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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Padiglione Romano
Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Aureliano in Palmira |
ICON011824 set design |
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Caduta d'acqua in un Giardino
Felice Radicati, Blondello |
ICON011829 set design |
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Fattoria
Felice Radicati, Blondello |
ICON011832 set design |
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Campo Scellerato
, La Vestale |
ICON011853 set design |
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Veduta Indiana
Wenzel Robert Gallenberg, I Riti Indiani |
ICON011856 set design |
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Castello
Pietro Romani, Buondelmonte |
ICON011868 set design |
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Reggia d'Apollo
Autori Diversi, Niobe |
ICON011870 set design |
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Accampamento in disordine
Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Aureliano in Palmira |
ICON011871 set design |