Vienna Opera sells off frocks

Vienna Opera sells off frocks

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norman lebrecht

June 21, 2021

The Vienna State Opera has put up some of its used costumes for an online charity auction at Dorotheum on 29 June.

This one is Elisabeth I from Donizetti’s opera Roberto Devereux. It was worn by Edita Gruberova and has a starting bid of € 2,000.

Also on sale are Anna Netrebko’s Micaëla dress in Franco Zeffirelli’s Carmen production and a three-piece costume for the role of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, worn by Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Neil Shicoff and Piotr Beczala.

Comments

  • Petros Linardos says:

    How often do they make new dresses? Anna Netrebko was 7 years old when Zefirelli’s magnificent production was premiered.

  • Do they have a fitting room at the auction?

    I want to be sure it fits before I bid.

  • Ms.Melody says:

    Joking aside, all you will see going forward are cheap, ugly regie productions with singers in street clothes or rags and someone reciving credit for “costumes design”. Sad… I guess they will be selling Der Rosenkavalier costumes next. Thak God for DVDs that preserved the beautiful productions.

  • Ms.Melody says:

    Joking aside, all you will see going forward are cheap, ugly regie productions with singers in street clothes or rags and someone receiving a credit for” costume design “.Sad… I guess they will be selling Der Rosenkavalier costumes next.

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