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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Rovine del tempio in luogo remoto
Giuseppe Bouglia, Lauretta |
ICON012181 set design |
1864 | |
L'isola delle antille abitata dai corsari
Paolo Giorza, Leonilda |
ICON012182 set design |
1865 | |
Deliziosi giardini del sultano
Paolo Giorza, Leonilda |
ICON012183 set design |
1865 | |
Piazza di Eidelberga
Saverio Mercadante, Leonora |
ICON012184 set design |
1886 | |
Sala delle premiazioni
Saverio Mercadante, Leonora |
ICON012185 set design |
1886 | |
Parco con fontana della sirena
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucia di Lammermoor |
ICON012186 set design |
1863 | |
Una piazza di Ferrara
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia |
ICON012187 set design |
1871 | |
Piccolo cortile che mette alla casa di Gennaro
Gaetano Donizetti, Lucrezia Borgia |
ICON012188 set design |
1871 | |
Un'oscura caverna
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth |
ICON012189 set design |
1863 | |
Esterno di un palazzo
Paolo Giorza, Madamigella di Heilly |
ICON012190 set design |
1865 |