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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Giuseppe Viganoni
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ICON010868 drawing |
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Giovan Battista Viotti
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ICON010869 drawing |
1837 | |
Arrigo Boito
Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele |
ICON010873 drawing |
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Francesca Fabbrichesi
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ICON010876 drawing |
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Tito I Ricordi
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ICON010878 drawing |
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Margherita Zenoni
Gaetano Donizetti, Gemma di Vergy |
ICON010879 drawing |
1854 | |
Giovanni Ricordi
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ICON010881 drawing |
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Giovanni Ricordi,
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ICON010882 drawing |
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Jacobo Carli
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ICON010887 drawing |
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Camillo Benso Conte di Cavour
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ICON010890 drawing |