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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Porta torce
Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani |
ICON001180 costume design |
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Gentiluomini
Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani |
ICON001181 costume design |
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Musicanti
Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani |
ICON001182 costume design |
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Araldo Imperiale
Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani |
ICON001183 costume design |
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Anna
Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi |
ICON001186 costume design |
1884 | |
Anna
Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi |
ICON001187 costume design |
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Roberto
Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi |
ICON001188 costume design |
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Roberto
Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi |
ICON001189 costume design |
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Guglielmo Wulf
Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi |
ICON001190 costume design |
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Guglielmo Wulf
Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi |
ICON001191 costume design |