Drawing the Curtain

Maurice Sendak's Designs for Opera and Ballet

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English

Prestel
01 August 2019

Theatre: technical & background skills; Ballet; Opera

This book showcases a leeser-known aspect of Maurice Sendak's oeuvre - his set designs for opera and ballet.

Maurice Sendak is well-known for his acclaimed children's books, but he was also an avid opera lover and designed a number of sets for opera and ballet productions, among them Mozart's The Magic Flute, Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, and an opera by Oliver Knussen based on Where the Wild Things Are. This book brings together over one hundred and twenty five pieces from among the more than nine hundred in the Morgan Library & Museum s collection, including preliminary sketches, final watercolors, and cardboard models. Essays in the book discuss the importance of music to Sendak's work, his fascination with comic strips, movies, mechanical toys, and pop-up books, and the artworks that inspired his stage designs. The book reveals the full breadth of Sendak's visual work for opera and ballet and highlights his keen sense of humour, his love of art history, and his ability to tell striking stories through his art.

AUTHORS: Rachel Federman is Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum. Liam Doona is Head of the Department of Design and Visual Arts at Ireland's Institute of Art, Design + Technology. Avi Steinberg is a culture writer and humourist who has written about and interviewed Maurice Sendak. Christopher Mattaliano is General Director of the Portland Opera and a former collaborator of Maurice Sendak.

251 colour illustrations

Imprint: Prestel
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 273mm, Width: 250mm,
ISBN: 9783791358550
ISBN 10: 3791358553
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 August 2019
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

RACHEL FEDERMAN is Assistant Curator of Modern and Contemporary Drawings at the Morgan Library & Museum. LIAM DOONA is Head of the Department of Design and Visual Arts at Ireland’s Institute of Art, Design + Technology. AVI STEINBERG is a culture writer and humorist who has written about and interviewed Maurice Sendak. CHRISTOPHER MATTALIANO is General Director of the Portland Opera and a former collaborator of Maurice Sendak.

Reviews for Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak's Designs for Opera and Ballet

The coffee-table-sized book is excellent, but if you have any chance at all, do visit the exhibit...The maquettes alone, those little models of stage sets, are worth the trip, because they really have to be seen up close to transmit their weird magic....The drawings benefit from equally close scrutiny, but they can also be seen to good advantage in the catalog. --The Daily Beast This book is a must for theater buffs and Sendak aficionados, particularly those who were unable to see the Morgan Library's exhibition, Drawing the Curtain: Maurice Sendak's Designs for Opera and Ballet, earlier this year. --Fine Books & Collections Magazine