Fine original drawing in pencil of a costume design for the character of Tancredi in Rossini's eponymous opera. Executed for a production in Aix-en-Provence in 1981

by Mauro Pagano

$400 · Offered by J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians

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330 x 450 mm. In pencil on heavy onionskin drafting paper. A detailed full-length depiction of the character Tancredi in ceremonial attire, holding helmet and scepter, with shield in background. Dated Aix en Provence 18/7/81 con molto affetto and signed M Pagano at left, with description of costume to right.ProvenanceThe collection of the distinguished American mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne b. 1934 .Slightly browned; taped to mount at

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