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Many designers base their concepts on the original 1911 production, designed by Alfred Roller, although David Walker, in designing the opera for English National Opera in 1975, found Roller's work a little vulgar, while describing his own work as 'a bit like Harrod's best.'  There was a handsome over- sumptuousness about Walker's costumes that married well with the sheer welter of words and notes that characterise the opera.\r\n \r\nThe role of Octavian was written not for a tenor, but for a soprano.  The costume therefore in its strong lines and weight is designed to help the singer suggest a young man.  In colouring and style it relates to the costume worn by Sophie, the girl with whom Octavian falls in love even though he is acting as emissary from Sophie's older admirer, Baron Ochs; the costumes therefore almost hint that there is a fundamental understanding between the young couple even before they themselves realise they are in love.","physicalDescription":"18th century style coat of off-white furnishing brocade patterned with a white and gold flower and leaf design, the turned back cuffs and fronts richly decorated with gold, copper and silver lace, lace and braid rosettes and sequins","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Walker, David","id":"A4540"},"association":{"text":"costume designers","id":"AAT163428"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"brocade","id":"AAT227779"},{"text":"lace","id":"AAT132861"},{"text":"braid","id":"AAT232186"},{"text":"sequins","id":"x30374"}],"techniques":[{"text":"sewing","id":"AAT53658"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Brocade with gold, copper and silver lace, braid and sequins\r\n","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Opera","id":"THES263971"},{"text":"Theatre costume","id":"THES268477"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2006AH5346","2017JV6686","2017JV6687","2006AH5345","2017JW7491"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"105","id":"THES49926"},"free":"","case":"CA010","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"theatre costumes","id":"x47007"}],[{"text":"coats","id":"AAT46143"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1975","earliest":"1975-01-01","latest":"1975-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by English National Opera","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"92","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Collar to hem","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"50","unit":"cm","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Widest point","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"3.7","unit":"kg","qualifier":"approximate","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Jacket and Waistcoat (S.261:1- and S.261:2) weighed together","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The costume was designed by David Walker for Octavian in Richard Strauss's opera <i>Der Rosenkavalier</i>, English National Opera, 1975.\n\nHistorical significance: A fine example of theatre costume making from the 1970s, showing how period costume can be at once a reflection of historical understand and theatrical effectiveness, so that it is recognisable as period costume but, in its cut and use of materials, obvious as a creation of its  time.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"18th century style coat of off-white furnishing brocade patterned with a white and gold flower and leaf design, the turned back cuffs and fronts richly decorated with gold, copper and silver lace, lace and braid rosettes and sequins, designed by David Walker for Octavian in Richard Strauss's opera <i>Der Rosenkavalier</i>, English National Opera, 1975","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"Gallery rotation, 2022\n\nCOSTUMES FOR SOPHIE AND OCTAVIAN IN <i>DER ROSENKAVALIER</i>\r\n1975\n\r\nDavid Walker designed these costumes for a 1975 revival of Richard Strauss’s celebrated comic opera Der Rosenkavalier. Sophie and Octavian fall in love and devise a comic plot to free Sophie from her engagement to a brutish Baron. Octavian is a ‘breeches role’: a role of a young man written for a female (mezzo-) soprano. Some female singers have performed both Sophie and Octavian during their careers.\n\r\nDesigned by David Walker\r\nSynthetic chiffon, brocade, furnishing fabric, lace, net, gold mesh, braid, sequins and gold paint\r\nGiven by English National Opera\r\nMuseum nos. S.261:1, 2-1999, S.263-1999","date":{"text":"07/03/2022","earliest":"2022-03-07","latest":"2022-03-07"}}],"partNumbers":["S.261:1-1999"],"accessionNumberNum":"261","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1999,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-10-29","recordCreationDate":"2000-09-01","availableToBook":false}}