Lot 43 , Centerentola and Carmen: A rail of silver and gold thread embroidered multi-coloured costume bodices, striped

Centerentola and Carmen: A rail of silver and gold thread embroidered multi-coloured costume bodices, striped waistcoats, boned corsets, black coloured embroidered shawls, military jackets, etc. Approx. 93 items.
Estimate £200-400



Centerentola, composed by Rosini, first performed 1817. Cinderella, beset by her ugly sisters and cruel stepfather, gets an invitation to the Prince's Ball because he has swapped places with his valet Dandini. Result: fury but a happy ending.


Carmen, composed by Bizet, first performed 1875. The Plot: Don José, a soldier, falls for Carmen a beautiful gypsy girl and deserts to help her evade arrest. She warns him her love only lasts a season or so, but his obsessive jealousy when she moves on to a toreador leads him to kill her.


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Sold for £130