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Lila De Nobili

April 10, 2024

Lila De Nobili (September 3, 1916 – February 19, 2002) was an Italian stage designer, costume designer, and fashion illustrator. She was noted for her collaborations with leading stage and opera directors such as Luchino Visconti and Franco Zeffirelli, as well as her early work on fashion illustration at French Vogue magazine.

Personal edit

Lila De Nobili was born in Castagnola (Lugano). Her father was from an old Italian family and her mother, Dola Berta Vertès, was from a Jewish Hungarian family. Her uncle was the painter and Academy Award-winning costume designer Marcel Vertès,[1] who painted Lila as a child.

In the 1930s, she studied with the artist Ferruccio Ferrazzi at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. One of her own pupils was the costume designer and director, Christine Edzard, with whom she had a lifelong friendship and collaboration.[citation needed]

She settled in Paris in 1943, and this would be her home for most of her life on the rue de Verneuil and on the Quai Voltaire, where she lived until her death in 2002, aged 85. Franco Zeffirelli said: "She was the greatest scene and costume designer of the 20th century, the teacher of us all. Every time I design an opera I think of her."[2] Her portrait by David Hockney in oil pastel in 1973 is sometimes mis-titled as 'Lila Nobilis'.[3]

Illustration edit

In Paris from 1943, De Nobili began doing illustrations of the haute couture collections for various magazines, especially French Vogue. She also did illustrations for Hermès and created adverts for fragrances by Lucien Lelong and she created publicity drawings for Elsa Schiaparelli, Lanvin, Pierre Balmain and Marcel Rochas.[4]

Opera and Ballet Design in France and Italy edit

She created costumes for Rouleau's works including Angel Pavement (1947), Le voleur d'enfants (1948), A Streetcar Named Desire (1949), La Petite Lili (1951), Anna Karenine (1951), Gigi (1951), Cyrano de Bergerac (1953), The Country Girl (1954), The Crucible (1954), La Plume de Ma Tante (1958), L'Arlésienne (1958), Carmen (1959) and The Aspern Papers (1961).

For the French premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire, adapted by Jean Cocteau and starring Arletty as Blanche DuBois, Lila de Nobili designed a hot and sleazy New Orleans.[5]

She went on to work with composers and directors such as Giancarlo Menotti and Luchino Visconti on ballets, operas and plays. With Visconti at the La Scala opera house in Milan, she designed sets and costumes for his definitive La Traviata (1955), including Maria Callas's costume for Violetta which is still said to influence costume designers today.[6]

De Nobili's opera, ballet and film designs in the late 1950s and early '60s include Jean Babilée's Sable (1956), Franco Zeffirelli's Mignon (1957), and Orphée (1958). She designed sets and costumes for Raymond Rousseau's Ruy Blas (1960), Menotti's La Bohème (1960), Zeffirelli's Falstaff (1961), Aida (1962) and Rigoletto (1963) and Jean Babilee's Le Roi des Gourmets (1964).[7]

Theatre, Opera and Ballet Design in Britain edit

In the late 1950s she began working at Stratford upon Avon in the UK with Peter Hall. She was introduced to Hall by his then wife, Leslie Caron.[citation needed] De Nobili designed seven Shakespeare comedies and late plays for Hall at the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon and the Aldwych Theatre, London, in the late 1950s and 1960s. They included Cymbeline with Peggy Ashcroft (1957) Twelfth Night (1958) with Geraldine McEwan and Dorothy Tutin, and A Midsummer Night's Dream (1958) with Charles Laughton, Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Rigg.[8][9][10][11] In October 1965 De Nobili designed sets and costumes for a National Theatre production (then still at The Old Vic) of William Congreve's Love for Love, directed by Peter Wood and starring Laurence Olivier and Geraldine McEwan.[12] She designed many ballets and operas at The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, including The Sleeping Beauty (1968) in collaboration with Rostislav Doboujinsky, and created sets and costumes for Frederick Ashton's Ondine (1958).[13]

