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[[ | [[Image:Opera House ruins.jpg|thumb|300px|Ruins of the Opera House on Kobol.]] | ||
The '''Opera House''' is an ancient structure in the [[City of the Gods]] on | The '''Opera House''' is an ancient structure in the [[City of the Gods]] on [[Kobol (RDM)|Kobol]], along with other edifices such as the [[Forum]] and [[Temple]]. By the time of the arrival of the Colonials, the building has been reduced to a few scattered ruins. As a sketch of this area of the city is included in the [[Sacred Scrolls]], the building may have had religious significance. | ||
==First Sight== | ==First Sight== | ||
[[ | [[Image:OperaHouse inside.jpg|thumb|Inside the Opera House ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]).]] | ||
These are the ruins on Kobol near the crash site of [[Raptor 1]], which is forced to land on the planet after being damaged by a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] as it jumps into Kobol's orbit. Among the surviving passengers are | These are the ruins on Kobol near the crash site of [[Raptor 1]], which is forced to land on the planet after being damaged by a [[Cylon Raider (RDM)|Cylon Raider]] as it jumps into Kobol's orbit. Among the surviving passengers are [[Crashdown]], [[Galen Tyrol]], [[Tarn]], [[Diana Seelix|Seelix]], [[Cally]], [[Socinus]], and [[Gaius Baltar]]. | ||
==Baltar and Three== | ==Baltar and Three== | ||
Shortly after the Raptor crash on Kobol, the virtual [[ | Shortly after the Raptor crash on Kobol, the virtual [[Number Six]] leads Baltar towards the ruins of the Opera House, where viewers and Baltar see the Opera House as it was, millennia ago. It is in that virtual Opera House that Six shows Baltar an image of what she claims is their future [[Hera Agathon|child]] ([[Kobol's Last Gleaming, Part II]]). | ||
Much later a [[Number Three]] would have similar visions of the Opera House and the [[ | Much later a [[Number Three]] would have similar visions of the Opera House and beings of light therein, who she believed to be the [[final five]] ([[Rapture]]). | ||
==Roslin, Sharon, Hera, and Caprica-Six== | ==Roslin, Sharon, Hera, and Caprica-Six== | ||
The Opera House is also seen in a | The Opera House is also seen in a dream or vision by President [[Laura Roslin]], induced by taking of [[chamalla]]. In the vision, [[Hera Agathon]] is scampering through the halls, pursued by both Roslin and her mother, [[Sharon Agathon]]. But before either can reach her, Hera is picked up by a [[Number Six]] wearing a white dress, ending the dream ([[Crossroads, Part I]]). | ||
Just before the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] reaches the [[Ionian nebula]], Roslin visits the Opera House again while undergoing her [[ | Just before the [[The Fleet (RDM)|Fleet]] reaches the [[Ionian nebula]], Roslin visits the Opera House again while undergoing her [[diloxin]] treatment (but still using chamalla as well) in [[sickbay]]. She and Sharon are still chasing Hera through the lobby. This time, however, when the [[Number Six]] picks the child up, she takes her through a set of doors. Roslin wakes up with to find that Sharon and Hera shared the vision, all three having awakened screaming simultaneously. Agathon and Roslin visit the captive [[Caprica-Six]], who confirms that she, too, had shared the dream. | ||
At the Ionian nebula, Caprica-Six has yet another vision in the Opera House, where she, [[Gaius Baltar]], and baby Hera | At the Ionian nebula, Caprica-Six has yet another vision in the Opera House, where she, [[Gaius Baltar]] (possibly [[Virtual Baltar]] since the real Baltar is not seen waking from the vision), and baby Hera see the robed [[Final Five]] ([[Crossroads, Part II]]). | ||
It is prophesied by the rebel's Hybrid that the "dying leader shall know the truth of the Opera House" | It is prophesied by the rebel's Hybrid that the "dying leader shall know the truth of the Opera House" ([[Faith]]). | ||
In [[Guess What's Coming To Dinner]], these chase scenes are re-enacted aboard the "Galactica" and the damaged Cylon base ship, ending with Hera encountering the Six known as [[Natalie]]. Fearing that Natalie will take way her daughter, as seen in the vision, [[Sharon Agathon]] shoots the Cylon. | |||
== Notes== | == Notes== | ||
*The [[w:Orpheum (Vancouver)|Orpheum Theatre]] in Vancouver (where ''Battlestar Galactica'' is produced) provides the setting of the Opera House interior that Gaius Baltar sees in his dream (Source: [[The Official Companion]]). | *The [[w:Orpheum (Vancouver)|Orpheum Theatre]] in Vancouver (where ''Battlestar Galactica'' is produced) provides the setting of the Opera House interior that Gaius Baltar sees in his dream (Source: [[The Official Companion]]). | ||
*In the vision of the Opera House shown to Baltar by Six, there are eight white drapes. When Number Three sees her vision of it, there are six drapes, with five glowing white-robed figures standing on the rightmost five (from her vantage point). | *In the vision of the Opera House shown to Baltar by Six, there are eight white drapes (providing seven spaces for the significant seven?). When Number Three sees her vision of it, there are six drapes, with five glowing white-robed figures standing on the rightmost five (from her vantage point). | ||
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