animal costumes in live theater

José Varona Le loup (1974) // Germinal Casado Le renard (1965)

Ingmar Bergman, Trollflöjten, 1975

Angels

[Spirited Away] currently on stage at the Imperial Theatre Tokyo, with amazing puppets designed by Toby Olié.

Premiere of “Princess Mononoke” on stage in Japan.

Princess Mononoke on stage - by Whole Hog Theatre Photos © Polly Clare Boon

Josef Köstlinger, et al.

From Martine Franck: One Day to the Next

Shiver in wonderment: Weblog ◆ Books ◆ Videos ◆ Music ◆ Etsy

The 1902 Wizard of Oz musical.

–”A selection of Klaus Haapaniemi’s costume for the Finnish National Opera’s production of The Cunning Little Vixen (PHOTO Ola Bergengren)”

It was physically destroying me that there weren’t more pictures of Klaus Haapaniemi’s costume designs in The Cunning Little Vixen on tumblr, so here are some from the Ooppera Baletti website, where you can also watch a show reel. 

Locations include the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Tea Ship & Museum, Chinatown Gate, Greenway Carousel, Faneuil Hall and Boston Public Gardens. More photos can be found on their official TWITTER!

Sven the Reindeer 🦌, a quadsuit from the musical version of Frozen ❄️

The Finnish National Opera’s 2015 production of Leos Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. The visual concept was created by Klaus Haapaniemi who also designed a gorgeous new dinnerware set(called Tanssi) for Iittala inspired by the opera.

Harrison Birtwistle’s The Minotaur