Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE C: WORLD ART
Preferred Title:
Costumes for Metropolitan Opera Production of the Magic Flute
Image View:
Costume of one of the fantasy animals, from the back
Creator:
Marc Chagall (Belorussian artist, 1887-1985)
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
Date:
ca. 1965-1966 (creation)
Cultural Context:
American
Style Period:
Twentieth century
Work Type 1:
costume (character dress)
Work Type 2:
theatrical mask
Classification:
Fashion, Costume and Jewelry
Material:
fabric; feathers; paint
Technique:
appliqué (technique); construction (assembling); painting and painting techniques
Subjects:
apparel; music; Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791; Performing arts; folkloric; dreamlike; costumes; theater; stage design; Die Zauberflöte
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.meto perafamily.org/archi ves/frame.htm)
Collection:
Archivision Adjunct Module C: World Art
Identifier:
8A1-CHAGALL-AMF-C-A1 7
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Costumes for Metropolitan Opera Production of the Magic Flute