A Little Night Music. A Musical. Group of 4 finely-executed original watercolor costume designs by noted American artist Robert Perdziola (born 1961), each titled, signed, and dated in pencil by the artist April 1982
The designs represent the characters Fredrik (Egerman), Madame Armfeldt, Desirée (Armfeldt), and Count Carl. Executed on quality watercolor paper. Sheet size 456 x 305 mm.
Minor browning. In very good condition overall. The original Broadway production of A Little Night Music, with both music and lyrics by Sondheim, took place on 25 February 1973 at the Schubert Theater in New York. "In his review of the original 1973 Broadway production, Clive Barnes in The New York Times called the musical 'heady, civilized, sophisticated and enchanting.' " Wikipedia
"A Little Night Music ... an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s film Smiles of a Summer Night, brought Sondheim back to Broadway. ... Often referred to as a 'waltz musical' because it exploits meters in multiples of threes, the musical vocabulary for A Little Night Music moves far beyond waltzes to suggest other metric emphases. Regardless of its meters, it remains one of Sondheim’s most elegant scores, often evocative of operetta, and it produced his only commercially successful song, 'Send in the Clowns.' " Jim Lovensheimer in Grove Music Online
Mozart's influence on Sondheim is reflected in the title, which is a translation of his famous Serenade "Eine kleine Nachtmusik."
Perdziola, an internationally-recognized set and costume designer for theater, opera, and ballet, has worked extensively throughout the United States at such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Theatre of Chicago, American Ballet Theater, Shakespeare Theater in Washington, Boston Ballet, and Miami Ballet, as well as for various Broadway productions. He has also worked internationally for productions at the Monte Carlo Opera, the Niedersächsische Staatsorchester in Hannover, the Garsington Opera in the United Kingdom, the Finnish National Ballet, the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan, and the Sydney Opera House. The artist has received three Helen Hayes awards and a Helpmann award; he has also been nominated for numerous additional awards.
Minor browning. In very good condition overall. The original Broadway production of A Little Night Music, with both music and lyrics by Sondheim, took place on 25 February 1973 at the Schubert Theater in New York. "In his review of the original 1973 Broadway production, Clive Barnes in The New York Times called the musical 'heady, civilized, sophisticated and enchanting.' " Wikipedia
"A Little Night Music ... an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s film Smiles of a Summer Night, brought Sondheim back to Broadway. ... Often referred to as a 'waltz musical' because it exploits meters in multiples of threes, the musical vocabulary for A Little Night Music moves far beyond waltzes to suggest other metric emphases. Regardless of its meters, it remains one of Sondheim’s most elegant scores, often evocative of operetta, and it produced his only commercially successful song, 'Send in the Clowns.' " Jim Lovensheimer in Grove Music Online
Mozart's influence on Sondheim is reflected in the title, which is a translation of his famous Serenade "Eine kleine Nachtmusik."
Perdziola, an internationally-recognized set and costume designer for theater, opera, and ballet, has worked extensively throughout the United States at such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Lyric Theatre of Chicago, American Ballet Theater, Shakespeare Theater in Washington, Boston Ballet, and Miami Ballet, as well as for various Broadway productions. He has also worked internationally for productions at the Monte Carlo Opera, the Niedersächsische Staatsorchester in Hannover, the Garsington Opera in the United Kingdom, the Finnish National Ballet, the Saito Kinen Festival in Japan, and the Sydney Opera House. The artist has received three Helen Hayes awards and a Helpmann award; he has also been nominated for numerous additional awards.