Born in Frankfurt in 1955, Bernhard Hartmann began his career at the age of 18 as a press photographer. A self-taught photographer, he studied art and owes his success to his stunning representations of historic buildings. Taken in 2016, this image of the Ferrare opera house in Italy captures the solemnity and silence that reigns in the theatre outside of performance times. “The echo of the thunderous applause of spectators reacting to the passion of opera, to the ardour of the orchestra as well as to the human tragedies and to their triumphs can still be heard.”