Opernhaus Zürich "Pagliacci" Poster

April 23 This poster designed by Karl Domenic Geissbühler is for a 1997 production of Pagliacci at the Zürich Opera House. Pagliacci (1892) is an opera by Italian composer Ruggero Leoncavallo (born on this day in 1857). The opera is an early example of the verismo genre, a strand of the literary movement of naturalism. It tells the story of a comedy troupe and the drama and violence that ensues from a love triangle among the actors. The aria “Vesti la giubba” sung by Canio became one of Enrico Caruso’s signature pieces and roles.

Pagliacci

Catalogue Status: Research in Progress
Description: Poster shows a photomontage of gray squares, two of which have two black silhouettes of men wearing suits and hats. Lower section, a clown in red. Ground is divided in two; upper section in blue and white and lower section in yellow. Text in black and white, upper left: GIACOMO PUCCINI / LE VILLI / SCHWEIZERISCHE ERSTAUFFUHRUNG; left: BRUNO BARTOLETTI / CESARE LIEVI / MAURIZIO BALO / GIGI SACCOMANDI / ERNST RAFFELSBERGER / DANIELA SCHIAVONE / CHOR UND ORCHESTER DER OPER ZURICH / AB 4. MAI 97; lower left: RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO / PAGLIACCI / OPERNHAUS ZURICH.

Data Source: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Client: Opernhaus, Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Designer: Karl Domenic Geissbühler, Swiss, b. 1932

Date: 1997

Credit Line: Gift of Sara and Marc Benda

Medium: Offset lithograph on wove paper
Dimensions: 128 x 90.5 cm (50 3/8 x 35 5/8 in.)

Type: graphic design
Object Name: Poster
Type: Poster

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