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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Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour
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ICON010890 drawing |
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Generale Cialdini
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ICON010894 drawing |
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Ercole Cavazza
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ICON010904 drawing |
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Orazio Cartagenova
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ICON010905 drawing |
1832 | |
Giovanni Ricordi
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ICON010906 drawing |
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Giovanni Ricordi
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ICON010907 drawing |
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Tito II Ricordi
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ICON010916 drawing |
1912 | |
Giuseppe Armanini
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ICON010917 drawing |
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Giulio Ricordi
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ICON010918 drawing |
1892 | |
Onoranze Centenarie a Gaetano Donizetti
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ICON010931 other |
1897 |