Content Creation & Fine Art Photography
Content Creation & Fine Art Photography
Like the Hungarian State Opera House, Graz’s Opernhaus (“Opera House”) was built at the tail end of the 19th century – a time when the strains of the Blue Danube saturated every café in town. But while the Hungarians indulged in Renaissance excess, Graz plumped for Austrian values. The city
The Opernhaus was designed by the famous architectural firm of Fellner & Helmer. These two Viennese gentlemen specialized in performance spaces, and you’ll run into their work all over Eastern Europe. You can hop from the Prague State Opera and the Landestheater in Salzburg to the Oradea National Theatre in
Hey, New Yorkers – remind you of anything? An uneasy symbol of peace, the Lichtschwert (“Light Sword” or “Light Saber”) is the work of the Graz artist Hartmut Skerbisch. Skerbisch found his inspiration in the Opernhaus. During the Steirischer Herbst festival in 1992, the city was looking for a way
Continue readingLichtschwert (Light Sword Sculpture), Opernhaus, Graz, Austria