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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\nOn the dummy on which this costume for Sophie was made, Walker pinned a postcard of his inspiration for the dress - Boucher's painting of the Marquise de Pompadour in the Wallace Collection.  Although the white and silver fabric of Sophie's dress is ornately encrusted down the front with frills and flower and foliage trims, they never threaten to overpower the basic innocence and simplicity of the character.","physicalDescription":"White 18th century style dress overlaid with silver lace and richly decorated with white lace and artificial flowers","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Walker, David","id":"A4540"},"association":{"text":"costume designers","id":"AAT163428"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Manning, Christine","id":"A14566"},"association":{"text":"makers","id":"AAT251917"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"Synthetic chiffon","id":"x33178"},{"text":"Lace","id":"AAT132861"},{"text":"Nylon net","id":"x29761"},{"text":"Gold mesh","id":"x33179"},{"text":"Braid","id":"AAT232186"},{"text":"gold paint","id":"x30249"}],"techniques":[{"text":"Sewing","id":"AAT53658"},{"text":"Painting","id":"x30598"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Synthetic chiffon, lace, net, gold mesh, braid, gold paint","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Opera","id":"THES263971"},{"text":"Theatre costume","id":"THES268477"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2006AH5344"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"105","id":"THES49926"},"free":"","case":"CA010","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Theatre costume","id":""}],[{"text":"Opera costume","id":""}],[{"text":"dresses","id":"AAT46159"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"England","id":"x28826"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1975","earliest":"1975-01-01","latest":"1975-12-31"},"association":{"text":"designed","id":"x29338"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by English National Opera","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Length","value":"182","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Dress, collar to hem","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"63","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Dress, width","note":""},{"dimension":"Weight","value":"4.3","unit":"kg","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Packed weight of object","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The costume was designed by David Walker for Sophie 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 dress designed by David Walker for Sophie 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.263-1999"],"accessionNumberNum":"263","accessionNumberPrefix":"S","accessionYear":1999,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2026-01-23","recordCreationDate":"2000-09-01","availableToBook":false}}