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Welsh National Opera

Poster
1994 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Poster advertising the Welsh National Opera Spring 1994 tour of Puccini's Turandot, Handel's Ariodante and Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. The tour visited the New Theatre, Cardiff; the Birmingham Hippodrome; the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton; and the Bristol Hippodrome.

Welsh National Opera (Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru), now resident at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, was formed in the 1940s, and has developed a commitment to touring, community projects and education. This tour offered operas from three different centuries. Each opera featured strong roles for female singers, as Holly Warburton’s poster design suggests.


Object details

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Object type
TitleWelsh National Opera (published title)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Poster advertising the Welsh National Opera 1994 Spring tour of Turandot, Ariodante and Lucia di Lammermoor, visiting Cardiff, Birmingham, Southampton and Bristol
Physical description
Pictorial and typographical poster advertising the Welsh National Opera 1994 tour of Turandot, Ariodante and Lucia di Lammermoor. Distressed photograph of a female face, superimposed with dark lines suggesting a bird's beak on the nose and a tear on the subject's right cheek. Additional 'rays' of light to lower left of the face suggest both feathers and a collar. Details of operas and venues at lower right.
Dimensions
  • Height: 76.2cm
  • Width: 50.7cm
Gallery label
Welsh National Opera (Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru), now resident at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, was formed in the 1940s, and has developed a commitment to touring, community projects and education. This tour offered operas from three different centuries. Each opera featured strong roles for female singers, as Holly Warburton’s image suggests. Designed by Steve Allison, The Design Stage, Cardiff Bay Image by Holly Warburton Printed ink on paper Museum no. S.3515-1995(27/02/2017)
Summary
Poster advertising the Welsh National Opera Spring 1994 tour of Puccini's Turandot, Handel's Ariodante and Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. The tour visited the New Theatre, Cardiff; the Birmingham Hippodrome; the Mayflower Theatre, Southampton; and the Bristol Hippodrome.

Welsh National Opera (Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru), now resident at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, was formed in the 1940s, and has developed a commitment to touring, community projects and education. This tour offered operas from three different centuries. Each opera featured strong roles for female singers, as Holly Warburton’s poster design suggests.
Collection
Accession number
S.3515-1995

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Record createdJuly 30, 2010
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