Opus – Page 66 – Encyclopædia of the sublime

Sydney Biddle Barrows

After graduating from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, followed by a short career in the fashion industry, Sydney Biddle Barrows was introduced to the world of high-class prostitution and started her own escort service named Cachet, which existed in New York City from 1979 to 1984. Unlike other escort agencies, Cachet offered an unparalleled service at the time, focusing on delivering a classy and elegant experience to the wealthy and powerful who either visited or lived in New York City. Some of its clients included industrialists, high-powered business executives and lawyers, foreign diplomats and Arabian oil sheiks.

Grand-Bassam

Grand-Bassam is a city in Côte d'Ivoire. It was the French colonial capital city from 1893 until 1896, when the administration was transferred to Bingerville after a bout of yellow fever. The city remained a key seaport until the growth of Abidjan from the 1930s. Grand-Bassam is the chief city of Grand-Bassam Department. The city has the aura of a ghost town since large sections have been abandoned for decades.

Duino

Duino Castle is the castle where Rainer Maria Rilke wrote his Duino Elegies.

Leonardslee

Leonardslee is a country house and landscaped woodland garden in West Sussex, England.

Carlo Scarpa

Carlo Scarpa was an Italian architect, influenced by the materials, landscape, and the history of Venetian culture, and Japan.

Elisa Sednaoui

Elisa Sednaoui is a model of Italian, Egyptian, and French descent.

The Cobra-Ferrari Wars 1963-1965

The Cobra-Ferrari Wars is the true story of Carroll Shelby's war against Enzo Ferrari, and the cars and the men who made racing history.

Glass armonica

Glass armonica is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction.

Leyat Helica

These vehicles were designed and built in the early 1920's in France by a man named Marcel Leyat.

Our Town

Our Town is three-act play by Thornton Wilder. It tells the story of the fictional American small town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 through the everyday lives of its citizens. Throughout, Wilder uses metatheatrical devices, setting the play in the actual theatre where it is being performed. The main character is the stage manager of the theatre who directly addresses the audience, brings in guest lecturers, fields questions from the audience, and fills in playing some of the roles. The play is performed without a set on a mostly bare stage. With a few exceptions, the actors mime actions without the use of props.