DRAWING THE CURTAIN

This book showcases a lesser-known aspect of M. Sendak's oeuvre--his set designs for operas and ballets. Sendak is well-known for hi s acclaimed children's books, but he was also an avid opera lover and designed a number of sets for opera and ballet productions, am ong them Mozart's The Magic Flute, Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges, Tchaikovsky's The Nut cracker...