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Event

Dressing the Opera

Exhibition

Centre National du Costume de Scène de Moulins

from 25 May to 03 November 2019

Dressing the Opera

Centre National du Costume de Scène de Moulins - from 25 May to 03 November 2019

Synopsis

A major exhibition on the history of costume creation at the Paris Opera since the opening of the Palais Garnier up until the present day.

To mark the 350th anniversary of the Paris Opera, celebrated in 2019, the National Costume Centre will be presenting an exhibition on the history of costumes created for our House since the opening of the Palais Garnier to the present day.
This vast panorama will revolve around the major aesthetic trends in staging throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. It will be illustrated by a selection of a hundred costumes and stage backdrops conserved either in the CNCS's collections, or at the Palais Garnier and the Opéra Bastille and drawn from opera and ballet creations along with the great repertoire successes. This large-scale theatrical fresco pays tribute to the creativity of the costume designers who have embodied this ever-evolving story, the expertise of the sewing workshops that accompanied them, as well as the various directors of the theatre who chose the productions and the artistic teams.
The Paris Opera is one of the three institutions that created the CNCS, whose collections hold more than 500 costumes from 400 of the House's productions, covering more than two centuries of its history.

Media

  • Dressing the Opera: stage costume over the years

    Dressing the Opera: stage costume over the years

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Dressing the Opera: stage costume over the years

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A meeting with Martine Kahane and Delphine Pinasa

8:47 min

Dressing the Opera: stage costume over the years

By Emilie Chatoux, Cyril Pesenti

On the occasion of Paris Opera's 350th anniversary, the National Centre for Stage Costumes invites us to discover a selection of costumes from many of the the House's most representative productions. Exhibition curators Martine Kahane and Delphine Pinasa reveal the secrets of the organisation of this retrospective, on show from May 25 to November 3 2019 at the CNCS museum in Moulins.

  • Centre National du Costume de Scène de Moulins - Habiller l'Opéra

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