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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Giovan Battista Martini
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ICON010556 drawing |
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Francesco Morlacchi
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ICON010563 drawing |
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Gaetano Ottani
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ICON010566 drawing |
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Gaetano Pugnani
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ICON010576 drawing |
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Gaetano Pugnani
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ICON010577 drawing |
1749 | |
Gioachino Rossini
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ICON010672 drawing |
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Gaetano Donizetti
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ICON010675 drawing |
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Alberto Franchetti
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ICON010677 drawing |
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Carlo Pedrotti
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ICON010687 drawing |
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Pablo de Sarasate
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ICON010699 drawing |