Costume and set designs for La Cenerentola (Glyndebourne, 1952)

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This series includes mounted colour set and costume designs and preliminary sketches. It is also made up of flat set model pieces, colour palettes and costume notes for La Cenerentola (Glyndebourne, 1952)

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La Cenerentola, an opera (1817) in two acts, was composed by Rossini with a libretto by Ferretti, based on the fairy tale Cendrillon (Cinderella) by Charles Perrault (1697). Oliver Messel's production was first performed by the Glyndebourne Festival Society at Glyndebourne on 18 June 1952; directed by Carl Ebert and featuring Oncina as Donramiro and Bruscantini as Dandini. It was revived in 1953 (Edinburgh Festival), 1954 (Berlin), 1956 (Liverpool), 1959 and 1960 (Glyndebourne).

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Oliver Messel Collectiongb71THM/321

Costume and set designs, theatre productionsTHM/321/THE

Costume and set designs for Ariadne Auf Naxos (Glyndebourne, 1953 and 1962)THM/321/1

Costume and set designs for Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Glyndebourne, 1954)THM/321/2

Costume and set designs for La Cenerentola (Glyndebourne, 1952)THM/321/3

Costume and set designs for Le Comte Ory (Glyndebourne, 1954)THM/321/4

Set designs for The Country Wife (Old Vic, 1936)THM/321/5

Costume and set designs for The Dark is Light Enough (Aldwych, 1954)THM/321/6

Costume and set designs for Die EntfÃ¼hrung aus dem Serail (Glyndebourne, 1956)THM/321/7

Set designs for Francesca da Rimini (Royal Opera House, 1937)THM/321/8

Costume designs for Gigi (Uris Theatre, New York, 1973)THM/321/9

Set designs for Helen (Adelphi, 1932)THM/321/10

Set and costume designs for Homage to the Queen (Royal Opera House, 1953)THM/321/11

Set and costume designs for The House of Flowers (Alvin, 1954)THM/321/12

Costume and set designs for Idomeneo (Glyndebourne, 1951)THM/321/13

Costume designs for The Lady's not for Burning (Globe, 1949)THM/321/14

Costume and set designs for Letter from Paris (Aldwych, 1952)THM/321/15

Set and costume designs for The Little Hut (Lyric, 1953)THM/321/16

Costume and set designs for The Magic Flute (Royal Opera House, 1947 and 1956)THM/321/17

Set and costume designs for A Midsummer Night's Dream (Old Vic, 1937)THM/321/18

Set and costume designs for Le Nozze di Figaro (Glyndebourne, 1955 and revisions)THM/321/19

Set and costume designs for The Queen of Spades (Royal Opera House, 1950)THM/321/21

Costume and set designs for Rashomon (Music Box, 1959)THM/321/22

Costume and set designs for Ring Round the Moon (Globe, 1950)THM/321/23

Set designs for The Rivals (Criterion, 1945)THM/321/24

Costume designs for Romeo and Juliet (Broadhurst, 1951)THM/321/25

Costume and set designs for Der Rosenkavalier (Glyndebourne, 1959)THM/321/26

Costume and set designs for Samson (Royal Opera House, 1958)THM/321/27

Costume and set designs for The School for Scandal (Det Ny Theatre, Copenhagen, 1958)THM/321/28

Costume and set designs for Sleeping Beauty (Royal Opera House, 1946)THM/321/29

Costume and set designs and other papers for The Sleeping Princess (Metropolitan Opera House, 1976)THM/321/30

Costume and set designs for Tough at the Top (Adelphi, 1949)THM/321/31

Costume and set designs for Traveller without Luggage (ANTA Theatre, New York, 1964)THM/321/32

Costume and set designs for Twang!! (Shaftesbury, 1965)THM/321/33

Costume and set designs for Under the Sycamore Tree (Aldwych, 1952)THM/321/34

Costume and set designs for ZÃ©mire et Azor (Bath Theatre Royal, 1955)THM/321/35

Costume and set designs, film productionsTHM/321/FIL

Architecture and interior designTHM/321/ARC

Other working papersTHM/321/PAP

PhotographsTHM/321/PHO