COLLECTION NAME:
Archivision Digital Research Library
Record
Title:
Costumes for Metropolitan Opera Production of the Magic Flute
Title:
Costume of one of the fantasy animals/ monsters, view of back
View:
Costume of one of the fantasy animals/ monsters, view of back
Creators:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian artist, 1887-1985)
Date:
ca. 1965-1966 (creation)
Style/Period:
Twentieth century
Location:
exhibition: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montréal, Québec, Canada)
Location Note:
1380, rue Sherbrooke Ouest; Chagall: Colour and Music (Exhibition, January 28 to June 11, 2017)
GPS:
+45.4987-73.5801
Culture:
American
Materials:
fabric; feathers; paint
Work Types:
costume; costumes (character dress); costume; masks (costume); theatrical masks
Description:
Chagall designed 39 stage curtains and 121 costumes and masks for the Metropolitan Opera production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute; New York, 1966-1967). The sets are his most admired stage designs. Alan Rich, writing for the World Journal Tribune, described a scene in which art-besotted operagoers burst into "wild applause" with "each new stage picture," which caused some backlash from music lovers. Chagall’s production stayed in rotation until the 1981-1982 season. The costumes are stored in the Metropolitan Opera archive. (Source: MetOperaDatabase [website]; http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/frame.htm)
Classification:
Fashion, Costume and Jewelry
Technique:
appliqué (technique); construction (assembling); painting and painting techniques
Image Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Vendor ID:
8A1-CHAGALL-AMF-C-A47
MDID Identifier:
100002
Archivision Set:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
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