NARS for Rodarte's Don Giovanni

NEW YORK, NY
MAY 21, 2012
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James Kaliardos
for NARS Cosmetics collaborated with designers Kate and Laura Mulleavy of Rodarte who custom designed all of the costumes for this production to create the beauty looks for the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s production of the famed opera Don Giovanni, which opened Friday, May 18th.

The renowned Gustavo Dudamel conducts the opera, and architect Frank Gehry designed the set at the landmarked Walt Disney Concert Hall, a building of his own design.

“The makeup is abstracted but rooted in classical theatre,” said James Kaliardos for NARS Cosmetics who created the exclusive looks for the eight principle characters and 24 member choir. “Everything about the space - both on stage and in the concert hall’s structure – is about angled planes, no straight walls. So I created a facial architecture as a base, letting the characters drive each look. We chose a stony palette and strong lip color for each of the female leads.

NARS gave us a great platform of color and texture to leap off of onto the stage. It's totally different than fashion work.”

"Working with NARS and makeup artist James Kaliardos for Don Giovanni has been an exciting collaboration,” said Laura and Kate Mulleavy. “The brand’s depth of products and line of colors, in addition to James’ talent, has helped bring our vision to life!"

Below are the key products used to create the three female characters. Please note additional
products implemented into Second Act looks.

Donna Zerlina

SKIN:
Siberia Sheer Glow Foundation


EYES:
Lili Marlene Cream Eyeshadow/ Lhasa Eyeshadow/ Nuits Blanches Eyeliner Stylo


LIPS:
Amazon Lip Liner Pencil/ Train Bleu Velvet Matte Lip Pencil/ Damned Velvet Matte Lip Pencil


CHEEKS:
New Order Highlighting Blush/ Blondie Eyeshadow


ACT 2:
Add Damned Velvet Matte Lip Pencil to eyes


Donna Anna


SKIN:
Siberia Sheer Glow Foundation


EYES:
Pandora Duo Eyeshadow/ Nuits Blanches Eyeliner Stylo/ Zardoz Eyeshadow/ Santa Monica Blvd. Larger Than Life(R) Long-Wear Eyeliner


LIPS:
Damned Velvet Matte Lip Pencil/ Red Lizard Semi Matte Lipstick/ Amazon Lip Liner Pencil


CHEEKS:
Blondie Eyeshadow


ACT 2:
Add Zardoz Eyeshadow to lids, and Train Bleu Velvet Matte Lip Pencil to lips


Donna Elvira

EYES:
Zardoz Eyeshadow/ Pandora Duo Eyeshadow/ Nuits Blanches Eyeliner Stylo/ Damned Velvet Matte Lip Pencil/Santa Monica Blvd. Larger Than Life(R) Long-Wear Eyeliner


CHEEKS:
Blondie Eyeshadow


SKIN:
Siberia Sheer Glow Foundation


ACT 2:
Add Zardoz Eyeshadow across the nose as a mask

All products available on narscosmetics.com

Photo credit: LA Phil’s production of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Walt Disney Concert Hall led by Gustavo Dudamel, in collaboration with Frank Gehry, Rodarte and Christoper Alden. Images by Autumn de Wilde