Grand Opera House: Auction
The main curtain has been raised, unveiling the opera house stage, a broad swath of well-trodden wood floorboards. The house lights illuminate center stage, where the lots up for auction await bidders. Each lot is displayed on its own table or appropriate support, and a folded card in front of each item indicates its lot […]
Grand Opera House: Underwater Shell
The opera house, a place dedicated to the performing arts, is itself a mesmerizing masterpiece. Thousands of velvet-covered seats fill the cavernous auditorium: curving rows in the orchestra section, seats on the elevated mezzanine level and galleries, up to the exclusive balconies. The latter have the best view of the crown jewel: the stage, framed […]
