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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Foresta sacra de' Druidi
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON012285 set design |
1898 | |
Interno del tempio
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON012286 set design |
1898 | |
Esterno del Tempio
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON012287 set design |
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Tempio
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON012288 set design |
1898 | |
Valle con ponte di pietra
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON012289 set design |
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Tempio d'Irminsul
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON012290 set design |
1898 | |
Luogo solitario
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON012291 set design |