Film edit

De Nobili designed the costumes, in collaboration with Rostislav Doboujinsky, for Raymond Rousseau's film Les Sorcières de Salem (1957) (from The Crucible by Arthur Miller) with screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre and starring Simone Signoret,[14][15][16] and for Michel Boisrond's Amours Célèbres (or Famous Love Affairs, 1961) also with Simone Signoret, Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon, co-designing the costumes with Monique Dunan and Georges Wakhevitch).[17][18][19] She was also colour and period consultant on The Charge of the Light Brigade (1968) directed by Tony Richardson.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ "Marcel Vertes, Painter 66, Won 2 Oscars". New York Times. 1 November 1961.
  2. ^ "Friends of La Scala celebrates Lila de Nobili". Gramilano. Dec 2014.
  3. ^ "Books: Lila De Nobili, Theatre, Dance, Cinema". Vittoria Crespi Mobio.
  4. ^ Simone, Andrea (4 December 2014). "Lila de Nobili Legendary painter". Spettacolarmente.
  5. ^ "Notice Bibliographique, Un Tramway Nommé Desir".
  6. ^ "Designing Violetta - Lila de Nobili 1955". Opera North Blog.
  7. ^ "Lila de Nobili". Oxford Reference.
  8. ^ "Lila de Nobili". The Telegraph. 5 March 2002.
  9. ^ "Obituary: Lila de Nobili". The Guardian.
  10. ^ "Midsummer Night's Dream, A". British Universities Film and Video Council.
  11. ^ "Lila de Nobili". Theatricalia.
  12. ^ "De Nobili, Lila, Laurence Olivier Costume as Tattle". V&A Theatre Costume.
  13. ^ "Ballets, Ondine". FrederickAshton.org.
  14. ^ "De Nobili, Lila". Cine Resources, Cinematheque Francaise.
  15. ^ Klinowski, Jasek (2012). Feature Cinema in the 20th Century. Vol. 2. ISBN 9781624075650.
  16. ^ "The Crucible (1957)". IMDb.
  17. ^ Hayward, Susan (22 June 2004). Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign. p. 245. ISBN 9780826413949.
  18. ^ Chiesi, Roberto (2003). Alain Delon. p. 112. ISBN 9788873014980.
  19. ^ "Amours Celebres". cinema encyclopedie, Films, BIFI FR.
  20. ^ . BFI. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019.

External links edit

  • 1959 : La création de Carmen au Palais Garnier dans les décors et costumes de Lila de Nobili 2010-01-17 at the Wayback Machine The web site of the book which is going to be published
  • Lila De Nobili at the Internet Broadway Database
  • Lila De Nobili at IMDb
  • Video in Italian by Vittoria Crespi Morbio talk on Lila De Nobili at La Scala
  • Book on Lila De Nobili by Yannis Tsarouchis, Benaki Museum, Greece
  • Review of La Scala book by Roberto Tirapelle, February 2015

