Fall Opera Scenes 2021
James Allbritten, Music Director
Steven LaCosse, Stage Director
Angela Vanstory Ward, Music Preperation
Devyn Tibbals, Stage Manager
Quinn Mishra, Stage Manager
The Fletcher Fall Opera Scenes is a collection of scenes from various operas that allows the performers to showcase their work. For this performance they were doing scenes from Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, L’eilsir d’amore, Albert Herring, Eugene Onegin, and finishing with Rodgers and Hart: A Musical Celebration. This means that I had to design for different time periods, settings and aesthetics to match each performance. Which leads to a lot of research about each production as well as the plots that led up to each scene. Since there were so many different aesthetics going on I focused on pulling as much as we could to minimize sourcing and builds. While finding a majority of costumes we still needed costumes for Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, and Tatiana and Olga in Eugene Onegin. After sourcing possible rentals or purchases it was decided to build the three dresses. This allowed me to decide on all the details for each of these costumes. For Eugene Onegin, I wanted both the ladies to be light and airy, with a sense of innocence. This led to the decision to use a printed voile for both dresses, allowing fullness without it being stiff. Each fabric was also on a cream background with different shades of flowers for each allowing for similarity between the sisters while there is still a distinction between characters. For Don Giovanni, the scene happens in the middle of the night after an intimate scene. This led to the decision of going for a more seductive look. After deciding on silhouette that was both flattering to the actress and the scene, the search for the perfect fabrics began. I wanted the colors and textures to be feminine while still being mature, I decided on a polyester satin for a base layer with an over netting of embroidered flowers.
Costume Production Credits
Costume Shop Manager - Jennifer Smith
Drapers - Hannah Andrews, Lillian Murphy, Lily Mateus, Maggie Tennant, Molly Klemm
First Hands - Jenna Anderson, Tahtiana Bellins, Alex Brown, Quincy D’Alessio, Adriean Hobgood
Stitchers - Leina Alejo, Eliana Askren, Iris Barger, Bianca Decarli, Em Fabricio, Sarah Ruth Glasl, Abby Gragg, Maggie Hammond , Deanna Hennelly, Khepra Hetep, Marquita Horton, Elliott Hunter, Emma Kaczorowski, Damarius Kennedy Mace Marley, Willow Macivor, Kira Miller, Christina Miracola, Alexis Mundie, Ella Moffly, Mya Nunez, Megan Peck, Chelsea Rose, Alastair Shoulders, Grace Woosley, Tsung-Ju Clark Yang
Costume Crafts Head - Maria Lupia
Costume Crafts Assistants - Iris Barger, Riece Endicott, Ben Hirschfield
Wardrobe Supervisor - Annika Low
Wardrobe - Iris Barger, Riece Endicott, Ben Hirschfield