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The Opera House is part of a structure that includes a hotel, cafe and other rooms that was originally constructed with adobe bricks in 1923 by the Borax Mining Company. When mining ceased in 1928, the buildings fell into disrepair until Marta Becket fell in love with the place. She was a ballet dancer, opera singer and painter. She acquired the property in 1967. Marta had a dream and by force of will she made it happen. She renovated and operated the hotel and restaurant in addition to performing ballets she choreographed and operas she wrote. She covered the walls of the Opera House, hotel and restaurant with murals and paintings. Her last performance was in 2012 when she was 88. Marta died in 2017 but her legacy lives on as a result of a non-profit organization she founded that continues to operate the hotel and performance space in addition to raising money to repair and renovate the structures. The adobe bricks with which the buildings were built suck up water when it rains. Although average rainfall in the area is less than 2 inches a year, the recent atmospheric rivers California has experienced have been quite destructive.
The Sydney Opera House is famous for its iconic and unique sail-shaped roof, its masterful 20th-century architecture, and its role as a global symbol of both Sydney and Australia. Its fame stems from its innovative design and engineering, which pushed the boundaries of what was thought possible at the time. It is also a major performing arts venue and one of the world's most-photographed buildings.
The Prague State Opera. One of the most beautiful opera houses in Europe, opened in 1888 as the German stage in Prague.
Best seen on black (click on the photo).
HDR of 3 RAWs.
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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.
The Copenhagen Opera House is a donation from the A.P. Møller and Chastine McKinney Møller Foundation to the Danish people. It totals 41,000 square metres. Five of the fourteen storeys are subterranean. The main stage of the opera seats an audience of 1400.
The Opera House is clad with southern German Jura Gelb limestone, and the foyer features Sicilian Perlatino marble. The wall of the auditorium facing the foyer is clad with maple wood, and the ceiling in the main auditorium is adorned with 105,000 sheets of 24 carat gold leaf, equivalent to 1.5 kilos of gold.
The Copenhagen Opera House is designed by Danish architect Henning Larsen, and a number of Danish artists have contributed to the decor, among them Per Kirkeby who has created four bronze reliefs, and Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson who has contributed the three light sculptures for the foyer.
COPENHAGA (Dinamarca): Casa da Ópera.
Casa de Ópera de Copenhaga (português europeu) (em dinamarquês:Operaen) é a sede da ópera nacional da Dinamarca e uma das casas destinadas a música mais modernas do planeta. A Operaen é considerada a casa de ópera mais cara já construída. Foi erguida na ilha de Holmen com um custo total de mais de 500 milhões de dólares.
A Operaen, propositalmente, fica exatamente na direção do Palácio de Amalienborg e da Igreja de Mármore. A porção da ilha de Holmen, onde a ópera foi construída chama-se Dokøen (Ilha das Docas, em português), um antiga e tradicional porto da cidade de Copenhaga. A Operaen pode ser acessada através dos serviços de autocarros e metro, além de algumas balsas que partem do Porto da cidade.
info: pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_de_%C3%93pera_de_Copenhague
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World Heritage Sites 002: Inaugurated in 1973, the Sydney Opera House is a great architectural work of the 20th century that brings together multiple strands of creativity and innovation in both architectural form and structural design.
While I was in Covent Garden this morning, there was an operatic performance going on in the square, both inside and outside one of the shops- I'm not certain what opera they were performing,as I'm no expert, but I think it may have been Carmen, which would make these Carmen and Escamillo.
Whatever it was, I thouroughly enjoyed it, despite not understanding a word they were singing - you didn't need to know the words, as the acting was superb, and told the story by itself...
Chinese opera (Chinese: 戏曲/戲曲; Pinyin: xìqǔ) is a popular form of drama and musical theatre in China with roots going back as far as the third century CE. There are numerous regional branches of Chinese opera, of which the Beijing opera (Jingju) is one of the most notable.
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Buxton Opera House, The Square, Buxton, Derbyshire, England
I love the lettering and detail around the entrance.
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Begun in Second Empire Paris and finished in the Belle Epoque, this building by Charles Garnier is one of the icons of Paris and probably the world's most famous opera house. The theatricality of the architecture and design of the public spaces made the show outside the audience hall as important as anything going on on stage.