Fashion Designers at the Opera

Fashion and opera are natural arenas for collaboration. In 2009–2010 alone, Viktor & Rolf, Miuccia Prada, Emanuel Ungaro, and Christian Lacroix made successful sorties as costumers for operas in New York, Baden-Baden, Naples, and Berlin. In this sumptuous new book, leading figures in the world of fashion- Giorgio Armani, Marc Bohan, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Ottavio and Rosita Missoni, Miuccia Prada, Zandra Rhodes, Emanuel Ungaro, Gianni Versace, and Viktor & Rolf-are profiled, together with illustrations of their costume designs. Helena Matheopoulos’s interviews with many of the designers illuminate the journey that led each to the opera and the challenges of working in a demanding new medium. Costume designs for many well-loved operas-including Don Giovanni, Lucia di Lammermoor, Carmen, Aida, Thais, Agrippina, Cosi fan tutte, Attila, and The Magic Flute-are featured. The opera houses commissioning the costume designs include La Scala, The Metropolitan Opera, The Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, and The San Diego Opera, among many others.

Details

Keywords

Fashion, Theater

Type

Book

Place of publication

London

Year

2011

Number of pages

192 pages

Language

English

ISBN

9780500515761

Open stacks or available on request

Available on request

Illustrations

Yes

Bibliography

No

UDC code and author sign

746 Mat

Volumes

1

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