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The '''Empress Ryarna Theatre''' is a [[Hesperidesian theater]] in [[Trellin]]. | [[File:Amazon Theatre in Manaus.jpg|thumb|rigght|250px|Empress Ryarna Theatre, Bara ti'Emla]] | ||
The '''Empress Ryarna Theatre''' is a [[Hesperidesian theater]] in [[Bara ti'Emla]], [[Trellin]]. It was built in the 1880s, during the [[Pons Culturalis]] period, as a symbol and channel of cultural exchange between Trellin and the [[Empire of Exponent]]. The building was largely funded from the Exponential imperial treasury and designed as a collaboration between architects Publius Aratus of [[Divinity|Divinitia]] and Kehérin Burar of [[Kzint]]. It was named for [[Ryarna, Duchess of Tkena]], the consort of Exponential emperor [[Maximinius V]] and great-grandmother of [[Gaius Manius]], who began the [[Hesperidesian theater]] project. In 1913, the theatre was seized by the provincial government on behalf of the [[Sidereal Crown]], which had instituted a policy of isolationism across Trellin. | |||
Today, ownership of the theatre remains with the provincial government. It is the foremost venue for opera in Trellin and is a centrepiece of the theatrical community in Bara ti'Emla, being used as a performative space for an array of theatrical genres. It is, in the words of the definitive twentieth-century guidebook to Bara, "unusual as the most lavish expression of and idol to the arts to stand apart from the Emlan acropolis, instead forming a focal point of its own and drawing the traditional artistic communities into that more modern urban space, an imposing yet unassuming link between past and future." | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:26, 1 February 2023
The Empress Ryarna Theatre is a Hesperidesian theater in Bara ti'Emla, Trellin. It was built in the 1880s, during the Pons Culturalis period, as a symbol and channel of cultural exchange between Trellin and the Empire of Exponent. The building was largely funded from the Exponential imperial treasury and designed as a collaboration between architects Publius Aratus of Divinitia and Kehérin Burar of Kzint. It was named for Ryarna, Duchess of Tkena, the consort of Exponential emperor Maximinius V and great-grandmother of Gaius Manius, who began the Hesperidesian theater project. In 1913, the theatre was seized by the provincial government on behalf of the Sidereal Crown, which had instituted a policy of isolationism across Trellin.
Today, ownership of the theatre remains with the provincial government. It is the foremost venue for opera in Trellin and is a centrepiece of the theatrical community in Bara ti'Emla, being used as a performative space for an array of theatrical genres. It is, in the words of the definitive twentieth-century guidebook to Bara, "unusual as the most lavish expression of and idol to the arts to stand apart from the Emlan acropolis, instead forming a focal point of its own and drawing the traditional artistic communities into that more modern urban space, an imposing yet unassuming link between past and future."