L’ETOILE
Unproduced Project, NYU Set Design Thesis
Advised by Christine Jones & Sam Helfrich
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
Libretto by: Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo.
Venue: David H. Koch Theater
1/2” = 1’ - 0” Model:
Pre-Show/Show Curtain
Overture, Survaillance camera as blinking red stars
Act 1, King Ouf’s entrance “It’s me, the king.”
Act 1, “Beware... Our good king is this moment is creeping and stealing about”
Act 1, Bring in the instrument of punishment!
Act 2, King Ouf’s Palace, “Present the princess!”Act 1, Lazuli’s entrance, “O Little Star.”
Act 2, King Ouf’s Palace, “He’s dead, it’s a great misfortune!”Act 3, The Observatory, King Ouf is waiting to die.Finale, a celebration of Lazuli and Laola, the statue turns and become a giant confetti popper that pops out red star confetti.