Lucia di Lammermoor

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Artist/Maker	Comelli, Attilio (designers)
Place of origin	London (drawn)

Costume design by Attilio Comelli (1858-1925) for a male role labelled no. 1 for Gaetano Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1900. It received two performances that year on 2nd and 11th June.

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Categories	Entertainment & Leisure Designs Theatre Opera
Object type	Costume design
Title	Lucia di Lammermoor (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour, pencil and ink on board Watercolour Pencil Millboard Designing
Brief description	Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a male role labelled no.1 in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1900
Physical description	Costume design by Attilio Comelli for a male role labelled no. 1 for Gaetano Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor. Male figure wearing a white shirt, turquoise doublet, orange cloak, beige pantaloons, white hose, a large beige hat with a feather plume, beige gloves, beige boots and a rapier sword. Signed and dated 1900.
Dimensions	Height: 36.5cm Width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions	'1 Lucia Lucia' (Inscribed in pencil, red pencil and red ink, upper left corner. 'Lucia' has been written in pencil and overwritten in red ink.) 'Traviata' (Inscribed in pencil, upper right corner. Handwritten unclearly.)
Credit line	Given by the estate of David Dean
Summary	Costume design by Attilio Comelli (1858-1925) for a male role labelled no. 1 for Gaetano Donizetti's opera Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1900. It received two performances that year on 2nd and 11th June.
Collection	Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number	S.389-2018

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Record created	February 19, 2019
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1478696/lucia-di-lammermoor-costume-design-comelli-attilio/

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