OPERA is not just singing!
August 3rd 2007 06:37
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Visions of splendour are conjured up but what goes on behind the scenes and before the opening?
Venice, Italy, 1994
Photograph by Sam Abell
An ornate stage prop makes a dramatic exit through the window of Venice’s La Fenice Opera House.
Built on wooden pilings sunk in the ooze of a backwater lagoon, Venice rose over a millennium to become a city-state of dazzling power. By the 15th century, it was the envy of Europe.
(Text adapted from and photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, “Venice: More Than a Dream,” February 1995, National Geographic magazine)
Preparing for the opera - looking through the window
Isn't the whole concept sensational and just think what it must cost?
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Hipnotherapy
Wonderful.... I love the theatre!
Mis