Purple “La Bohème” Oblong Scarf
Price: $200.00 Members: $180.00
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Description
Purple “La Bohème” 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 “O soave fanciulla”, from Puccini’s La Bohème.
- 100% silk
- Digitally printed
- Machine-rolled baby hem
- 16”W x 72” L
- Designed in Italy
- Printed in the USA
History
La Bohème
One of the most popular operas of all time, Giacomo Puccini’s timeless masterpiece, La Bohème made its world première on February 1,1896, at the Teatro Regio in Turin, where it was conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
Set in Paris, in the 1830s, the near-destitute artist Marcello and poet Rodolfo try to keep warm on Christmas Eve in their Latin Quarter garret by feeding the stove with pages from Rodolfo’s latest drama. When Mimì, their neighbor, knocks on the door asking to borrow a candle she and Rodolfo
meet. Thus begins a fateful relationship as the two struggle to sustain their love against the challenges of poverty, jealousy and physical decline.
The Metropolitan Opera staged La Bohème for the first time on December 26,1900, with Luigi Mancinelli conducting. Since then it has been performed at the Met over a thousand times. Its 2018/2019 season production was hailed by the New York Times as “A thrilling La Bohème … radiating warmth … luxury cast”.
Puccini died in Brussels on November 29, 1924. The news of his death reached Rome during a performance of La Bohème. The opera was immediately stopped and the orchestra played Chopin’s Funeral March for the stunned audience.
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