Daily News | Corsets, topcoats, military jackets, and shoes. How Opera Philadelphia fits 85 costumes for ‘La bohème’
corseted dresses and topcoats ooze poor, mid-19th century Paris bohemian.
Opera Philadelphia’s costume shop is buzzing one recent Friday afternoon with patternmakers, seamstresses, cutters, and stitchers hemming trousers, altering chemises, taking in petticoats, and adding boning to corsets. Costume shop makers use the same techniques stitchers in high end design houses use to fashion couture gowns. Mimì’s costume fits her body with the same grace as Angela Bassett’s red carpet gowns.
With more than 60 members in its children’s and adults’ choruses, Opera Philadelphia’s cast is larger than that of many companies, so Hiibel and her staff built a dozen chorus outfits. Costume makers in Detroit sent extra bolts of fabric and notions for such a possibility, but didn’t send enough for all of the added garments, so Hiibel went to New York City’s fabric district to buy more.
Two of the bass singers — both over 6 feet — did not have military jackets, a requirement for their roles. Hiibel built two additional jackets with the fabric she purchased.The costumes of Mimì, Rodolfo, Marcello , and Musetta are vibrant on stage. Sharon’sis joyful, focusing on characters as they enter the dreamy springtime of their lives. “The mood is that life is beginning anew,” Hiibel said. “Mimì’s yellow dress reflects hope.
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