Maquette for the Structural Model of Trojan Horse and Statue of Athena in Les Troyens (The Trojans), Part I: La Prise de Troie (The Capture of Troy)
Maker and role
Artist: Helen Pond, American, 1924-2017
Artist: Herbert Senn, American, 1924-2003
Year
1972
Object detail
Media/Materials
Wood and painted paper
Measurements
19 1/2 x 22 x 6in (49.5 x 55.9 x 15.2cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1999.267.2
Object type
Department
Location
Theatre production
Opera by Hector Berlioz. Produced by the Opera Company of Boston, 1972.
Further information
A structural shop model of the huge Trojan horse full of Greek soldiers that was rolled on stage during the production. Pond and Senn note: "The brass tubing represents two inch steel tubing and the cardboard was to be 3/4 in. plywood. As built, the mane was foam rubber so it would scrape the proscenium safely. The horse easily held the nine men that Virgil names in Book II of the Aeneid (the source of Berlioz's libretto for The Sack of Troy). The Boston production seems to be the only one that used a full size horse; London used only gigantic legs; New York, a symbolic head on film. The statue of Athena stood in the left box at the Orpheum and was 25 feet tall."
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