P617 - Ukraine - Theater of Opera and Ballet, Odessa

National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet, Odessa, Ukraine

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P567 - Opera House, Sydney

Opera House, Sydney, Australia ( UNESCO WHS )

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P516 - Lithuania - Vilnius City

Vilnius City, Sculptures of the Lithuanian National Drama Theatre,
Gediminas Avenue, Gediminas Tower,  Lithuania

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P394 - Finland - Finnish National Opera, Helsinki

Finnish National Opera, Helsinki, Finland

The Finnish National Opera in Helsinki is the leading opera company in Finland. Its home base is the Opera House on Töölönlahti bay in Töölö which opened in 1993. The Opera House features state-of-the-art technology and two auditoriums: the main auditorium with 1,350 seats and a smaller studio auditorium with 300 to 500 seats.

芬兰国家歌剧院于1993年建成，座落在赫尔辛基市中心曼德海姆大街和赫尔辛基大街的交汇处，交通便利，是优雅的芬兰式建筑典范，与芬兰大厦堪称姊妹建筑。其风格是传统文化与现代潮流相结合，由Eero Hyvamaki，Jukka Karhunen和Risto Parkkinen三位建筑师设计。其外立面的几何线条简洁有力，饰面以白色为主体，局部用略深的色块作点缀，使“北欧白都”赫尔辛基又增添了几分清新。

References sources : wikipedia,视觉中国　　

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P211 - Ukraine - Puppet Theatre in Kyiv

Puppet Theatre and Aqua-informational center, Kyiv, Ukraine

Kiev, also known as Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. As of April 2007, official municipal estimates placed the population of Kiev at about 2.7 million inhabitants, although some much higher unofficial estimates are often published. Kiev is an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural centre of Eastern Europe. It is home to many high-tech industries, higher education institutions and world-famous historical landmarks. The city has an extensive infrastructure and highly developed system of public transport, including the Kiev Metro.

The name Kiev is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of four legendary founders of the city. During its history, Kiev, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of great prominence and relative obscurity. The city may have been founded in the 5th century as a trading post, perhaps part of the land of the early Slavs. It gradually acquired eminence as the centre of Rus civilization, becoming in the tenth to twelfth centuries the political and cultural capital of Rus', a semi-feudal confederation of Slavic principalities to the east of Poland. Completely destroyed during the Mongol invasion in 1240, the city lost most of its influence for the centuries to come. It was a provincial capital of marginal importance in the outskirts of the territories controlled by its powerful neighbors: first the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, followed by Poland and Russia.

The city prospered again during the Russian industrial revolution in the late 19th century. After the turbulent period following the Russian Revolution of 1917, from 1921 onwards Kiev was an important city of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, and, from 1934, its capital. During World War II, the city again suffered significant damage, but quickly recovered in the post-war years remaining the third largest city of the Soviet Union. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Ukrainian independence of 1991, Kiev remained the capital of Ukraine.

An important part of Kiev's culture is the many theatres in the city, which include: Kiev Opera House, Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater, Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama, the Kiev Puppet Theater, October Palace, National Philharmonic of Ukraine and many others.

The Puppet Theatre in Kyiv, which was set up 80 years ago, gets a new magnificent building.

基輔木偶劇院。

基輔位于乌克兰中北部，第聂伯河中游，为國家首都。

公元822年，第一个俄罗斯民族国家基辅罗斯在乌克兰的基辅建立。988年全市改宗东正教，往后两个世纪通过欧亚贸易逐渐繁荣起来，被称为第聂伯河上的“帝王之城”。1240年，成吉思汗的孙子拔都及其蒙古远征军攻占基辅，其后成为钦察汗国的一个重要城市。1362年，西面的立陶宛公国入侵；1569年又被割让予波兰；1686年归于俄国。19世纪初俄国沙皇锐意发展工业，基辅成为乌克兰一带的领导城市；60年代与莫斯科和敖德萨通铁路。1917年俄国十月革命成功，基辅遂于翌年成为独立的乌克兰国家首都。1941年苏军败退，被纳粹德军占领。1943年苏军重临解放基辅。二次世界大战后，苏联政府授予基辅以“英雄城市”的称号和金星勋章、列宁勋章，表扬该市人民在战争中的勇敢和牺牲。1991年，基辅发生骚动，乌克兰脱离苏联独立，该市成为乌克兰的首都。

References sources : wikipedia

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P189 - Singapore - Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay

Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay, Singapore

Marina Bay is a bay near Central Area in the southern part of Singapore, and lies to the east of the Downtown Core. An artificial bay, it was formed when land reclamation created the Marina Centre and Marina South areas, which form a body of sheltered waters of what was once open sea. In the reclamation process, Telok Ayer Basin was removed from the map, while the Singapore River's mouth now flows into the bay instead of directly into the sea. A barrage was completed in 2008 to make Marina Bay a reservoir for drinking water.

In contemporary local common usage, however, the term Marina Bay has largely been attached to the developments in the vicinity of Marina Mall in the Marina South reclaimed area, particularly to the eateries found there. Although technically erroneous, this association may have been stemmed from the association of the venue's limited accessibility to the Marina Bay MRT Station, which has served as the main means of public transport to Marina South.

It was announced in 2007 that Marina Bay will play host to a Formula One Race. The inaugural Singapore Grand Prix took place on September 28 2008 on a street circuit through Marina Bay. It was the first ever Formula One Grand Prix to be staged at night, with the track fully floodlit.

The Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay (simplified Chinese: 滨海艺术中心) is a waterside building located on six hectares of waterfront land alongside Marina Bay near the mouth of the Singapore River, purpose-built to be the centre for performing arts for the island nation of Singapore. Taking its name from the nearby Esplanade, it contains a 1,600 seat concert hall and a 2,000 seat theatre for the performing arts.

The library@esplanade is located on the third floor of the building. There are outdoor performing centres, and retail and food space at the Esplanade Mall. There is an outdoor open space on the fourth floor of the building.

濱海藝術中心是新加坡首屈一指的表演藝術地點。它因造型獨特的圓頂而被新加坡人取了個既親切又貼切的綽號－－“榴槤” (榴槤是一種帶刺的熱帶水果))。

俯視著濱海灣的濱海藝術中心內，有一座1,600個座席的音樂大廳、一座2,000個座席的劇院、大大小小的朗誦室、劇場和排練場，還有戶外表演空間。藝術中心內還設有購物中心、世界各地風味的餐館以及新加坡的第一間藝術圖書館－－濱海藝術中心圖書館(library@esplanade)。圖書館內收藏了大量關於音樂、舞蹈、電影和戲劇的文學典籍和多媒體資料。

在濱海藝術中心裡上演了大量的本土和國際演出，從音樂劇、演唱會到舞蹈和戲劇，戶外演出和午餐演唱會等更提供了貼近大眾的娛樂表演。

References sources : wikipedia, 非常新加坡

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