'The Cunning Little Vixen' Barry Kay's costume design for the 'Dog Lapak' juxtaposing caricature-like analogies with 'Schoolmaster' direction Colin Graham conductor Colin Davis Sadler's Wells Opera London 1961 gouache watercolour










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Lapák, the Dog, analogous to the Schoolmaster

Costume design
gouache and watercolour on paper
28 cm x 38 cm

Sadler's Wells Opera, London
First performance in England
Première 22nd March 1961

Collection Barry Kay Archive

In portraying the analogies of the opera's various characters - human with animal - Barry Kay has accomplished quite a feat in realising Janáček's intentions by not only creating their costumes accordingly but also their facial characteristics, last but not least, for makeup purposes.

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'The Cunning Little Vixen' Barry Kay's costume design for the 'Schoolmaster' juxtaposing caricature-like analogies with 'Dog Lapak' heads close-up direction Colin Graham conductor Colin Davis Sadler's Wells Opera London 1961 gouache watercolour


'The Cunning Little Vixen' Barry Kay's costume design for the 'Schoolmaster' juxtaposing caricature-like analogies with 'Dog Lapak' heads close-up direction Colin Graham conductor Colin Davis Sadler's Wells Opera London 1961 gouache watercolour


'The Cunning Little Vixen' Barry Kay's costume design for the 'Schoolmaster' juxtaposing caricature-like analogies with 'Dog Lapak' heads close-up direction Colin Graham conductor Colin Davis Sadler's Wells Opera London 1961 gouache watercolour




Schoolmaster



Lapák the Dog



Schoolmaster







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