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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Butterfly incontra Kate Pinkerton
Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly |
ICON000016 drawing |
1904 | |
Pinkerton e il bambino accanto a Butterfly morta
Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly |
ICON000017 drawing |
1904 | |
Giuseppe Verdi
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ICON000030 drawing |
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Giuseppe Verdi
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ICON000031 drawing |
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Giuseppe Verdi
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ICON000033 drawing |
1886 | |
Ferdinando Fontana
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ICON000035 drawing |
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Arrigo Boito
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ICON000037 drawing |
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Arrigo Boito
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ICON000038 drawing |
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Giacomo Puccini
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ICON000039 drawing |
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Ritratto di Cowboy
Giacomo Puccini, La Fanciulla del West |
ICON000040 drawing |
1909 |