The marching chorus of guards and janissaries arrive in an amusing yet entrancing array of costumes in soft shades of purple, pink and green.
In Cage's scheme, the aria collage of "Europeras" is accompanied by a randomized array of costumes and sets from various periods.
Hundreds of puppets and floats and countless folks in a wide array of costumes are expected, along with more than fifty bands.
You get funny accents, puppets and balloons, and a lustrous array of costumes, that last virtue by now very much a Globe norm.
It was a remarkable event, partly because of the ease with which the eight barefoot dancers in their wild array of costumes reflected the spontaneity, exuberance and subtlety of N'Dour's work.
"Some people might look down their noses and say, 'Oh, is that all you do?"' said Betty Pia, 78, an actress who has modeled in an array of costumes at Silvermine for about 50 years.
Blanchett, in an array of costumes – often draped in a fur coat or brandishing a gleaming cigarette holder and always with immaculately coiffed hair – looks as glamorous as any Lana Turner-esque star from Hollywood's golden age.
The Russian dancers — the Mayuri Dance Group, from Petrozavodsk — were big hits, performing eight numbers with zest, glee and an array of costumes so admirably vivid that audience members exclaimed about them.
In contrast to some of the previous Ravinia productions and the standards at the Encores! series in New York, this was not a stripped-down presentation of "Gypsy" but a fully staged performance, with a fine array of costumes by Tracy Christensen, plush lighting design by Kevin Adams, simple but smart sets by Tony Straiges, even a little lamb (possibly a little goat, cast against type).
