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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Maria
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006460 costume design |
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Maria; Lisetta
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006461 costume design |
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Lisetta
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006462 costume design |
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Longueville
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006463 costume design |
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Longueville
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006464 costume design |
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Re Luigi XII
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006465 costume design |
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Lo svegliato
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006466 costume design |
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Rolando
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006467 costume design |
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Gillo
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006468 costume design |
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Scudiero
André Charles Prosper Messager, La Basoche |
ICON006469 costume design |