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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La Vendetta. La piazza di S. Ambrogio
Giuseppe Verdi, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata |
ICON010936 set design |
1864 | |
Sala nel palazzo d'Acciano in Antiochia
Giuseppe Verdi, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata |
ICON010937 set design |
1864 | |
Prominenze di un monte praticabili in cui s'apre una caverna
Giuseppe Verdi, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata |
ICON010938 set design |
1864 | |
Recinto dell'harem
Giuseppe Verdi, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata |
ICON010939 set design |
1864 | |
Le tende lombarde presso il sepolcro di Rachele
Giuseppe Verdi, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata |
ICON010940 set design |
1864 |