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Reiner Torheit
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« on: 12:22:24, 18-12-2007 »
Nor did I, until I read about the sixth being opened:

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/artdesign/story/2007/12/17/istanbul-opera.html?ref=rss

I wonder what they all stage?  Smiley
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« Reply #1 on: 12:48:02, 18-12-2007 »
And I missed the lot!  I did see at least three Starbucks at Istanbul though, none serving Turkish coffee.

If the newly opened one is in Kadikoy, that is the Asian side of the Bosphorus, near the wonderful Haydarpasa Railway Station.
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« Reply #2 on: 15:45:12, 28-12-2007 »
Quote from: Reiner Torheit on 12:22:24, 18-12-2007
I wonder what they all stage?  Smiley

In case anyone's planning a visit:

http://www.idobale.com/liste_programen.php

This month's schedule:

http://www.idobale.com/programeng--.php?fl=january2008

The two main venues appear to be Atatürk Kültür Merkezi and Kadıköy Süreyya Opera House.  There seems to be something on most nights, I notice; which is more than one can say for many cities in Western Europe.
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« Reply #3 on: 21:27:08, 29-12-2007 »
That's brill, Htoe, thanks a lot.

For the students of Christian dogmatics among you, I understand that Kadıköy in Greek is Chalcedon, the site of the Ecumenical Council in 451 that came up with the definitive, orthodox and very sophisticated definition of the relation of Christ's human and divine natures.  The Syrian, Armenian, Coptic and Ethiopian Churches never accepted it.

I have never come across a performance of Rossini's Maometto Secondo  in modern times.  But to have it in Constantinople... well...
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