Dido and Anias

Another scene.

I think her name is:Tal Gnor- Soprano

 

Dido and Anias is a tragic  opera. I would like to add some scenes that I liked very much.  The main roles:

Hadas Faran Asia-soprano - Dido, the queen of Kartago.

Chemi Levinson Bariton- the Trojan Prince

Add to this ,the Givatayim choir " Accord", and dancers .

And a nice   group of musicans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas

Please read and thanks for viewing.

Please read preface,thanks

Both are exceptional images. In the first one there can be no doubt of her pitch... composition, light management, processing are first rate. The second one packs a powerful punch in monochrome. Outstanding work, Pnina.

Thans a lot for looking and writing!I appreciate your words in both of them. I wanted to enter the viewers to the atmospher of a very beautiful production!

and you have... to our immense pleasure

Outstanding presentation with clarity and magic of light...

Grigoriy

 

Pnina

This must be a somewhat lighter scene of the opera, as the singer's expression seems rather rapturous in your capture. I like the singer's placement in the frame, while still allowing for some subtle details of the orchestra beyond... Lovely clarity, detail & color combination.

WOW! Pnina such a lovely stage shot! excellent exposure & DOF, great details & nice expression, perfect contrast especially the green-light make the picture stand out!      Best regards 7!

As always, you prove you're among the best of the theatrical photographers. I've tried my hand at this kind of shooting in the past and realize how hard it is to judge stage lighting and to hold and capture a single moment, like catching a butterfly on the wing.

Pnina, it's always a pleasure to see your latest work. It is inspiring. This image makes me think of purity and elegance. I like the way you used DOF to bring the subject out, she seems three demensional. Beautiful!

Best wishes,

Linda

Really beautiful work with very nice lighting, Pnina!

 

 Rajat, I 'm really glad for your comments thanks  for your follow up.

Grigoriy, thanks as well!

 Marjolein, in the opera,she plays the closest friend of Dido and in this scene she tells about Dido's love to Anias (as far as I understood).

Richard, thanks for your detailed impressions, nice to see you active again!

Jack, it is all about trail, error ,and accumulating experience... Thanks for your nice  eloquent ( as usual )feedback.

Linda thanks , it is hard  to choose from the collection I have of this beautiful production ,and I tried to upload the scenes that have logic of the story, and the different  participants.

Ruud, thanks for your always nice feedback

Pnina...

This is a stunning image with great lighting.  You have captured her expression beautifully.  

 

BTW...thank you for your comments on NW angle images.  The bridge image is the most recent and I just learned how to keep the shutter open for 10-seconds.  I live about 10-minutes from this bridge and will shoot it again in different lighting.

It is stunning I will look for it.

What a beautiful capture Pnina, well done!

Thanks very much for your comment on my ladybird! Regards, Ellen

News from the queen of stage photography...also the b/w is a technical delicacy! My compliments!

Thanks both of you! it is graet to see you in my work!

My favourite of your three most recent posts mainly for her joyous and uplifting expression.  I'm not sure that including the out of focus members of the orchestra adds to this offering since the singer is the most important element.  Depends on your artistic intent in presenting this one.  Your B&W of the witch prompted me to convert this one to B&W and I have to say I prefer it to the green tinged original.  I also cropped it square, from the upper right corner.  Again, I am viewing this one out of context so I have to be cautious in my observations.  I am most impressed with the sharpness here, thanks, probably, to the modern glass,  high ISO's, and superior sensors available today.  Always a treat to view your latest.  Best, LM.

 In general, many of the photos can have different crops  and transformed to B/W. Let me explain: it was an opera with lights and many groups of  participants.

 In order to   create a series that will give the different viewers a hint of the whole I tried to upload a series of images in different forms ,colors/ lights, and B/W ,as well as do justice to the different groups of performers....;-))

I hope it explains my choices... It is always a  pleasure to read your point of view that light  points that need explanations. Great to have you at my work! 

I imagine opera performances as a good opportunity to take photographs under well designed lightnings on stage. But you're using those available lights environment in a master way, I think it's strongly influenced by the framing and the angle. This evocative image of an unforgettable beauty singing is an example of this concept, where the frame seems out of the rules, but with a remarkable result, mainly because for you feelings and emotions are the priority, and I can see it here. Chapeau madame!

Thanks!. Great to see you again and read your impressions. Where have you been...;-)) such a long absence. Thanks so much for your very nice feedback!