1. www.culturesandart.com

2. Amsterdam Muziektheater
Since its official opening on September 23, 1986, Het Muziektheater has attracted
crowds from Amsterdam and beyond in droves.

3. Brussels Opera House
The Koninklijke Muntschouwburg (de Munt-Dutch), or le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
(la Monnaie – French) - both meaning Royal Theatre of the Mint.

4. Budapest Opera House
The Hungarian Opera House was designed and built in Renaissance style

5. Budapest Opera House
Ferenc Erkel conducted the inaugural concert in 1884

6. Budapest Opera House
The chandelier

7. Aida - Verdi
performance

8. Buenos Aires Opera House
The Colón Theatre is one of the world's major opera houses. The present
theatre, the second with that name, opened in 1908 after twenty years under

9. Buenos Aires Opera House
With excellent acoustics and modern stage areas, the theatre's interior
design features a rich scarlet and gold decor.

10. Copenhagen Opera House
The Copenhagen Opera House (in Danish usually called Operaen) is among the most
modern opera houses in the world. It is also one of the most expensive opera houses ever
built with construction costs well over 500 million dollars.

11. Copenhagen Opera House
The foyer

12. Frankfurt Opera House
The Alte Oper (Old Opera) is a major concert hall and former opera house in
Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The building was inaugurated in 1880.

13. Carmen - Bizet
performance

14. Lisbon Opera House
The National San Carlos Theatre, whose construction started in
1792, was inaugurated in June 30, 1793.

15. Lisbon Opera House
Royal box

16. London Opera House
The Royal Opera House - major performing arts venue in the London
district of Covent Garden, one of the foremost opera houses in the world.

17. Madrid Opera House
The Teatro Real was inaugurated in October 10, 1850 and is one of the
world's finest stage and acoustic settings for opera.

18. Milan Opera House
The Teatro alla Scala was founded, under the auspices of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, to
replace the Royal Ducal Theatre, which was destroyed by fire on February 26, 1776 and had until
then been the home of opera in Milan.

19. Milan Opera House
The chandelier

20. Milan Opera House
Madame Butterfly - Puccini
Final curtain, Mihoko Fujimura (Suzuki)

21. Moscow Opera House
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre whith holds performances
of ballet and opera

22. Moscow Opera House
staircase

23. Moscow Opera House
The main hall

24. Moscow Opera House
The chandelier

25. Turandot - Puccini
performance

26. New York Opera House
The Metropolitan Opera, founded in April 1880, is America's largest classical music organization, and
annually presents some 240 opera performances. The home of the company is one of the premier opera
stages in the world, considered by some as one of the best and is among the biggest in the world.

27. New York Opera House
The Metropolitan Opera House - Lincoln Center
'The Triumph of Music' by Marc Chagall

28. Odessa Opera House
The Odessa National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet is the
oldest theater in Ukraine

29. Oslo Opera House
A return to the classic fine arts in this modern setting

30. Turandot – Puccini
performance

31. Paris Opera House
The Opéra de Paris or Opéra Garnier, a 2,200-seat opera house and a grand
landmark designed by Charles Garnier in the Neo-Baroque style, is regarded as one
of the architectural masterpieces of its time.

32. Paris Opera House
The grand salon

33. Paris Opera House
The chandelier

34. Don Giovanni - Mozart
Prague Estates Theater - Mozart's opera Don Giovanni
was premiered here on October 29, 1787

35. Prague Opera House
The Národní Divadlo or the National Theatre in Prague is known as the Alma Mater
of Czech Opera, and as the national monument of Czech history and art.

36. Prague Opera House
The grand foyer

37. Prague Opera House
The chandelier

38. São Paulo Opera House
Municipal Theatre of São Paulo is one of the most important theatres in
South America and one of the landmarks of the city of São Paulo.

39. São Paulo Opera House
It is significant both for its architectural value as well as for its historical
importance, having been the venue for the Week of Modern Art in 1922,
which revolutionised the arts in Brazil.

40. Aida - Verdi
performance

41. Sofia Opera House
Ballet and opera enthusiasts attend Bulgaria’s theatres every night and receive
from the stage the power of talents, inspiration, skill and fidelity to the art.

