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Figure 1.
Calatrava’s building complex visible from the tower next to the Cathedral, exterior of the opera, and the main opera stage visible from the stage. Photograph by author
Figure 2.
Location of the Copenhagen Opera House on the extension of the representative axis, projection of level 0.0 and interior of the opera house. Photograph by author, illustration from the author’s archive
Figure 3.
Exterior of Theatrum Gedanense, stage-audience in the Elizabethan layout, and curtain call. Photograph by author [5, 6]
Figure 4.
Tbilisi Theater visible from the nearby hill, projection of main level and author’s sketch (Fuksas) of longitudinal cross-section through the auditorium. Photograph by author, illustrations from the author’s archive
Figure 5.
Statue of Laocoön and His Sons from 1st century BCE, excavated in 1500s, presumably in the presence of Michelangelo Buonarroti, and Discobolus of Myron from the middle of the 5th century BCE. Photograph by author
Figure 6.
Delphi Theater, picture taken in late afternoon, and The Suppliants by Euripides, picture taken during the 1936 stage performance. Photograph by author, photograph from the author’s archive [12]
Figure 7.
The Globe Theatre of London and the Elizabethan style stage of Les Bouffes du Nord theater in Paris. Photograph by author, photograph from author’s archive [5]
Figure 8.
Stage of Les Bouffes du Nord in an arena layout; details characteristic of the specific aesthetics of the auditorium. Photograph by author