#staatsoper

A rainy walk through the heart of Stuttgart led to this magical moment at the Eckensee. The grey, overcast sky couldn't dampen the beauty of the Staatsoper (State Opera). Getting down low in a kneeling position allowed me to capture this elegant swan parading in the foreground, creating perfect ripples in the water, while the grand opera house reflects in the lake behind him. There is a special kind of poetry in European cities when it rains. Captured handheld with the Canon R7 and Tamron 11-20mm at f/13 to keep every detail in focus. 🦢🏛️🌧️

Glückliches neues Jahr!

Staatsoper, Vienna, Austria

Verdi - Aida @ Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Berlin

Per an official press statement, Sciarrino’s new opera “is loosely based both on Ovid’s Venus and Adonis myth, as well as Shakespeare’s 16th-century poem, ‘Venus and Adonis.’ The story is a sad one, as the beautiful Adonis’ love for Venus proves fatal in the end. When Adonis finds the wild monster whom he has been obsessed with hunting, he is devoured limb-to-limb by the animal in a lust and rage-filled encounter. Venus is bereft at Adonis’ death, and the ancient story ends with the meditation ‘who triumphs, love or death?”

Vienna, Opera 

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Fredericus Rex Apollini et Musis.