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Cosi fan tutti

Costume Design
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by John Stoddart for Don Alfonso in Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutti, Scottish Opera, 1967. One of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook, assembled by costume maker Gerry Scott Sampson. This may be a tracing of the original design, made for the use of the costumier.

Cosi fan tutti, directed by Anthony Besch, opened at Perth on 12 April 1967and toured to Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Don Alfonso was sung by Inia Te Wiata.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleCosi fan tutti (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on tracing paper, with fabric swatches
Brief description
Costume design by John Stoddart for Don Alfonso in Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutti, Scottish Opera, 1967, one of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook
Physical description
Costume design by John Stoddart for Don Alfonso in Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutti, Scottish Opera, 1967, outline drawing in pencil showing a man in cut-away coat and breeches. Attached fabric swatches to right of figure. Mounted in a spiral-bound artist's sketchbook.

Dimensions
  • Height: 37.8cm (design)
  • Width: 25cm (design)
  • Height: 60cm (sketchbook)
  • Width: 43cm (sketchbook)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Gerry Scott Sampson
Summary
Costume design by John Stoddart for Don Alfonso in Mozart's opera Cosi fan tutti, Scottish Opera, 1967. One of 74 miscellaneous designs mounted in a sketchbook, assembled by costume maker Gerry Scott Sampson. This may be a tracing of the original design, made for the use of the costumier.

Cosi fan tutti, directed by Anthony Besch, opened at Perth on 12 April 1967and toured to Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Don Alfonso was sung by Inia Te Wiata.

Collection
Accession number
S.162-1980

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Record createdJuly 4, 2014
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