The archive’s iconographic collection is from the 19th and 20th centuries. The archive has about 600 original stage designs, mostly from the premieres of the respective works, starting with the designs for Verdi’s Attila by Giuseppe Bertoja up to Nicola Benois’s designs for Respighi’s La Fiamma from the 1930s. For some operas there are different variations, such as for Puccini’s Tosca and La bohème, depending on the size of the intended theater. Secondly, the picture collection consists of a collection of thousands of individual costume designs, most of them created by famous designers.
Iconographies | Description | ID | Date |
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Svizzero armato nelle Funzioni solenni
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca |
ICON000306 costume design |
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Senatore e paggi
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca |
ICON000307 costume design |
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Prefetto del Cerimoniere Pontificio; Cerimoniere della Cappella Pontificia
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca |
ICON000308 costume design |
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Paraferniero in Sala
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca |
ICON000309 costume design |
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Decano de' Cardinali
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca |
ICON000310 costume design |
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Caudatario in Cappella
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca |
ICON000311 costume design |
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Caudatario
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca |
ICON000312 costume design |