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One of the premieres that will Salzburg the glamorous city that it is will be Tosca in 2021. Newly staged by director Michael Sturminger. The plot of Giacomo Puccini's opera is more topical than ever in the new millennium, as costume designer Renate Martin explains. Her creations subtly tell the story. L'Officiel Austria asked the fashion artist for... Continue Reading →
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 →
Her career as make up artist starts in 2003 when she obtains the make up artist certificate at BCM Milan Academy.From then on, Mara Casasola collaborates with the most important and prestigious cosmetic companies becoming trainer and International Make Up Artist. The Milanese fashion sector allows her to enter in the world of fashion as... Continue Reading →
Born in China but with home in Italy, Hui He 慧和 is one of the most famous performers of Madama Butterfly and Aida: with these and other heroines of the opera she continues to excite the public in the most prestigious theaters in the world. Operafashion met this pleasant artist on the occasion of her... Continue Reading →
Thirteen minutes of applause for Puccini's Madama Butterfly under the direction of maestro Riccardo Chailly and directed by Alvis Hermanis have opened the season of Teatro alla Scala in Milan. This first night, “La prima”, is always held on 7 December, feast day of Saint Ambrose, patron saint of the city. For this Butterfly, maestro... Continue Reading →
Some costumes in this year's Salzburger Festspiele are very special because they are covered with countless crystals by Swarovski. On August 1, during Puccini's Manon Lescaut in concert version, Anna wore a gown designed by Jan Meier, costume designer at this year's Festspiele. The illusion bateau neckline bodice has a sweetheart lining and chic cap... Continue Reading →
In early March, the Albanian soprano Ermonela Jaho returned to Royal Opera House in London for a revival of Puccini's Suor Angelica. As in 2011, her success was glorious: she was entirely heartbreaking as Suor Angelica; "her soft singing in Senza mamma could have been straight from a lullaby to a sleeping child, and it made... Continue Reading →
Angela Gheorghiu, nazionalità rumena, superdiva planetaria della lirica, sa rendere ogni sua intervista o apparizione pubblica un appuntamento glamour e degno di essere ricordato: "Basta la mia presenza per diffondere emozione. Ho questa voce che regala struggimento". Protagonista assoluta di un'applauditissima produzione di Tosca di G. Puccini alla Royal Opera House di Londra nel 2011,... Continue Reading →
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