Design for the Inferno, Act IV, in La Dannazione di Faust (Damnation of Faust)

Maker and role
Artist: Camillo Parravicini, Italian, 1902-1978
 Year
ca. 1940

Object detail

Media/Materials
Graphite on paper
Measurements
15 1/4 x 22in (38.7 x 55.9cm)
Credit line
Gift of Margaret Batts Tobin
Accession number
TL1987.1.5.9
Object type
Drawings and Watercolors
Department
Theatre Arts
Location
Not on view
Theatre production
Opera by Hector Berlioz. Produced by the Teatro Reale dell'Opera, Rome, 1940.
Further information
In Berlioz's opera, Faust sacrifices himself to save Marguerite. As Faust and Mephistopheles ride on black horses, the mountain landscape transforms into an infernal abyss with flames and serpents.
Signature & date
Along bottom: OPra (sic) LA DANNAZIONE DI FAUST" Atto 4o Corsa all'Abisso 2o Episodio foreste in fiamme 11o. Signed at UR: Camillo Parravicini/Roma AXVIIo.
Associated person
Hector Berlioz (b.1803, d.1869)
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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