Karin Erskine

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Karin Elizabeth Erskine (born February 26, 1945 in Stockholm ) is a Swedish costume designer .

Live and act

Erskine was born in Engelbrekts församling in Stockholm . She attended an art school in Stockholm and worked at the National Theater ( Old Vic Theater ) and for the BBC in London . Then she became a freelance costume designer. She works for film and television, opera and theater.

Erskine was responsible for the costume design in Ingrid Bergman's music film The Magic Flute . In 1976 she and Henny Noremark (* 1942) received an Oscar nomination in the category of best costume design .

Erskine took part twice for Sweden in the Prague Quadrennial (PQ), an international scenography competition in Prague . In 1999 she designed the costumes for A Dream Play , an exhibition in honor of August Strindberg . In 2003 she won the PQ gold medal in the category Complex realization of a single production together with Lars-Ake Thessman , who designed the set . Her spatial staging of the play Elektra was awarded .

Erskine's current work includes the costumes for the operas L'incoronazione di Poppea at the Drottningholms Slottsteater in Stockholm (2009), The Rake's Progress at the Det Kongelige Teater and Göteborgsoperan in Gothenburg (2009/2010), Don Giovanni at the Drottningholm Palace Theater (2010), Alcina am Göteborgsoperan (2011), The Turn of the Screw at Läckö Castle (2011) and Un ballo in maschera at the Folkoperan Opera House in Stockholm (2012). In autumn 2012 she designed the costumes for the stage performance of the scenic cantata Carmina Burana at the Folkoperan. The Sveriges Radio broadcast an interview with Erskine in March 2011 and mentioned in a review praising the elegant of it designed tuxedos and cocktail dresses at the performance of Alcina .

Filmography

  • 1973–1974: Någonstans i Sverige (TV series, 7 episodes)
  • 1975: The Magic Flute ( Trollflöjten )
  • 1979: Kristoffers hus
  • 1980: Blooming times ( Blomstrande tider )
  • 1981: Babels hus
  • 1999: Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto: Gekitekimonogatari 'Fausto no goubatsu'
  • 2005: Lovisa and Carl Michael
  • 2008: The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV series, 1 episode)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Karin Erskine sfi.se, accessed on January 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ PQ Archiv 2003  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. pq.cz, accessed on January 31, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.pq.cz  
  3. ↑ Karin Erskine  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. folkoperan.se, accessed January 31, 2013.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / folkoperan.se  
  4. ↑ MiaGerdin: Genial scenografi och en orkester i top form: Alcina! February 7, 2011, accessed January 31, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Erskine, Karin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erskine, Karin Elizabeth (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish costume designer
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm