European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Calendar Germany Model railway exhibition Frankfurt nov. 7-10. This is the third International lib Ilion Wilh about 180 exhibitors expert Ted from 12 Rou Nories. The fair k open to the Public. The German Federal railway do is offering Cut fare in sets on nov. 9 and 10, valid from stations at least 51 Kilometres and no More ban 400 Kilometres from Frankfurt. The Frankfurt main station is about a 10-minute walk from the Fairgrounds. Great Britain All Scotland accordion and i Iddle festival Perth City Halk or Rah oct. 26. Tavistock , Tavi lock oct. 31-nov. 5. Ireland Tiff to slut by rim traditional festival Sli Everue county Kilkenny nov. 8-10. Italy traditional Market Stegen Bruneck oct. 25-27. Spain 3rd andalusian Flower fair Seville nov. 13-15. Switzerland 25th International Zurich Mineral Exchange Zurich nov. 9-10. Turkey Day of the Republic throughout the country oct. 29. Gallery Austria Kosten 2000 years Post Schloss Hallburn until oct. 26. Garsten Bei Ste k the Church in upper Austria Stift Carsten until oct. 27. Opening times Are daily 9 a.m.-6 . Belgium Brussels 150 years Royal museum of Art and history pare do Cinquanto enaire until nov. 3. France Belfort exhibition of paintings and engravings Salle Des fetes oct. 18-27. Paris Victor Flugo s drawings Victor Hugo s House place Des Vosges until dec. 31. Germany at the Karl Schmidt Rott Lull exhibition in Berlin original woodcut blocks Are shown along with recent prints. Lahr Alex Colville serigraphs 1955-1983, Altes Rathaus until oct. 20. Preetz the circus museum in Preetz near Kiel has exhibits of costumes and oddities. It is open wednesday 5-8 ., saturday 3-6 . And sunday and holidays 10  and 3-6 . Caluory Cumberlin Karl Schmidt Rottluff exhibition Brucke museum until nov. 24. Great Britain London British , Victoria and Albert museum oct. 23-May. London London transport at War London transport museum until nov. 27. The exhibition shows How the Public transport system coped with two world wars. Luxembourg Luxembourg the self portrait in Luxembourg painting oct. 18-nov.30. The Netherlands Amsterdam Spanish artists of the 17lh Century Rijk museum oct. 24-26 Jan the exhibition is loaned from Madrid s Prado and includes Al Greco Rivera Murillo Zurbaran and Velasque. Switzerland St. Moritz Oberen Gadin in Art the 18th Century Onward Parkham Rondelle until oct. 20. The exhibition is open tuesday saturday 10 a.m.-5 . And sunday 2-5 . Zurich Emil Cardinaux exhibition  until oct. 20. Basel melanesian Art Volker Kundic museum october. Opera Bastille improves chances of tickets in Paris by Marilyn August Only 1,700 of its 2,200 seats have unobstructed High society parisian night life. Associated press with clock like precision the perfectly decorated mini opera stage shifts quietly into place. The lights dim and Lively tones of a Mozart overture tinkle into the cozy auditorium at the Pompidou Center. It is the Public s first glimpse inside Paris new 2.17 billion franc $271 million opera House under construction at the place de la Bastille the historic prison site and Birthplace of the French revolution. Government experts say the project will be completed on july 14,1989, to celebrate the Bicentennial of the storming of the Bastille. Then France will boast one of the world s most sophisticated and technologically advanced music complexes. The opera Bastille so named to distinguish it from the historic opera building in the City s heart is the brainchild of French president Francois Mitterrand and the Cornerstone of the socialist government s drive to make elitist Art forms More accessible to the masses. As things stand today says Mic Hael Wittmann. Tec Henica adviser to the project opera tickets Are so scan  there Are so few performances that the average parisian an go to the opera once in 40 years. Londoners gel to the opera once in 20 years while Munich residents go once every two years which h is what we re aiming  there is general agreement Ihal the or Rule  gamier opera House is ill equipped in bad repair and unable to handle the increasing demand for opera lie sets. On views of the stage. Tickets Cost up to 700 francs around $87.50 when available and subscriptions Are family heirlooms handed Down from generation to generation. On hand at the first presentation of the opera Bastille working Model was Carlos Ott the Uruguay born architect whose design won against More than 3,000 International competitors. The place de la Bastille is amorphous said the 38-year-old Ott a Canadian citizen describing the difficulties he faced fitting a modern building in a centuries old any metrical neighbourhood. My design respects that morph ism and does t try to make it More geometrical than it is. The Western Section was renovated in the 1800s you have wide symmetrical avenues with buildings All the same height he said. To the East you have narrower winding streets that show the development of the City from the Middle Ages to the  Ott Calls his design  to be constructed in while Stone with Glass facades of varying sizes the building is Long and narrow running the full length of what was formerly the Bastille Railroad station with Only the main Entrance facing the Busy traffic Circle. With a mixture of cylindrical Square and rectangular shapes the building is of varying Heights none ller than the column in the c enter of the Square. When France s first opera House was built in Paris 110 years ago going to the opera was the ultimate in High society with its lavish Interior of Pink Blue and White Marble its magnificent six ton chandelier and the colourful domed ceiling decorated by Marc Chagall in 1964, the palais gamier still ranks As one of the most desirable places to spend an evening. But it lacks adequate storage for sets props costumes dressing rooms and work shops. Sets Are built elsewhere dismantled crated transported and reassembled before each new production. At the opera Bastille All technical work will be done on the premises. A Complete set that would take weeks to assemble at the palais gamier will Glide silently into position in 30 minutes at the flip of switch. The mock up shows How the main 2,700-scat auditorium can be transformed for three different productions in the same Day iwo performances and a dress rehearsal. The opera Bastille will also have a variable 600 to 1,300-seat theater nine rehearsal rooms including a full size stage duplicating that of the main auditorium recording studios two  libraries archives and underground parking. The new opera will put on 475 productions a year compared Wilh 110 now Al the palais gamier and because of reduced production costs tickets Ore expected to Cost Between 50 and 250 francs Between $8 and $30. Age May have caught up with the palais Gai Nier hut ,1 wll no. Remain Idle la will be used for Ballet 12 stripes Magazine october t7,1985