The neo-Renaissance palace of the Opera House, which is spiced with Baroque elements, was built by Miklós Ybl, between 1875 and 1884. The entrance hall and the staircase are decorated with marble, the frescoes on the ceilings were executed by the greatest Hungarian artists of the era. The king’s ... |
The Esplanade or the 'Theatres on the Bay' is the largest and most reputed theatre for performing arts in Singapore. It comprises two large halls: the 2,000-seat theater and 1,600-seat Concert Hall, and is equipped with two smaller studios, an outdoor theater and a mall. It also offers a c... |
Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue performing arts centre in Sydney. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour in 2003. Sydney Opera House is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Currently, it is the most recentl... |
The Alte Oper, or Old Opera House, is a stunning, modern recreation of Frankfurt's original Opera House that opened in 1880 in grand style with Kaiser Wilhelm I in attendance. The original Opera House was designed by German architect, Richard Lucae in a grandiose, Italian Renaissance style befi... |
The National Opera House was constructed in 1863 by the St. Petersburg architect Ludwig Bohnstedt, for the then German-speaking City Theatre, and has been refurbished several times. A modern annex was added in 2001 with a 300-seat New Hall. Latvians consider the opera an enormously important part of... |
For 138 years The Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, Ireland has given the people of Dublin opera, musicals, drama, revues, comedy, concerts, dance, festivals and pantomime. Amid the laughter and tears, through times of war and times of affluence, The Grand Old Lady of South King Street has remained a vital ... |
The Millennium Dome, colloquially referred to simply as The Dome, is the original name of a large dome-shaped building, originally used to house the Millennium Experience, a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium. Located in East London's gritty Docklands region on t... |
