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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Serie di bozzetti
Amilcare Ponchielli, La Gioconda |
ICON012901 copies folder |
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Serie di figurini
Amilcare Ponchielli, Lina |
ICON013143 copies folder |
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Serie di figurini
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON013153 copies folder |
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Serie di figurini
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON013154 copies folder |
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Serie di figurini
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON013155 copies folder |
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Serie di figurini
Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi, Dolores |
ICON013161 copies folder |
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Serie di figurini
Salvatore Auteri-Manzocchi, Dolores |
ICON013162 copies folder |
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Serie di figurini
Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro |
ICON013214 copies folder |
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Serie di figurini
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON013241 copies folder |