{"id":297,"date":"2025-12-15T00:39:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T00:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2026-02-01T22:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:40:24","slug":"cherubinos-costume-design","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/charactersdemo\/costumes\/cherubinos-costume-design\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherubino&#8217;s Costume Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Opera Australia&#8217;s costume designer Jenny Tiramani talks about how she designed Cherubino&#8217;s costume, \u201c&#8217;The servants wear blue, which \u2018reads as a colour of service,\u2019 Tiramani explains (think about blue jeans). \u2018It also meant we could put Cherubino in a very pale blue, which is cute for his role as a rather dressed up, favoured court boy.\u2019\u201d <sup data-fn=\"1e3a3f09-cd3e-4dce-9f8d-76757abcf95d\" class=\"fn\"><a href=\"#1e3a3f09-cd3e-4dce-9f8d-76757abcf95d\" id=\"1e3a3f09-cd3e-4dce-9f8d-76757abcf95d-link\">1<\/a><\/sup> <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The character description of Cherubino is particularly interesting, initially stating that the role is a trouser role, and also his costume design, &#8220;The splendid gostume he wears in Acts I and II is the standard dress of a page in the Spanish court: white, with silver embroidery; short blue in the same bodice, skirt, and small hat of the peasant girls who bring him to the castle, and in Act V in an officer&#8217;s uniform, with cockade and sword&#8221; (Tiramini).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"409\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7679-edited-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-409\" style=\"width:349px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7679-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7679-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7679-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7679-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7679-edited-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7679-edited-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7679-edited.jpg 1589w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Guy Little Theatrical Photograph<br>Photograph<br>1875 (photographed)<br>Photograph of Zar\u00e9 Thalberg as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7459-edited-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-410\" style=\"width:354px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7459-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7459-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7459-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7459-edited-768x769.jpg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7459-edited-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/2009BY7459-edited.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Guy Little Theatrical Photograph<br>Photograph<br>June 1866&nbsp;<em>(photographed)<\/em><br>Photograph of Pauline Lucca as Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"824\" height=\"824\" data-id=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-8-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-422\" style=\"width:341px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-8-edited.jpeg 824w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-8-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-8-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-8-edited-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-8-edited-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cherubino; 1.7.1814 | Wien Staatsoper; Philipp von Stubenrauch | Henriette Forti<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-19-544x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" style=\"width:151px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-19-544x1024.png 544w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-19-159x300.png 159w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-19-768x1445.png 768w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-19.png 808w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Annette Nelson as Cherubino in &#8220;The Marriage of Figaro&#8221;, 1838<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"411\" height=\"411\" src=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-9-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-9-edited.jpeg 411w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-9-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-9-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1020\/2025\/12\/image-9-edited-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 411px) 100vw, 411px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cherubino; Moritz von Schwind, 1866<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Modern-day production design<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro from Salzburger Festspiele\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uMAh9yXjhgE?start=68&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Vienna Philharmonic&#8217;s 2024 production of The Marriage of Figaro, Cherubino sports a bright blue sports jacket, paired with a contrasting orange blouse. This production reimagines nobility ranking as the mafia. Cherubino works for the boss Count Almaviva, who is a sort of &#8220;mafia leader&#8221;. <br><br>This production of The Marriage of Figaro is close to the drama of a film. Staged by Martin Ku\u0161ej, this production works more for the audience&#8217;s enjoyment rather than to make a political statement or aim for historically accurate costumes or set design. Finding a target audience is sometimes the priority for costume designers, and dramatic rendition draws in youthful audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-footnotes has-small-font-size\"><li id=\"1e3a3f09-cd3e-4dce-9f8d-76757abcf95d\">The production that Opera Australia was putting on was designed entirely from recycled jeans. This is why there is an emphasis on blues.\u00a0 <a href=\"#1e3a3f09-cd3e-4dce-9f8d-76757abcf95d-link\" aria-label=\"Jump to footnote reference 1\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/whos-who\/costumes\/\">back to costumes<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opera Australia&#8217;s costume designer Jenny Tiramani talks about how she designed Cherubino&#8217;s costume, \u201c&#8217;The servants wear blue, which \u2018reads as a colour of service,\u2019 Tiramani explains (think about blue jeans). \u2018It also meant we could put Cherubino in a very pale blue, which is cute for his role as a rather dressed up, favoured court &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/figarofiles\/charactersdemo\/costumes\/cherubinos-costume-design\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cherubino&#8217;s Costume Design&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2834,"featured_media":0,"parent":175,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"[{\"id\":\"1e3a3f09-cd3e-4dce-9f8d-76757abcf95d\",\"content\":\"The production that Opera Australia was putting on was designed entirely from recycled jeans. 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