-Coeur on the hill of Montmartre. Paris received 23 million visitors in 2017, measured by hotel stays, with the largest numbers of foreign visitors coming from the United States, the UK, Germany and China. It was ranked as the third most visited travel destination in the world in 2017, after Bangkok and London.
The football club Paris Saint-Germain and the rugby union club Stade Français are based in Paris. The 80,000-seat Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, is located just north of Paris in the neighbouring commune of Saint-Denis. Paris hosts the annual French Open Grand Slam tennis tournament on the red clay of Roland Garros. Paris hosted the Olympic Games in 1900, 1924 and will host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The 1938 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 2007 Rugby World Cup, and the 1960, 1984, and 2016 UEFA European Championships were also held in the city and, every July, the Tour de France bicycle race finishes there.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Garnier
The Palais Garnier is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier (pronounced [ɔpeʁa ɡaʁnje] French About this sound (help·info)) and historically was known as the Opéra de Paris or simply the Opéra, as it was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet until 1989, when the Opéra Bastille opened at the Place de la Bastille. The Paris Opera now mainly uses the Palais Garnier for ballet.
The Palais Garnier has been called "probably the most famous opera house in the world, a symbol of Paris like Notre Dame Cathedral, the Louvre, or the Sacré Coeur Basilica." This is at least partly due to its use as the setting for Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera and, especially, the novel's subsequent adaptations in films and the popular 1986 musical. Another contributing factor is that among the buildings constructed in Paris during the Second Empire, besides being the most expensive, it has been described as the only one that is "unquestionably a masterpiece of the first rank." This opinion is far from unanimous however: the 20th-century French architect Le Corbusier once described it as "a lying art" and contended that the "Garnier movement is a décor of the grave".
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 museum is included in unaccompanied tours of the Palais Garnier.
Mary Cassatt, Woman with a Pearl Necklace in a Loge, 1879, oil on canvas, 32 x 23-1/2 inches or 81.3 x 59.7 cm (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
A very different formal #whiteoutportrait of my friend John Cox - international opera director - trying to capture his steely resolve, deep thoughtfulness, and phenomenal directing talents.
From the same affectionate shoot as the previous post, full of fond memories across the decades that we’ve known each other, ever since Robin Forster and I met John and his late husband John Hayes back in the early 90s.
I’ve always been blown away by John’s ability to direct the chorus so effectively to bring crowd scenes to life. (And yes, to direct big stars too obviously!!)
Extraordinary to think his productions of The Magic Flute and The Rake’s Progress (with sets by David Hockney) were first performed 50 years ago and continue to be staged today.
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4 medium sized beauty dishes - 1 above camera and 1 oblique each side.
1 positioned behind the sitter to bleach out sections of the backdrop
Wireless trigger on camera.