Suzanne Mess

Marguerite Gignac as Giulietta

Suzanne Mess' original watercolour and gouache portraying Marguerite Gignac as Giulietta is a primary example of the artist's skills. Suzanne Mess is now recognized as one of North America's leading costume designers of stage and screen and, in particular, opera. Although this original drawing bears no date, it was probably created in 1958. During that year the Canadian Opera Company launched a production of Jacques Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann" (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), with Marguerite Gignac in the lead roles of Giulietta, Olympia and Antonia. In 1970 Suzanne Mess designed the costumes for another production of "Tales of Hoffmann", this time for New York's Metropolitan Opera and with Beverly Sills in the role of Giulietta.

Marguerite Gignac as Giulietta

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Title:	Marguerite Gignac as Giulietta
Artist:	Mess, Suzanne (Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, Born, 1928)
Date:	c. 1958
Medium:	Watercolour & Gouache
Note:	Suzanne Mess: A prominent costume designer for grand opera, Suzanne Mess has worked as a design artist for most of the major opera companies of the United States and Canada. Her fifty year career began shortly after graduating from the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, in the mid 1950's. Since that time she has worked not only for opera, but for the National Ballet of Canada and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). For the CBC she has worked as the principal costume designer in such films as The Massey's (1978), Charlie Grant's War (1984), The Pirates of Penzance (1985) and The Marriage Bed (1986).
	A large collection of Suzanne Mess's original drawings, watercolours and gouaches is now housed at the National Arts Centre Costume Design Collection, Ottawa. In 2007 Suzanne Mess was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts (RCA).
	In 1958, Suzanne Mess designed the costumes for a production of Jacques Offenbach's "Les Contes d'Hoffmann", with the actress, Marguerite Gignac in the lead roles of Giulietta, Olympia and Antoniathe launched by the Canadian Opera Company. She also designed the costumes for another production of "Tales of Hoffmann" in 1970, this time it was for New York's Metropolitan Opera and with Beverly Sills in the role of Giulietta.
Size:	18 1/2 X 11 1/2 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $525.00 US
Condition:	Drawn upon coloured, laid paper and with full margins. Signed "Suzanne Mess" along the lower right margin. To the upper left the artist has written, "Giulietta, Marguerite Gignac" and to the upper right, "Tales of Hoffmann, Act II, Gold Dress, Head Dress, Necklace, Earrings, Rings, Gold Slippers". Containing some tape staining to the upper and lower margins (well removed from the actual image) as well as slight paper loss to the lower left corner, else this original watercolour and gouache is in fine condition throughout. Marguerite Gignac as Giulietta stands as a superb example of the design art of Suzanne Mess.
Subject:	Suzanne Mess, Marguerite Gignac as Giulietta, original watercolour and gouache, Canadian Opera Company, Jacques Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffmann" (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), costume designer, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts (RCA).
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