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The Beauty and the Beast
San Francisco Opera,1958
The beast with two knights in attendance costumes designed by Tony Duquette for the San Francisco opera production of Beauty and the Beast. Note the knights’ armor encrusted by Duquette with snails shells, lizards, toads, and other natural elements.
In the rehearsal hall at the San Francisco ballet where dancers try out their Tony Duquette costumes and headdresses.
In the rehearsal hall at the San Francisco ballet where dancers try out their Tony Duquette costumes and headdresses.
Decor and Costumes, Tony Duquette.
Tony Duquette’s water color rendering of the entourage of animals. Note Duquette adored creating scenes where animals took on human attributes.
The proscenium curtain painted by Tony Duquette. Note Beegle’s profile as beauty and the beast which later materialized as the Duquettes’ mutt dog “Foxy”. Duquette immortalized his beauty and the beast crest as a brooch made of gold, malachite and diamonds and presented it to Beegle at the opening of the ballet in San Francisco.
Newspaper review of the Beauty and the Beast. Note Beegle’s profile as beauty and the beast which later materialized as the Duquettes’ mutt dog “Foxy”.
Costumes by Tony Duquette.
The Beauty and the Beast ballet produced for the San Francisco ballet with costumes and sets by Tony Duquette. c. 1950’s.
In the rehearsal hall at the San Francisco ballet where dancers try out their Tony Duquette costumes and headdresses.
