Twelve Days Of Christmas, The (Live From The Royal Opera House Covent Garden) - Royal Opera House Brass Soloists And Chorus

Top Quality Opera for All

Advantages: Beautifully produced, top quality singing
Disadvantages: None

Garden (nearest tube is Covent Garden on the Picadilly line, or walk up from Charing Cross/Waterloo) and is the most fantastic building. The third opera house to be built on the site (the previous two both having been burnt to the ground), it went under extensive renovation in the late nineties, reopening in 2000 after a 200 million refurbishment. On entering you are struck by the huge scale of the building, the huge ceilings, the massive pillars - it's a building of real architectural impressiveness. On the first floor is the Floral Hall with its tall ceilings and champagne bar in the middle and if you head up to the Amphitheatre level there is a huge glass window allowing you to look down over the Floral Hall. If you fancy something to eat you have a choice of restaurants, the Amphitheatre Restaurant, the Paul Hamlyn Balconies Restaurant ...

bubblegum_princess 04.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Royal Opera House London

The Opera House

Advantages: Wasn't expensive
Disadvantages: Hour tour wasn't long enough

where there is lots of restaurants, which you can walk up to and get an elevated view. Taking the boat to Manly cost $12.80 and is cheaper than a cruise. You will get to see the same views of the Opera House only with fewer tourists and at a fraction of the cost. This will give you a 270-degree view of the building and walking around it you can see the rest. You will have the added bonus of being able to see the Harbour Bridge and you can get a photograph of both the bridge and Opera House together. Personally I didn't get the boat from Parammatta but this is another cheaper option to see it. The boat journey will take you under the bridge. It is a longer journey to do. The reason why I chose to go to Manly as it has a lovely beach to see once you get to the other side. If you go for a walk in the Botanical Gardens you can see ...

DeniseKelly40 24.09.2007 (23.04.2008) · Read full review
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Review of Sydney Opera House

THIS OLD HOUSE

Advantages: It's available to all of you
Disadvantages: To me none

This is one of my favourite places beacuse when I enter this building I know that all lifes worries are left on the doorstep I am entering a building that is going to present me with the best of talents that are on offer in the world today. HISTORY OF THE HOUSE The Royal Opera House is situated in London's Covent Garden it first opened it's doors in December 1732. This site has been the home of three differnent theatres. the first was mainly a playhouse. The first serious music to be performed here were operas by Handel who played here from 1735 to his death in 1759. He left his organ to the theatre when he died but sadly this was destroyed by a fire in 1808. Is that not a tragedy? The theatre was then rebuilt and it opened it's doors in 1809 again it was not just for the performances of Ballet and Opera, the exclusive rights ...

mrsatchmo 02.05.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Royal Opera House London