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Tosca

Costume Design
early 20th century (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Unknown (designers)
Place of origin
London (drawn)

Costume design for Angelotti in Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The Italian libretto was written by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca. It premiered in Rome on 14 January 1900, and at Covent Garden on 12 July 1900.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Designs
Theatre
Opera
Object type
Costume design
TitleTosca (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, pencil and ink on paper mounted on board
Watercolour
Pencil
Millboard
Designing
Brief description
Costume design for Angelotti labelled No.7 for Tosca at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Physical description
Costume design for Angelotti in Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca. Male figure wearing a long black coat drapped over his shoulders, a white shirt, beige waistcoat, blue jacket and breeches, beige socks and black shoes. Unsigned and undated.
Dimensions
  • Paper height: 26cm
  • Paper width: 19cm
  • Board height: 36.7cm
  • Board width: 26.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'No. 7. / Tosca' (Inscribed in black and red ink, upper left corner of board.)
  • 'Angelotti' (Inscribed in ink, lower right corner of board.)
  • '7' (Inscribed in pencil, upper left corner of paper.)
  • 'Ernest Davies' (Inscribed in pencil, lower left side of design.)
  • 'soiled white' (Inscribed in pencil with a line connecting to the socks in the costume design.)
  • 'old shoes' (Inscribed in pencil with a line connecting to the shoes in the costume design.)
  • 'angelotti' (Inscribed in pencil, lower left corner of paper.)
Credit line
Given by the estate of David Dean
Summary
Costume design for Angelotti in Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. The Italian libretto was written by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou's play La Tosca. It premiered in Rome on 14 January 1900, and at Covent Garden on 12 July 1900.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.419-2018

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Record createdMarch 2, 2019
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1481873/tosca-costume-design-unknown/
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