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The effect is stunning and allows the viewer to fully experience the complexity and exuberance of these flamboyant 18th, 19th and 20th century buildings. In addition to the facades Andras Kaldor has also added many detailed drawings of particular aspects of both the exteriors and interiors of the buildings. The text accompanying the pictures is written, in many cases, by well known personalities who have a personal association with the individual opera houses. Background details of the history, architecture, composers, operas, and singers are given and, where appropriate, there are personal anecdotes. The book will have an immediate appeal to lovers of opera. No other comparable work covers the field. Many of these opera houses, such as Covent Garden, the Bolshoi Theatre, the Opera Comique, the Sydney Opera House, the Metropolitan in New York and the San Francisco Opera House are household names known the world over.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49533753622801,"sku":"GOR002329147","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49659028701457,"sku":"GOR004298281","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50017983430929,"sku":"GOR013837280","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50392834572561,"sku":"CIN1851493638G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1851493638.jpg?v=1751313270"},{"product_id":"opera-houses-of-europe-book-andras-kaldor-9781851492480","title":"Opera Houses of Europe","description":"The artist, Andras Kaldor, was introduced to opera as a child by his parents who held season tickets to the Budapest Opera. Although he trained as an architect, his love of the opera has proved the stronger influence and he has spent the last 12 years painting all the major opera houses in Europe. The facade of each opera house is illustrated without the distractions of surrounding buildings and street scenes. Each opera house, which has been personally visited by the artist, is first drawn in pen and ink in an architectural manner. In addition to the facades, Andras Kaldor has also added many detailed drawings of particular aspects of both the exteriors and interiors of the buildings. The text accompanying the pictures is written, by notable persons who have a personal association with the individual opera houses. 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In the last ten years entire new districts have grown up on the site of the now disappeared Berlin Wall. The illustrations will include the Reichstag with its new glass dome, the museums and churches around the Unter den Linden and on Museum Island, the restored old districts just north and east of the centre, the old and the new ministries and government buildings and the gleaming new development around Potsdamer Platz. All these make Berlin an exciting and changing city for those interested in architecture, old and new. The book will illustrate some forty of these buildings. 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In his new work he crosses the Atlantic to survey the no less splendid buildings of New York, concentrating mainly on those designed and constructed at the end of the nineteenth century. Most of the buildings featured are included in the New York City Preservation Commission's list. Kaldor features the main facades as well as finer architectural details of some fifty historic New York landmarks ranging from the U S Custom House and the Woolworth Building in Lower Manhartan, through the Flatiron Building, the Empire State Building, Grand Central Station and St Patrick's Cathedral in Midtown and the Metropolitan Museum, the Dakota and the Frick Collection uptown.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53433491489041,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53433491980561,"sku":"CIN1851493980VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781851493982.jpg?v=1776481258"},{"product_id":"new-york-masterpieces-of-architecture-book-andras-kaldor-9781851493081","title":"New York: Masterpieces of Architecture","description":"Kaldor's ink and gouache renderings portray the main facades and finer architectural details of some fifty historic landmarks, many of which are included in the city's Landmarks Preservation Commission list. 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