06/12/2024 – 07/03/2025

En Scène, Yves Saint Laurent.

Costumes and scenes for ballet, theater and music-hall

This extraordinary exhibition, which brings to Rome for the first time a selection of drawings and sketches of costumes and décors for the ballet, theater and music hall by the renowned fashion legend, Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008), traces the designer’s deep, lifelong passion for the entertainment world.

The works presented are on loan from the vast collection of textiles, drawings, photographs and documents housed at the Musée Yves Saint Laurent Paris / Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent, Paris. Some sixty drawings are on display, representing models of sets and costumes dating from 1959, for the ballet Cyrano de Bergerac, to 1978, the year Jean Cocteau’s play L’Aigle à deux têtes was presented at the Théâtre de l’Athénée. Music hall is also illustrated by various sketches, including those for Le spectacle Zizi Jeanmaire, which premiered at Rome’s Teatro Eliseo in November 1963.

Opening reception

mon – fri 11 am – 5.30 pm

free entrance

(closed to the public: 23 December – 6 January 2025)