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| Alessandro Mauro Stage Design for opera Teofane as performed in Dresden 1719 drawing Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden |
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| Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena Stage Design with Antique Military Encampment 1736 drawing Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
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| Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena Stage Design before 1757 drawing Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna |
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| Giuseppe Galli-Bibiena Stage Design for Opera before 1757 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Antonio Galli-Bibiena Studies for Stage Designs before 1774 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Antonio Galli-Bibiena Stage Design with Statue of Jupiter before 1774 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Paolo Landriani Stage Design ca. 1785 watercolor on paper McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
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| Josef Platzer Stage Design ca. 1790 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Lorenzo Sacchetti Study for Stage Set ca. 1800 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga Stage Design with Antique Courtyard and Sarcophagi in Niches ca. 1810 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga Stage Design with Interior of Fortress before 1831 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Pietro di Gottardo Gonzaga Stage Design with Vaulted Chamber before 1831 drawing Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Gaspare Galliari Stage Design for Ancient Hall 1817 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Gaspare Galliari Stage Design for Barn Interior 1817 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Gaspare Galliari Stage Design for Garden Scene with Clipped Arches 1817 drawing Morgan Library, New York |
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| Gaspare Galliari Stage Design for Sepulchre before 1823 watercolor on paper McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
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| Ming Cho Lee Stage Design for opera Il Trovatore ca. 1980 watercolor on paper McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas |
The Couple in the Park
A man walks alone in the park, and beside him a woman walks, also alone. How does one know? It is as though a line exists between them, like a line on a playing field. And yet, in a photograph they might appear a married couple, weary of each other and of the many winters they have endured together. At another time, they might be strangers about to meet by accident. She drops her book; stooping to pick it up, she touches, by accident, his hand and her heart springs open like a child's music-box. And out of the box comes a little ballerina made of wood. I have created this, the man thinks; though she can only whirl in place, still she is a dancer of some kind, not simply a block of wood. This must explain the puzzling music coming from the trees.