Cosi fan tutti

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Artist/Maker	Stoddart, John (costume designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

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.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Designs Scotland
Object type	Costume design
Title	Cosi fan tutti (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil on tracing paper, with fabric swatches Pencil Tracing Paper Cloth Drawing (Image-Making)
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	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.162-1980

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Record created	July 4, 2014
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1296150/cosi-fan-tutti-costume-design-stoddart-john/

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