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 camera di Scarpia al piano superiore di Palazzo Farnese
Giacomo Puccini, Tosca |
ICON000084 set design |
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A Parigi. Salotto elegantissimo in casa di Geronte
Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut |
ICON000108 set design |
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In America. Una landa sterminata
Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut |
ICON000113 set design |
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Sala magnifica nel Palazzo Ducale
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto |
ICON000119 set design |
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L'estremità di una via cieca. Casa di Gilda
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto |
ICON000120 set design |
1903 | |
Salotto nel Palazzo Ducale
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto |
ICON000121 set design |
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Ricchi giardini nel Palazzo di Manforte a Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000132 set design |
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Una ridente valle presso Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000133 set design |
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La gran Piazza di Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000134 set design |
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Cortile di una fortezza
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000135 set design |