Costume Design
1993 (Painted, drawn)
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Costume design for the Second Madonna. The design depicts a full length female figure whose naked bleeding limbs and torso have been bound with ropes. The figure wears a crown of thorns on her head. Unsigned by the artist.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil, pen & ink, watercolour, and black marker pen on paper. |
| Brief description | Costume design by Lez Brotherston for the Second Madonna in the opera "Cornet Christoph Rilke's Song of Love and Death", Glyndebourne Touring Opera, Sadler's Wells, October 4th 1993. |
| Physical description | Costume design for the Second Madonna. The design depicts a full length female figure whose naked bleeding limbs and torso have been bound with ropes. The figure wears a crown of thorns on her head. Unsigned by the artist. |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Marks and inscriptions | ' 2nd Madonna ' (Textual information; Upper left hand corner.; handwriting; pencil; Brotherston, Lez) |
| Credit line | Given by the designer |
| Object history | This costume design by Lez Brotherston is part of an extensive collection of designs donated to the Theatre Museum by the artist in 2002. The design was executed for a production of Siegfried Matthus's opera "Cornet Christoph Rilke's Song of Love and Death" performed by Glyndebourne Touring Opera at Sadler's Wells on October 4th 1993. The production was translated by Bernard Jacobson, directed by Aidan Lang, conducted by Martin Andre, and lit by Davy Cunningham. |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
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| Literary reference | Cornet Christoph Rilke's Song of Love & Death |
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| Accession number | S.296-2002 |
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| Record created | December 23, 2002 |
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