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Poster

04/1986-06/1986 (made)
Artist/Maker
Augustus Martin Ltd. (printers (people))
Kenmure, Heather (designers)
Barda, Clive (photographers)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Photographic and typographic. Depicts Eilene Hannan as Rusalka.


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, April to June 1986, featuring Parsifal [and] The Merry Widow [and] The Bartered Bride [and] Doctor Faust [and] Die Fledermaus [and] The Mask of Orpheus [and] Mary Stuart [and] Rusalka
Physical description
Photographic and typographic. Depicts Eilene Hannan as Rusalka.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 76.5cm
  • Poster width: 51cm
Object history
Associated Production: Parsifal (21.3.1986, composer: Richard Wagner), The Merry Widow (26.3.1986, composer: Franz Lehar), The Bartered Bride (10.4.1986, composer: Smetana), Doctor Faust (25.4 1986, composer: Ferruccio Busoni), Die Fledermaus (2.5.1986, British stage premiere, composer: Johan Strauss), The Mask of Orpheus (21.5.1986, World premiere, composer: Harrison Birtwistle), Mary Stuart (4.6.1986, composer: Gaetano Donizetti), Rusalka (17.6.1986, composer: Dvorak). Performer: Eilene Hannan. Company: English National Opera. Sponsors: English National Opera Trust (Parsifal), The Kobler Trust (The Bartered Bride), The Mercers' Company (Mary Stuart), The Kobler Trust (Rusalka). London Coliseum, St. Martin's Lane . Performance category: opera. All seats are priced from GBP4 and all operas are sung in English.
Subject depicted
Hannan, Eilene
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.670-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
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