Michael Schwab has created a poster for San Francisco Opera‘s upcoming Nixon in China. The opera has a Bay Area premiere on June 8, 2012. Schwab made a lovely poster last year for the Ring. The graphic artist will be signing his work at the San Francisco Opera shop on June 17, 2012, after the performance that afternoon.
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2 responses to “SF Opera’s 2012 Nixon in China Poster”
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While last year’s Ring Cycle poster was lovely as art, I thought it took too many liberties, mixing in elements that run counter to the story. For example, why is a Valkyrie (presumably Brunnehilde) posing with Wotan’s spear? What is the connection to the seedling and the Ash spear?
Anyway, that was last year. While I like Schwab’s work generally, I am not sure the Nixon poster captures the essence and tension embodied in the opera. Why is Nixon smiling?LikeLike
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Good points all around.
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