Matheopoulos Helena: Fashion Designers at the Opera
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Жанр : Thames&Hudson
Издательство : Thames&Hudson
Год издания : 2011
Аннотация:
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, Thai s, 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 The a tre Royal de la Monnaie, the Are nes de Ni mes, the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, and the San Diego Opera, among many others. Hundreds of color illustrations include original designers sketches, photographs of the finished costumes, and images of the actual productions, many of which feature breathtaking stage sets as well.