42. St. Petersburg Opera House
The Mariinsky Theatre is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Russia,
where many of the stage masterpieces of Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, and
Rimsky-Korsakov received their premieres.

43. St. Petersburg Opera House
Mariinsky Theatre – inside

44. Sydney Opera House
The Sydney Opera House - one of the world's most distinctive 20th century buildings - was
made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on June 28, 2007

45. Tannhauser - Wagner
performance

46. Stockholm Opera House
The Kungliga Teatern ("Royal Theatre") or Royal Swedish Opera is the
national stage for opera in Sweden.

47. Cosi Fan Tutte - Mozart
performance

48. Vienna Opera House
August venue that offers, 300 days a year, performances that religiously
change every day…

49. Vienna Opera House
...that, with a roll of conductors encompassing Gustav Mahler to Claudio Abado,
personifies the music sacred arena – the Vienna Opera.

50. Nabucco - Verdi
And, closing with the performance of the opera from which this musical background
has been chosen at beginning, I’d like to beg you…

51. …to all of you fans and also the ones
that are indifferent to Lyrical Music,
please understand the oddity of my
incursion in this field since I’m only
capable to appreciate half a dozen of
Arias among the few I can recognize,
and this due have heard them within
my family, since a child.
So, to the performer that led me in –
that at 88 with no inhibition still
softly sings some of her favorites,
never having lost the illusion of self
imagining as the most beautiful and
famous Diva, rapturously applauded
by her audience - I dedicate this
work,
my mother.

52. Photo imagery – from Internet, with credits to authors,
or from Wikipedia’s site www.wikipedia.org
Music: - Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi
"Va, pensiero sull' ali dorate“
Chorus Of Hebrew Slaves
from Nabucco opera
- Charles Gounod
“Deposons les armes ... Gloire immortelle de
nos aieux“ from Faust Opera
Research, compilation and format : Delza Dias Ferreira
delzadfer@hotmail.com
English version : Flavio Musa de Freitas Guimarães
Brazil – São Paulo – X - 2008

53. Links to super enlarged photos from some theatres of this PPS:
Budapest - http://www.flickr.com/photos/helico/456433534/sizes/o/
Budapest- http://www.flickr.com/photos/danube/118061702/sizes/o/
Buenos Aires - http://www.flickr.com/photos/exedu/172895080/sizes/o/
Copenhagen - http://www.flickr.com/photos/malouette/400581702/sizes/o/in/set-72157601313746135/
Frankfourt - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Alteoper-ffm002.jpg
London - http://www.flickr.com/photos/77506989@N00/433308652/sizes/o/
Madrid - http://www.flickr.com/photos/8230500@N04/1430882192/sizes/o/
Milan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/abirdie/25173119/sizes/o/
Milan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/cicciopizzettaro/280550390/sizes/o/
Milan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/riccoboni6/406635780/sizes/o/
Milan - http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennismueller/87705521/sizes/o/
Moscow - http://www.flickr.com/photos/aslakr/2088736798/sizes/o/
New York - http://www.flickr.com/photos/macronin47/160525273/sizes/o/
Oslo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rennyba/2449505281/sizes/o/
Oslo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/ausfi/2444449347/sizes/o/
Paris - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/EPO_1273_wiki.jpg
Paris - http://www.flickr.com/photos/fact244/829568057/sizes/o/
Paris - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1429995034/sizes/o/
Paris - http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/1429994310/sizes/o/in/set-72157602134763431/
Paris - http://www.flickr.com/photos/r_catalano/471684620/sizes/o/
Paris - http://www.flickr.com/photos/piero/251864891/sizes/o/
Praha - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillandjason/166390625/sizes/o/
Praha - http://www.flickr.com/photos/yoshindustry/216061245/sizes/o/
São Paulo - http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedro_angelini/2456204811/sizes/o/
Stockholm - http://www.flickr.com/photos/rabulist/2226908482/sizes/o/
St Petersburg - http://www.flickr.com/photos/anhthusm/534595902/sizes/o/in/set-72157600322507545/

54. The end
Bye!
Thank you very much !