A report on Les Avants

Aerial view of Les Avants (1948)

Village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland.

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Aerial view of Les Avants (1948)

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Sutherland in 1975

Joan Sutherland

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Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.

Australian dramatic coloratura soprano known for her contribution to the renaissance of the bel canto repertoire from the late 1950s through to the 1980s.

Sutherland in 1975
Sutherland in 1962
Joan Sutherland in 1990

After retirement, Sutherland made relatively few public appearances, preferring a quiet life at her home in Les Avants, Switzerland.

Tenor Colin Lee, soprano Pretty Yende, Bonynge, mezzo-soprano Violina Anguelov and baritone George Stevens at a concert performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Cape Town in April 2013

Richard Bonynge

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Australian conductor and pianist.

Australian conductor and pianist.

Tenor Colin Lee, soprano Pretty Yende, Bonynge, mezzo-soprano Violina Anguelov and baritone George Stevens at a concert performance of Lucia di Lammermoor in Cape Town in April 2013

He lives in Les Avants, Switzerland and also maintains a home in Sydney.

1910 Ice Hockey European Championship

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The first ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The first ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The tournament was played between January 10, and January 12, 1910, in Les Avants, near Montreux, Switzerland, and it was won by Great Britain.

MOB train at Les Avants on 11 July 1985.

Montreux Oberland Bernois Railway

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Electrified railway line that operates in southwest Switzerland.

Electrified railway line that operates in southwest Switzerland.

MOB train at Les Avants on 11 July 1985.
MOB train at Les Avants on 11 July 1985.
1930s poster
View over Montreux and Lake Geneva from inside the "Classic train"
MOB De 4/4 26, former BFZe 4/4, fast train motor coach from 1912, in use as club home in Saanen
MOB B 61 and Gk (ex-K) 529 in use as club home in Saanen, with activity of the centennial celebration in 2004
Bs 231 on 18 May 2010 at Chernex workshops
BDs 220, the first coach with variable gauge bogies, seen here on standard gauge at Montreux on 18 May 2010

The main line of the MOB was opened in stages, the first, from Montreux to Les Avants (10.9 km) on 17 December 1901, followed by the Les Avants to Montbovon (11.2 km) section on 1 October 1903.

Les Avants–Sonloup funicular

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Metre gauge funicular railway in the Swiss canton of Vaud.

Metre gauge funicular railway in the Swiss canton of Vaud.

It links the railway station of Les Avants, on the Montreux–Oberland Bernois railway between Montreux and Montbovon, with an upper terminus at Sonloup.