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Oliver Messel (British, 1904-1978) Three costume designs for 'The Feldmarschallin' and 'Sophie' in Der Rosenkavalier, Glyndebourne, 1959 (each) unframed (two works mounted as one) ((2)) image 1
Oliver Messel (British, 1904-1978) Three costume designs for 'The Feldmarschallin' and 'Sophie' in Der Rosenkavalier, Glyndebourne, 1959 (each) unframed (two works mounted as one) ((2)) image 2
The Roy Astley Collection: Theatrical Designs by Cecil Beaton and Oliver Messel
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Oliver Messel
(British, 1904-1978)
Three costume designs for 'The Feldmarschallin' and 'Sophie' in Der Rosenkavalier, Glyndebourne, 1959 (each) unframed (two works mounted as one)

20 May – 3 June 2025, 12:00 BST
Online, London, Knightsbridge

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Oliver Messel (British, 1904-1978)

Three costume designs for 'The Feldmarschallin' and 'Sophie' in Der Rosenkavalier, Glyndebourne, 1959
each variously signed 'Oliver Messel', and with various inscriptions
watercolour, gouache and pencil, the 'Sophie' example with gold paint
38 x 25cm (14 15/16 x 9 13/16in). (each)
unframed (two works mounted as one)
(2)

Footnotes

The 1959 production of Der Rosenkavalier was the last time that Messel worked with Glyndebourne to design the costumes and sets. The opera by Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was staged in tribute to Carl Ebert who retired that year after 25 years as the director of Glyndebourne.

The present lot contains designs for the two key female characters of the opera: the Feldmarschallin and Sophie, who find themselves in a peculiar love triangle. The Feldmarschallin's young lover, Octavian, is sent to deliver the silvered rose to Sophie as a sign of her engagement to older Baron Ochs. Inevitably, it is Octavian and Sophie that fall in love, and the fall out in the opera ensues.

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