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Fashion and Opera always make a winning combination! The American visual artist Julie Anna Lewis agree on that. After having won numerous awards for her work as graphic designer, since 2009 Julie Anna has been enchanted by watercolor, oil and acrylic painting. Eventually arriving at her preference of the quick and satifying results of acrylic.... Continue Reading →
Burberry’s Chief Creative Officer Riccardo Tisci created the costumes for Marina Abramović’s latest project 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. Every piece has been designed exclusively for each chapter of the opera, performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich. Marina Abramović developed the opera with the composer Marko Nikodijević - using famous Callas scenes from Carmen,... Continue Reading →
Busseto, in the province of Parma, is known all over the world as Giuseppe Verdi’s birthplace. Just outside the ancient walls that surround the village there is an unmissable place: Villa Pallavicino, home of the Giuseppe Verdi National Museum but also of the Museum dedicated to Renata Tebaldi. The Tebaldi Museum sparks the imagination as... Continue Reading →
Federica Fanizza ripercorre lo strepitoso allestimento di "Faust", governato dalla mano esperta di Luca Ronconi in brillante vena registica. Andato in scena nel 1975, è ancor oggi tra le più conosciute e celebrate produzioni del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. La recensione di Duilio Courir - apparsa sul Corriere della Sera del 20 febbraio 1975 -... Continue Reading →
Federica Fanizza interviewed for Operafashion the stage director Nicola Berloffa and the costume designer Justin Arienti who illustrated the idea behind Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor on stage at the Opera de Oviedo. Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti, a co-production of the Opera de Oviedo, Teatro Colon de Buenos Aires and Tenerife Opera, is under... Continue Reading →
Il 19 Ottobre, sul palcoscenico dell'ABAO-Bilbao Opera, il soprano australiano Jessica Pratt darà vita alla sua centesima Lucia di Lammermoor. Operafashion festeggia questo importante traguardo con un contributo del critico musicale Federica Fanizza, profonda conoscitrice dell'opera donizettiana. Jessica Pratt, Lucia di Lammermoor, Nationale Opera - Amsterdam 2014 Sarà Il teatro dell'Opera di Bilbao ABAO ad... Continue Reading →
The fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld, who brought a flagging brand called Chanel back to life in the early 1980s and turned it into one of the most powerful luxury brands in the world, has died on February 19. Famous for his dark sunglasses, snowy ponytail, and black suits, Lagerfeld was prolific, seemingly indefatigable. At the end of... Continue Reading →
Women love jewels, but primadonnas love them even more! The fairy-tale world of opera is not just about singing, performances, dreams and spotlights, but also about extravagance and wonderful jewels that superstars love to wear during their most important concerts, recitals, photos and public events. A longstanding friend of the Scheufele family, Anna Netrebko has... Continue Reading →
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