th annual Toyota Classics 2012 held by Toyota Motors Asia - Pacific and Toyota Motors Vietnam, in cooperation with Vietnam Performing Arts Centre (Dept. of Performing Arts-Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism), will take place at the Hanoi Opera House on November 4. … [Read more...] about Toyota Classics 2012 to open at Hanoi Opera House
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My Village circus returns to Hanoi Opera House
My Village circus returns to Hanoi Opera House By Ha Linh in Hanoi After three years of touring Europe, the Lang toi (My village) circus by artist Nhat Ly will perform at the Hanoi Opera House for free on August 10. Lang toi is a combination of arts, highlighting the peaceful country life and the poetic scenery of Vietnam. Vietnamese bamboo is used as a unique means to help viewers understand the body language of the artists who dance, tread and perform acrobatics on bamboo pipes and perform subtle tricks with bamboo baskets. The stage is decorated with bamboo screens and musical instruments are also made of bamboo. Lang toi is staged by overseas Vietnamese artists including circus artist Tuan Anh (Germany), song writer Nhat Ly (France) and circus teacher Nguyen Lan (France). The initiative was born six years ago when the artists came together to draft a French-Vietnamese cultural exchange program to build a new circus program with ethnic culture as the main material. With an elegant … [Read more...] about My Village circus returns to Hanoi Opera House
Experts lambaste Hanoi Opera House’s new paint job
Conservation experts and architects in Vietnam have frowned on the overly bright, intense new paint job on the Hanoi Opera Theater, one of the capital’s most prominent icons and tourist attractions. The new coating is part of the regular maintenance work that is going on at the Hanoi Opera House, located at 1 Trang Tien, Hoan Kiem District. The mansion, which is not far from Hoan Kiem Lake, another hallmark, was built by French people in 1901 and modeled after a theater in Paris. After being put into use in 1911, the grand theater has been a venue for numerous major cultural and artistic events, and grown into one of the capital city’s most popular tourist attractions. The mansion underwent a major facelift which began in 1994 and was completed three years later. The ongoing makeover mostly consists of applying a new layer of paint to the theater and carrying out minor repairs to a number of interior details, Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet, director of the … [Read more...] about Experts lambaste Hanoi Opera House’s new paint job
Hanoi Opera House Celebrates a Century of Heritage
(VEN) - The Hanoi Opera House is a century old symbol of the country's history. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has decided to mark the hundredth anniversary of the Hanoi Opera House on November 11, 2011. This will be one of the largest cultural events in the country this year. According to the Professor of History Duong Trung Quoc, general secretary of the Vietnamese Association of Historical Sciences, the Hanoi Opera House importance does not merely lie on its architectural values. From the beginning of the twentieth century, the house witnessed the first meetings between Vietnamese and the European culture, especially in terms of music and stage performances. Located in the center of Hanoi, the Opera House hosted major historical events including the August Revolution on August 19, 1945 and sessions of the National Assembly before 1975. Generally, the house is a heritage site which has a close attachment with Vietnamese history, culture and politics. The Opera House … [Read more...] about Hanoi Opera House Celebrates a Century of Heritage
Celebrating One Hundred Years of the Hanoi Opera House
The Hanoi Opera House is 100 years old this year. Having experienced so many ups and downs for more than a century, it remains intact and has become a great cultural destination and a beautiful architectural work of the 1,000-year-old city of Hanoi. In the early years of the 20th century, to meet the demand for the work and relaxation of French government officials in colonial countries, including Vietnam, French architects built many office buildings and other magnificent works, including the Hanoi Opera House. In 1899, chaired by Richard, the French Ambassador in Hanoi, the Hanoi City Council asked Governor Fourer to build a theater in Hanoi. The location selected for building the theatre was in Thach Tan and Tay Luong Villages in Phuc Lan Canton, Tho Xuong District. The Hanoi Opera House at night. French architects Harlay and Broyer were the designers of the theatre. After several revisions, on June 7, 1901 construction started. As designed, the theatre has a total … [Read more...] about Celebrating One Hundred Years of the Hanoi Opera House