Design for Stage Setting: La Serva Padrona
Artist
Eugene Berman
(American, 1899 – 1972)
Date1952
CultureRussian
MediumWatercolor, pencil, pen, and India ink on cream paper
ClassificationDrawings
Credit LineMuseum purchase, 1952
Object numberSN759
Two short operas were performed at the 1952 opening of the Asolo Theater, Mozart's Bastien et Bastienne and Pergolesi's La Serva Padrona. Eugene Berman, a famous stage designer for ballet and opera, designed both the set and costumes for La Serva Padrona. His watercolor sketches for these elegant garments and surreal settings were superb additions to the theater collection.
On View
Not on viewOverall: 16 1/4 x 19 15/16 in. (41.3 x 50.6 cm)
Eugene Berman
20th century
Object/Study, Cast, or Mold