If you want it that way, it’s only a question of coordinate geometry and seating charts. Just compare Linnahall (actually in Estonia) to the National Opera House in Kyiv. While a cylindrical arrangement may be just fine for sound itself, the necessity of a setting and operatic actors places a constraint that the fourth wall should be flat, as it is in a capitalist movie theatre. Additionally, opera houses usually make use of the third, vertical dimension by adding special, elevated box seating, a better view for more important people (so they say). As an aside, it’s worth suggesting that National Opera House Kyiv probably made a grand impression on adolescent Bulgakov when it opened in 1901. Bulgakov is famous for his other works, but also allegedly wrote about time travel in a lesser-known theatrical work titled “Bliss”. I should already have read “Bliss” in the future, while I might read “Fatal Eggs” and “Heart of a Dog” sometime in the past. Too bad my language wasn’t good enough, or maybe it never will be. —Brad
On Sep 27, 2020, at 8:34 PM, Hans Havermann <gladhobo@bell.net> wrote:
BK: "The first scene does not take place at an opera house."
I'll bite. Where does it take place?
_______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun