Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

12/1985-02/1986 (made)
Artist/Maker
Augustus Martin Ltd. (printers (people))
Kenmure, Heather (designers)
Barda, Clive (photographers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Photographic and typographic. Depicts Alan Opie as Beckmesser.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Paper
Ink
Printing
Brief description
Programme poster advertising a season by the English National Opera at the London Coliseum, December 1985 to February 1986, featuring Orpheus in the Underworld [and] Don Giovanni [and] Julius Caesar [and] The Mastersingers of Nuremberg [and] Moses [and] The Magic Flute [and] La Boheme
Physical description
Photographic and typographic. Depicts Alan Opie as Beckmesser.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.2cm
  • Poster width: 50.8cm
Object history
Associated Production: English National Opera season 10.12.1985 = 13.3.1986: Orpheus in the Underworld (10.12.1985, composer: Jacques Offenbach), Don Giovanni (12.12.1985, composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), Julius Caesar (16.12.1985, composer: Georg Frederic Handel), The Mastersingers of Nuremberg (4.1.1986, composer: Richard Wagner), Moses (16.1.1986, composer: Gioacchino Rossini), The Magic Flute (31.1.1986, composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), La Boheme (13.2.1986, composer: Giacomo Puccini). Performer: Alan Opie. Company: English National Opera. Sponsors: Norwest Holst Group (Moses), Esso (La Boheme), British Olivetti Ltd. (Don Giovanni), National Westminster Bank (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg). London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane . Performance category: opera.
Subject depicted
Opie, Alan
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.666-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1165770/poster-kenmure-heather/
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