Research Catalog
La sylphide
- Title
- La sylphide [graphic] / R. O'Hearn.
- Author
- O'Hearn, Robert.
- Publication
- 1964.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGB Ohe R Syl 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 1 drawing : charcoal, ink, watercolor, gouache, col.; 37 x 30 cm.
- Summary
- Costume design depicting a female dancer. This costume was worn by the corps de ballet of sylphs in the second act of the ballet La sylphide.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Note
- Signed and dated.
- Labeled "Sylphs" at lower right.
- Source (note)
- Joseph Huebner
- Biography (note)
- La sylphide has come to epitomize nineteenth-century Romantic ballet, combining the period's love of local color (seen in its Scottish setting) and one of its favorite themes, mortal man's doomed quest to plumb the secrets of the supernatural world. Danish choreographer August Bournonville choreographed one of the best-known versions of this ballet, which formed the basis for Harald Lander's production for American Ballet Theatre in 1964. The score composed for Bournonville by Herman Løvenskjold was augmented by music by Edgar Cosma, and the scenery and costumes were designed by Robert O'Hearn. When the Danish premier danseur Erik Bruhn staged his version of La sylphide for American Ballet Theatre in 1971, O'Hearn's designs were retained.
- Robert O'Hearn, born in 1921, designed his first professional stage production for Harvard University's Brattle Theatre in 1948, and went on to design Broadway musicals, plays, ballets, films, and especially operas, creating numerous productions for New York City's Metropolitan Opera.
- Call Number
- *MGZGB Ohe R Syl 1
- OCLC
- 749944208
- Author
- O'Hearn, Robert.
- Title
- La sylphide [graphic] / R. O'Hearn.
- Imprint
- 1964.
- Biography
- La sylphide has come to epitomize nineteenth-century Romantic ballet, combining the period's love of local color (seen in its Scottish setting) and one of its favorite themes, mortal man's doomed quest to plumb the secrets of the supernatural world. Danish choreographer August Bournonville choreographed one of the best-known versions of this ballet, which formed the basis for Harald Lander's production for American Ballet Theatre in 1964. The score composed for Bournonville by Herman Løvenskjold was augmented by music by Edgar Cosma, and the scenery and costumes were designed by Robert O'Hearn. When the Danish premier danseur Erik Bruhn staged his version of La sylphide for American Ballet Theatre in 1971, O'Hearn's designs were retained.Robert O'Hearn, born in 1921, designed his first professional stage production for Harvard University's Brattle Theatre in 1948, and went on to design Broadway musicals, plays, ballets, films, and especially operas, creating numerous productions for New York City's Metropolitan Opera.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Joseph Huebner, 2003.
- Added Author
- Huebner, Joseph. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGB Ohe R Syl 1