Posts Tagged ‘opera

Mozart was born in Salzburg and he was taught music from a very young age. Maybe that is why he was playing the piano by the time that he turned 4 years old! He composed his first piece of music when he was 5 years old. Even though he was very famous when he was younger, he had a difficult time as he got older. Mozart found himself struggling as he tried to make his music stand out. His popularity seemed to wear off as he got older. But, that is not to say that he did not create a great deal of very famous works during the earlier stages of his life.

If you do not know Frederick Ashton then you have come to the right place. This article will explain a little bit about this man’s life and what he has accomplished as a professional within the arts. If you do have any knowledge about the arts then you may have heard this man’s name as he is internationally known when it comes to the work that he did complete with the ballet and other art forms such as the opera. When you finally have an opportunity to talk about this gentleman and learn about his life, you will be more and more impressed with what he has accomplished.

A lot of people wonder if they can use opera glasses. It does not matter if you wear glasses or you can not see very well, you can use opera glasses if you wish. They will not hurt your vision as long as you are not walking around looking through them all the time.

Opera glasses developed from a series of other inventions. All this started in 1608 when the Dutch optician Hans Lipperhey created binoculars consisting of two parallel telescopes. Their magnification capability was a (very impressive for the time) x3. Within one year the Italian mathematician and philosopher Galileo Galilee made massive improvements to the techniques and types of lenses used in telescopes, thereby increasing the magnification ability to x30.

Wicked is an amazing musical, and a storyline you are sure to love. The story is based off of the original movie of the 1939 movie, The Wizard of Oz. Wicked is the story of how The Wicked Witch of the West got so wicked.

Madame Butterfly is a popular opera that is written by Giacomo Puccini. You will want to bring your opera glasses to this opera. We are about to show you why.

Phantom of the Opera is a marvelous performance that will send your feelings through an array of emotions from sadness, happiness, to fright. When planning on attending a performance of the Phantom of the Opera make sure you bring your opera glasses.

Devices to improve eyesight in general have been around for hundreds of years. It was not until the 1800’s that opera glasses achieved their position as a status symbol among theater-goers of the day.

You may not want to bring binoculars to catch all the action of a performance on stage so Opera Glasses would be the next best thing. Opera houses built many years ago have balconies that are very far from the stage with cheaper seats. Often times they were such a distance that you could only see figures moving across the stage and forget about seeing faces that is part of the acting processes. Opera glasses would enable those people in the gallery to see much better almost to the point of seeing the facial expressions of the performers. Opera Glasses are not a new item on the market because they have been available since the 50’s.

Hairspray the musical is set in Baltimore, Maryland the year is 1962. Our hero in the musical is is a young overweight girl named Tracy. Tracy has always dreamed of becoming a big star, if and when you attend this musical, make sure you have a front row seat, if you don’t you will want to be sure to bring your opera glasses, so as not to miss a moment of this fast-paced play.