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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Johann Sebastian Bach
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ICON010445 drawing |
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A Kaschmann sia gloria e onor!!! S.Carlo 1882-83 (caricatura)
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ICON010505 drawing |
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Nicola De Giosa
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ICON010511 drawing |
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Carolina Alajmo
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ICON010767 drawing |
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Clara Maffei
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ICON010820 drawing |
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Giulio Tanara
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ICON010856 drawing |
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Arrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele |
ICON010873 drawing |
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Tito I Ricordi
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ICON010878 drawing |
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Giovanni Ricordi
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ICON010908 drawing |
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Gioachino Rossini
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ICON010909 drawing |