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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Soldati a cavallo
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000720 costume design |
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Ufficiali sui carri da guerra
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000721 costume design |
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Ufficiali sui carri da guerra
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000722 costume design |
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Porta insegne
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000723 costume design |
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Porta insegne
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000724 costume design |
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Palafrenieri
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000725 costume design |
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Popolo egiziano
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000984 costume design |
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Popolana egiziana
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000985 costume design |
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Sacerdotessa danzatrice
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000986 costume design |
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Danzatrice
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON000987 costume design |