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| Detail, Queen of the Night costume, Marc Chagall |
Six costumes from Marc Chagall's 1967 Met production of
Die Zauberflöte are on display at the
Fenimore Museum in Cooperstown, NY, through the end of the year. Can't help but think displaying them in a lemon-yellow room sort of leaches the muscle out of the colors (or at least what remains of it after nearly 50 years) -- they were, if memory serves, really meant to be lit in red and blue -- but it was pretty cool to see them up close.
Didn't know that Chagall designed opera costumes. Wish I could have one of them.
ReplyDeleteAs far as I know he just did this production (?) which really should be cleaned up and given a wing at MOMA or some place. I sometimes wonder what benefit the Met gets from keeping it in a warehouse...assuming they didn't completely scrap it, which maybe they did [winces in horror at the thought]. Here's a tiny production pic.
DeleteActually, it makes me wonder what opera houses do with sets by any major artist -- the production after this was David Hockney. Anybody know how that works?
Lemon-Yellow?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteMaybe slightly darker than lemon. I'll send you a pic, you can see.
ReplyDeleteschool bus yellow
DeletePOINT OF ORDER!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletetotally!
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