Miuccia Prada To Do Costume Designs At New York Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera about Giuseppe Verdi’s ‘Attila’, is to debut in New York on February 23, with Miuccia Prada as costume designer. This will be Miuccia Prada’s debut opera production.

Attila, Verdi’s ninth opera, takes place in the mid-fifth century as the remnants of the western Roman Empire crumble before the barbarian invasions. The opera’s action is based on a German Romantic play by Friedrich Ludwig Zacharias Werner, called Attila, and involves attempts to spare Italy from the onslaught of Attila the Hun’s hordes.

Attila is one of ten Verdi operas that have not previously been performed at the Metropolitan. Its world premiere took place in 1846 at La Fenice Opera in Venice.

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