Gioachino Rossini Festival

iz maglow

"iz .art" : Stage Set for Rossini Festival

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Gioachino Rossini in 1992, the Kammeroper Frankfurt united several Rossini productions of the previous years to an extensive Rossini Festival. Here are artistic documentations of these sets by Iz Maglow shown.

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Gioachino Rossini – La Cambiale di Matrimonio
The staging from 1989 was based on the medium "movie" and developed from "black and white film scenes" to very colorful "widescreen film images".

Gioachino Rossini - La Cambiale di Matrimonio / 5
STAGE SCENE 

Gioachino Rossini - La Cambiale di Matrimonio / 0
Gioachino Rossini - La Cambiale di Matrimonio / 1
Gioachino Rossini - La Cambiale di Matrimonio / 2
Gioachino Rossini - La Cambiale di Matrimonio / 3
Gioachino Rossini - La Cambiale di Matrimonio / 4
Gioachino Rossini - La Cambiale di Matrimonio / 6
Gioachino Rossini - La Cambiale di Matrimonio / 7
PERFORMANCE STUDIES BASED ON THE STAGE MODEL AND SINGLE STAGE SCENES
FROM BLACK-WHITE TO COLOR FILM

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Gioachino Rossini – La Scala di Seta
When staged in 1990, various frames allow a "picture-in-picture" stage, which allowed parallel actions and could mirror subplots.

STAGE MODEL
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STAGE MODEL

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STAGE SKETCHES
felt-tip pen and pen on paper, 1990

STAGE SCENE
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STAGE SCENE
STAGE SCENES

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Gioachino Rossini – L' Occasione fa il Ladro
The stage design of the year 1991 was based on print media. The scenes were developed as illustrations of a journal.

Gioachino Rossini - L' Occasione fa il Ladro
CHARACTER STUDIES 

L' Occasione fa il Ladro / 0
L' Occasione fa il Ladro / 1
L' Occasione fa il Ladro / 2
L' Occasione fa il Ladro / 3
L' Occasione fa il Ladro / 4
L' Occasione fa il Ladro / 5
L' Occasione fa il Ladro / 6
L' Occasione fa il Ladro / 7
STAGE SCENES

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Gioachino Rossini – Il Signor Bruschino
Sketches, studies and set design impressions of different scenes of this performance in 1992

Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / stage studies Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / stage studies
STAGE SKETCHES
colored pencil and felt-tip pen on paper and computer graphics, 1992 

Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / stage studie Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / stage studie
STAGE STUDIES
colored pencil and felt-tip pen on paper and computer graphics, 1992

Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / 1
Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / 2
Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / 3
Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / 5
Gioachino Rossini - Il Signor Bruschino / 4
STAGE SCENES