#Opera Palace

[nobuyukikakigi]

新国立劇場におけるヴァーグナーの《トリスタンとイゾルデ》の上演を観て

「闇に包まれた夜の国」から来て、今またそこへ還ろうとしている。深い傷を負ったトリスタンは、みずからの来し方と行く末をイゾルデにこう語りかけるが、その言葉は《トリスタンとイゾルデ》という楽劇そのものを暗示しているようにも聞こえる。チューリヒでのマティルデ・ヴェーゼンドンクとの出会いと、ショーペンハウアーの思想への共鳴のなかから生まれたヴァーグナーの作品を貫くのは、この「夜の国」の翳である。その闇は第二幕の「愛の二重唱」でも触れられるように、恋人たちを隠すと同時に、自他の区別も、個としての生命も溶解させる。それをつうじて一つになることの憧れを、ヴァーグナーの音楽は歌い続ける。 おそらくはこうしたことを踏まえながら、新国立劇場における《トリスタンとイゾルデ》の上演の舞台は、翳を基調としていたのだろう。2024年3月23日の公演における第二幕の終景と第三幕の最初の場面におけるトリスタンの歌に耳…

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[emaadsidiki]

Gaumont Opera 🎦 Pathe Palace

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Sapin de Noël à l'Opéra Garnier à PARIS

[ebtookaphoto]

L'Opéra Garnier, Paris / 9.15.24

[add1ctedt0you]

"The palace is empty

such loneliness,

putting to vain the wish of Chang'e.

Sleeping in solitude"

[dixiaaa]

I would like to thank everyone for the birthday wishes. For all the warm words I received. I hope everything comes true! 🥰

My Beloved gave me a birthday photo shoot in the palace. Of course in Christine’s wedding dress. 🥰👰🏼‍♀️ I hope you enjoy the results of our work! Here is one of them. ♥️ Please let’s evaluate my makeup done at 6am. Each of us knows that I’m not the best at it, but this time I really like the effect. 🙈🙈🙈

📷: @themrurk

[starryeyed-seer]

Basically chipping away at a reverse suncrab role/species swap because. I need this rn. Anyway the judgement bazaar would be a nightmare ♡

[roseunspindle]

And yet more ladies

[teamedstud]

23.09.2023

[kate-royal-style-world]

A Royal Recycling (part 297)

Ghost London

[saigon-song]

Ancien palais du gouverneur de Saïgon

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Opera House Garnier - Paris, FRANCE

[alightinthelantern]

Boston Opera House, officially Citizens Bank Opera House, is a performing arts theater in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Opened in 1928 as the B. F. Keith Memorial Theatre, a movie palace in the Keith-Albee chain, which became part of RKO just before the theater opened on October 29, thus the theater was known as the RKO Keith's Theater. The theater was designed by prominent theater architect Thomas W. Lamb, and was one of his most lavish designs. In 1965 the Sack Theaters company acquired the theater and renamed it the Savoy Theater. In 1980 the theater closed, but was rededicated and reopened as a home for the Opera Company of Boston formed by Sara Caldwell, which performed there until the opera company closed down in 1990 due to financial problems. The theater was reopened in 2004 after a major restoration, and it currently serves as the home of the Boston Ballet and also hosts touring Broadway shows.

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[add1ctedt0you]

Head empty, just her

[the-annotated-antichrist]

Act I, Track 13 - The Palace Ball

Song links: Spotify - YT Music - Apple - Tidal

This is going to be a longer post. The Palace Ball, one of the two songs in BA that were composed by Linnéa Vikström, is one of the most musical-like tracks with the most storytelling and characterization. It is full of changes of pace and mood and has a lot of dialogue and... subtext!

Linnéa Vikström photographed by Tim Tronckoe

As the title indicates, this song is about a ball in the palace that Seth, as president and emperor, now inhabits. "Lots of stylish guests are strolling around", the scene description states. "Murmurs and toasting can be heard." An opulent scene. A choir sings:

[Guests:] Light of moon is falling through the evening curtains Glittering when finding jewels, gold and all Strolling in excesses, fancy suits and dresses Raising our glasses to the palace ball

"Elegantly dressed, Helena and Johanna enter the newly appointed Emperor's residence."

[Helena:] Follow me, Johanna Join me in a toast [Johanna:] Not so fast, Helena Where is our host? [Helena:] Over there, I see him Elegance and pride [Johanna:] Let us go to greet him Look into his eyes

Helena, as before, admires Seth. Johanna is suspicious. Given that she is on the lookout for signs of the Antichrist's appearance, that she witnessed Seth's outburst in a church a while earlier and given his sudden rise to fame and power, one can only imagine what she thinks of him at this point. After all, in the Biblical Book of Relevation, the Antichrist rules the world for a while during the End Times...

They walk over to Seth. As guests of honour, they are greeted warmly, although the music sounds tense. Helena probably really wants Seth and Johanna to get along, plus Johanna has considerable influence in the Vatican, so her impression of him is important.

[Seth:] Enchanting, yes it is to meet Madame again Allow me now to kiss your tender little hand [Helena:] Such an honor, Caesar, to kneel here at your feet Next to me, my sister, I wish for you to meet [Seth:] This must be Johanna Your eyes do mine entrance May I have the pleasure to offer you a dance?

This may just be my impression, but Seth comes across as somewhat awkward in this exchange. Would you say "tender little hand" to a woman you (officially) barely know..? And he "offers" Johanna a dance, as if he's doing her a favour..? Seth has come to fame very quickly. He used to be an isolated mystic, probably regarded as a bit of a weirdo. Whether this is intentional on the side of the authors or not - he is trying to be charming, but it seems he doesn't quite get the hang of it so far.

The scene description states that Helena willingly offers her hand to be kissed while Johanna is reluctant. Seth "gets an irresistible impulse" to dance the first dance of the night with Johanna, who hesitates, being "a bit jumpy and resolute". Helena is quite socially fluent, but Johanna, much like Seth, is not at home in this kind of situation. She does agree in the end though and the two dance. The conversation, of course, quickly leaves behind the usual pleasantries.

[Seth:] Like wings you cross the air of our tune As night birds do when tides obey the moon [Johanna:] Deeper is your soul than a waterfall Drowning in your memory of God [Seth:] To dance among the somber shadows Pain shall be the drying sun of every rain [Johanna:] What have you to show? Powers from below Powers that are dangling from a string

The scene description states that Seth is "trying to establish deep contact" with Johanna but that she "rebuffs him politely". I don't know if this really matches the lyrics. Johanna is quite direct and reads him accurately - she sees his past as a Christian mystic in him somehow, but also outright states that his powers are coming from hell. She warns that he can easily lose what he has.

Seth does not agree with her dualistic thinking, he remarks rather light-heartedly (listen to the vocal melody here) that:

[Seth:] Light and darkness are the chords we play Two melodies will find a common way [Johanna:] Listen I will not to this evil plot, Caesar So I thank you for this dance

To Johanna this way of thinking is clearly evil. Seeing light and dark, good and evil, merely as aesthetic choices, as opposites to be reconciled, goes against all her convictions. She says so and leaves. Even though he does not express this in words, Seth is, according to the scene description, quite discouraged to have been rejected and criticized so clearly. He walks onto a balcony while the guests continue their celebration.

[Guests:] Light of moon is falling through the evening curtains Glittering when finding jewels, gold and all The silence is unbroken, a million words unspoken By sleeping ghosts awoken at the palace ball