FASHION

Costume design for Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute)

Magic Flute is an opera adaptation by Yuval Sharon and was staged at the State Opera in Berlin – the first new production there for twenty-five years.

Belgian fashion designer Walter Van Bierendonck designed the set for the production, which included a magical collection of puppets floating from the ceiling as if being played with in real time.

The designer studied the history of puppet design, drawing on a range of influences from Bauhaus performance attire to puppetry arts from ancient Egypt.

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