This was truly one of my absolute favorites. I took a guided tour and learned even more than when I was here in 2007. The Opera House was a place to "be seen." Separate entrances, large grand stairs, and balconies over looking the main staircase so that your entrance into the opera would be a show all of itself. People would buy their own boxed area with walls. Their names would be on the door and it would be theirs for the year.
One of the pictures shows a very small snippet of the library of music, opera and design from the Opera House.
The entire building was one I could sit in all day a muse; however, the place I loved the most is under the grand staircase - the very bottom picture.
This is the place that Phantom of the Opera was written for. Unfortunately there are no rivers underground...only a large vessel holding water in case of a fire.
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pictures are stunning , i loved going to the venice carnival and really enjoyed it , but then i had my very own buisness to choice my mask from !lol
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