Pink “Carmen” Oblong Scarf
Price: $200.00 Members: $180.00
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Description
Pink “Carmen” Oblong Scarf
An original work by Claudia Palmira, this scarf features a hand-painted design printed on silk and made to be worn. Each silk scarf begins with song – and the stroke of a brush. Dipped into sumi ink, the brush becomes an instrument, which Claudia moves to operatic music. Hand-painted to the music itself, favorite arias become color, the lyrics are the inspiration, and the melody the muse.
The painting is then transformed into a pattern and custom printed on 100% luxury silk using reactive inks and finished with a rolled hem. Silk, like the opera, is timeless, and has a long and passionate history. Its luminous fluidity makes it the ideal canvas for the visual expression of music, as well as an iconic style accessory.
This scarf was made while Claudia was listening to the aria `Toreador` from Bizet’s Carmen, specifically the lyric – “l`amour t`attend”.
- 100% silk
- Digitally printed
- Machine-rolled baby hem
- 16” W x 72” L
- Designed in Italy
History
Carmen
World premiere: 1887.
Georges Bizet’s original Carmen, takes place in and around Seville, Spain and tells of the downfall of a soldier, Don José, seduced by the wiles of the fiery Carmen. José abandons his sweetheart and his military duties for Carmen, yet loses her love to the glamorous matador Escamillo, after which José kills her in a jealous rage.
On January 9, 1884, Carmen premiered at the Metropolitan Opera. Thereafter it was quickly incorporated into the Met's regular repertory staging Carmen well-over a thousand times. The Met Opera’s 2023-2024 Season debuts a vital new production of Carmen, reinvigorating the classic story with a staging that moves the action to the modern day and finds at the heart of the drama issues that could not be more relevant today: gendered violence, abusive labor structures, and the desire to break through societal boundaries.
Among the best-known of all operatic arias are Carmen’s “Habanera” from Act 1, sung by the title character and the toreador’s song, “Votre toast” in Act 2, performed by the matador Escamillo.
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