My favorite opera designer of the moment is George Tsypin. He was trained as an architect and now does opera design, sculpture, installations, etc etc. It's pretty obvious why I am attracted to his designs.
The designs are as follows (top to bottom): Theodora, The Flying Dutchman, and the Ring Cycle.
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i can't believe these are sets. it's like they're paintings.
these are amazing. especially stunned by the Ring Cycle one. i guess just because it reaches so far beyond the stage? seems to define a new gravity for the performance.
the detail of the middle one is nice, and i think something you can bring back with your whole rigorous architecture degree. what if the pieces are more thought out? sure, a tree (for example), but what if the tree is composed of specific elements you feel are appropriate to some subject matter?
agglomerations are hotttt.
being an architect that has a special someone that is in the opera profession- it would be good to know what peices these are designed for. They are quite sexy as eye-candy but how do they fit into the ethos of the audio atmosphere being created. Its the overlap that occurs between the senses that matters to me.
Quite sexy images though.
ok just saw the info to the right- im a dumbass- LOVE the top image.
I imagine some of the sets here are like the ones Tsypin did for Waiting for the Barbarians, they are kinetic. The film Glass: Portrait of Philip in 12 Parts has a segment at about 1:33 in the film that shows the most fantastic dream sequence. You must see this! Life changing. Best, Christy
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