Fashion Designers at the Opera (Greek language text)
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Product details
- ISBN 9789606878589
- Weight: 1415g
- Dimensions: 235 x 295mm
- Publication Date: 30 Oct 2015
- Publisher: Kapon Editions
- Publication City/Country: GR
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: Greek
Fashion and opera are natural arenas for collaboration. The most theatrical of arts has inspired the most visionary fashion designers. Top designers such as Zandra Rhodes, Carl Lagerfeld, Georgio Armani, Marc Bohan, Gianni Versace, Viktor & Rolf, Miuccia Prada, Emanuel Ungaro and Christian Lacroix have made successful sorties as costumiers for operas all over the world.
This sumptuous book profiles leading figures in the world of fashion, together with their dazzling costume designs. Interviews illuminate the journey that led each to the opera and the challenges of working in a new medium.
The book includes designs for Don Giovanni, Carmen, Aida, Così fan tutte, The Magic Flute and many other operas staged at such opera houses as the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, La Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, the Arènes de Nîmes and more.
Includes over 200 illustrations, including designers' sketches and photographs of the costumes on stage. Greek language text.
Helena Matheopoulos is a former Fashion Editor of The Tatler, The Daily Express and International Editor-at-Large of Vogue, as well as a regular contributor to The Times, Gramophone and Opera Now. She is also the author of several internationally acclaimed books on prominent conductors and opera singers, including Maestro: Encounters with Conductors of Today, Bravo: Today’s Tenors, Baritones and Basses Discuss their Roles, Diva: Today’s Sopranos and Mezzos Discuss Their Art, Diva: The New Generation and Placido Domingo: My Roles on Stage, which have been translated into many languages.
