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Raymond Boyce design for Rigoletto, 1964

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Raymond Boyce design for <em>Rigoletto</em>, 1964

This coloured drawing was made by set designer Raymond Boyce while working on the set of the New Zealand Opera Company's 1964 production of Verdi's Rigoletto. The production was toured nationally, so sets and costumes had to be both robust and highly portable.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-134-059

by Raymond Boyce

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Bill Guest, Theatre design – Set design, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/42309/raymond-boyce-design-for-rigoletto-1964 (accessed 8 June 2026).

Story by Bill Guest, published 5 August 2013.