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Lila De Nobili September 3 1916 February 19 2002 was an Italian stage designer costume designer and fashion illustrator She was noted for her collaborations with leading stage and opera directors such as Luchino Visconti and Franco Zeffirelli as well as her early work on fashion illustration at FrenchVogue magazine Contents 1 Personal 2 Illustration 3 Opera and Ballet Design in France and Italy 4 Theatre Opera and Ballet Design in Britain 5 Film 6 References 7 External linksPersonal editLila De Nobili was born in Castagnola Lugano Her father was from an old Italian family and her mother Dola Berta Vertes was from a Jewish Hungarian family Her uncle was the painter and Academy Award winning costume designer Marcel Vertes 1 who painted Lila as a child In the 1930s she studied with the artist Ferruccio Ferrazzi at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome One of her own pupils was the costume designer and director Christine Edzard with whom she had a lifelong friendship and collaboration citation needed She settled in Paris in 1943 and this would be her home for most of her life on the rue de Verneuil and on the Quai Voltaire where she lived until her death in 2002 aged 85 Franco Zeffirelli said She was the greatest scene and costume designer of the 20th century the teacher of us all Every time I design an opera I think of her 2 Her portrait by David Hockney in oil pastel in 1973 is sometimes mis titled as Lila Nobilis 3 Illustration editIn Paris from 1943 De Nobili began doing illustrations of the haute couture collections for various magazines especially French Vogue She also did illustrations for Hermes and created adverts for fragrances by Lucien Lelong and she created publicity drawings for Elsa Schiaparelli Lanvin Pierre Balmain and Marcel Rochas 4 Opera and Ballet Design in France and Italy editShe created costumes for Rouleau s works including Angel Pavement 1947 Le voleur d enfants 1948 A Streetcar Named Desire 1949 La Petite Lili 1951 Anna Karenine 1951 Gigi 1951 Cyrano de Bergerac 1953 The Country Girl 1954 The Crucible 1954 La Plume de Ma Tante 1958 L Arlesienne 1958 Carmen 1959 and The Aspern Papers 1961 For the French premiere of A Streetcar Named Desire adapted by Jean Cocteau and starring Arletty as Blanche DuBois Lila de Nobili designed a hot and sleazy New Orleans 5 She went on to work with composers and directors such as Giancarlo Menotti and Luchino Visconti on ballets operas and plays With Visconti at the La Scala opera house in Milan she designed sets and costumes for his definitive La Traviata 1955 including Maria Callas s costume for Violetta which is still said to influence costume designers today 6 De Nobili s opera ballet and film designs in the late 1950s and early 60s include Jean Babilee s Sable 1956 Franco Zeffirelli s Mignon 1957 and Orphee 1958 She designed sets and costumes for Raymond Rousseau s Ruy Blas 1960 Menotti s La Boheme 1960 Zeffirelli s Falstaff 1961 Aida 1962 and Rigoletto 1963 and Jean Babilee s Le Roi des Gourmets 1964 7 Theatre Opera and Ballet Design in Britain editIn the late 1950s she began working at Stratford upon Avon in the UK with Peter Hall She was introduced to Hall by his then wife Leslie Caron citation needed De Nobili designed seven Shakespeare comedies and late plays for Hall at the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford upon Avon and the Aldwych Theatre London in the late 1950s and 1960s They included Cymbeline with Peggy Ashcroft 1957 Twelfth Night 1958 with Geraldine McEwan and Dorothy Tutin and A Midsummer Night s Dream 1958 with Charles Laughton Vanessa Redgrave and Diana Rigg 8 9 10 11 In October 1965 De Nobili designed sets and costumes for a National Theatre production then still at The Old Vic of William Congreve s Love for Love directed by Peter Wood and starring Laurence Olivier and Geraldine McEwan 12 She designed many ballets and operas at The Royal Opera House at Covent Garden including The Sleeping Beauty 1968 in collaboration with Rostislav Doboujinsky and created sets and costumes for Frederick Ashton s Ondine 1958 13 Film editDe Nobili designed the costumes in collaboration with Rostislav Doboujinsky for Raymond Rousseau s film Les Sorcieres de Salem 1957 from The Crucible by Arthur Miller with screenplay by Jean Paul Sartre and starring Simone Signoret 14 15 16 and for Michel Boisrond s Amours Celebres or Famous Love Affairs 1961 also with Simone Signoret Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon co designing the costumes with Monique Dunan and Georges Wakhevitch 17 18 19 She was also colour and period consultant on The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 directed by Tony Richardson 20 References edit Marcel Vertes Painter 66 Won 2 Oscars New York Times 1 November 1961 Friends of La Scala celebrates Lila de Nobili Gramilano Dec 2014 Books Lila De Nobili Theatre Dance Cinema Vittoria Crespi Mobio Simone Andrea 4 December 2014 Lila de Nobili Legendary painter Spettacolarmente Notice Bibliographique Un Tramway Nomme Desir Designing Violetta Lila de Nobili 1955 Opera North Blog Lila de Nobili Oxford Reference Lila de Nobili The Telegraph 5 March 2002 Obituary Lila de Nobili The Guardian Midsummer Night s Dream A British Universities Film and Video Council Lila de Nobili Theatricalia De Nobili Lila Laurence Olivier Costume as Tattle V amp A Theatre Costume Ballets Ondine FrederickAshton org De Nobili Lila Cine Resources Cinematheque Francaise Klinowski Jasek 2012 Feature Cinema in the 20th Century Vol 2 ISBN 9781624075650 The Crucible 1957 IMDb Hayward Susan 22 June 2004 Simone Signoret The Star as Cultural Sign p 245 ISBN 9780826413949 Chiesi Roberto 2003 Alain Delon p 112 ISBN 9788873014980 Amours Celebres cinema encyclopedie Films BIFI FR Lila de Nobili BFI BFI Archived from the original on August 12 2019 External links edit1959 La creation de Carmen au Palais Garnier dans les decors et costumes de Lila de Nobili Archived 2010 01 17 at the Wayback Machine The web site of the book which is going to be published Lila De Nobili at the Internet Broadway Database Lila De Nobili at IMDb Video in Italian by Vittoria Crespi Morbio talk on Lila De Nobili at La Scala Book on Lila De Nobili by Yannis Tsarouchis Benaki Museum Greece Review of La Scala book by Roberto Tirapelle February 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lila De Nobili amp oldid 1184920407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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