Costume Design
ca. 1938 (made)
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Costume design for Act 1 by Alexandre Benois, Casse Noisette, La Scala, Milan, 1938
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| Brief description | Costume design for Act 1 by Alexandre Benois, Casse Noisette, La Scala, Milan, 1938 |
| Gallery label | 8
COSTUME DESIGN FOR CASSE NOISETTE (THE NUTCRACKER)
1938
Benois saw the original production of The Nutcracker in St Petersburg in 1892. In all the productions he supervised, he endeavoured to make the characters more consistent with Hoffmann’s original story. The costume design shows the ugly nutcracker which has grown to human size to battle with the mice. The soldier’s mask, with its large teeth, is removed for his transformation into the Prince.
Ballet choreographed by Margarita Frohman to music by Piotr Tchaikovsky, 1938
La Scala, Milan
Paper, pencil and watercolour
Designed by Alexandre Benois (1870–1960)
Museum no. S.513-1980(October 2013) |
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| Accession number | S.513-1980 |
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| Record created | May 12, 2011 |
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