Stage costume for Octavia for The Coronation of Poppea

Theatrical costume for the character of Octavia in L'incoronazione di Poppea by Claudio Monteverdi, play directed by Corrado Pavolini in 1937, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. The costume reproduces an eighteenth-century woman's dress, faithful in form, but anti-historical with respect to the story set in Roman times. The costume was conceived and designed by Gino Carlo Sensani, a pioneer of the profes…