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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Vasta spianata presso Courtray
Giacomo Puccini, Edgar |
ICON000131 set design |
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Ricchi giardini nel Palazzo di Manforte a Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000132 set design |
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Una ridente valle presso Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000133 set design |
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La gran Piazza di Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000134 set design |
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Cortile di una fortezza
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000135 set design |
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Sala nel palazzo del Re a Menfi
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000136 set design |
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Interno del Tempio di Vulcano a Menfi
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000137 set design |
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Una sala nell'appartamento di Amneris
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000138 set design |
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Uno degli ingressi della Città di Tebe
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000139 set design |
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Le Rive del Nilo
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000140 set design |