Don’t know what you want to be for Halloween this year? Forget about those cheap costume shops! The New York City Opera Thrift Shop is hosting a quite unusual sale happening Wednesday, October 14th, from 5-8:00 pm. Apparently New York City Opera’s Costume Department has done some fall cleaning and they have donated over two hundred vintage costumes to the thrift shop to sell right before Halloween!

The story goes that back in 1985 there was this horrendous warehouse fire in New Jersey that destroyed over 10,000 costumes belonging to 74 of NYC Opera’s productions. It was a devastating blow to City Opera. In the wake of this tremendous loss, Beverly Sills, who was the General Director of City Opera at the time, got on the horn and called in favors from all over. Lo and behold, European Opera Houses quickly donated their surplus stock and shipped them to NYC Opera! How generous!

This sale is what was donated to the NYC Opera at that time. They include used and unused costumes from some of the city’s most memorable productions! Now you have the opportunity to get a fabulously unique vintage Halloween costume that no one else will have at bargain basement prices. For more information click here.

Tags: Beverly Sills, Halloween costumes, New York City Opera

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