Exhibitions at The Research Libraries

Graziella Vigo captures Verdi on Stage

From November 19, 2007 through February 29, 2008
Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498 (directions)

This exhibition features 130 images by the famed Italian fashion, portrait, and performance photographer, Graziella Vigo. At the suggestion of maestro Riccardo Muti, Vigo photographed productions of Verdi operas at the Teatro alla Scala, in Milan, and the Teatro Regio, in Parma. Ms. Vigo also photographed productions touring at Bunka Kaikan in Tokyo. The over-sized photographs, hand-printed on canvas, comprise strikingly dramatic images of Verdi's most popular operas: Aida, La traviata, Il trovatore, Rigoletto, Un ballo in maschera, Macbeth, and two productions each of Falstaff and Otello.