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Lot 72 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, NEW YORK
Nikolai Benois (1901-1988)
Stage design for 'The Legend of the invisible city of Kitezh'
Closed1 June 2015
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GBP 8,125
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Nikolai Benois became the principal scenographer at the Teatro alla Scala in 1935 and worked on hundreds of productions at the famous Milan theatre until 1970.
The present work, executed during Benois's inaugural year at la Scala, is a set design for Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, based on ancient Russian legends, with an admixture of supernatural elements. This exquisite design, exploding with colour and movement is most likely a depiction of the opening of the second act, where the inhabitants of Little Kitezh are gathering to celebrate the wedding of the maiden Fevronia, the protagonist of the opera.
The present work, executed during Benois's inaugural year at la Scala, is a set design for Rimsky-Korsakov's opera, The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, based on ancient Russian legends, with an admixture of supernatural elements. This exquisite design, exploding with colour and movement is most likely a depiction of the opening of the second act, where the inhabitants of Little Kitezh are gathering to celebrate the wedding of the maiden Fevronia, the protagonist of the opera.