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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Euterpe
Luigi Mancinelli, Isora di Provenza |
ICON008160 costume design |
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Polimnia
Luigi Mancinelli, Isora di Provenza |
ICON008161 costume design |
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Urania
Luigi Mancinelli, Isora di Provenza |
ICON008162 costume design |
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Calliope
Luigi Mancinelli, Isora di Provenza |
ICON008163 costume design |
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Preziosa
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON009121 costume design |
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Preziosa
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON009122 costume design |
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Ippolito
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON009123 costume design |
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Ippolito
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON009124 costume design |
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Vittorino
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON009125 costume design |
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Vittorino
Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa |
ICON009126 costume design |