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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Guardia portoghese
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON011372 costume design |
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Indiana
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON011373 costume design |
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Gran Dignitario
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON011374 costume design |
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Anna
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON011375 costume design |
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Uomo sui trampoli
Paolo Giorza, Estella |
ICON011376 costume design |
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Pianta scenica
G. Pinto, L'Isola degli Amori |
ICON011416 stage plan |
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Marina illuminata dalla luna
G. Pinto, L'Isola degli Amori |
ICON011417 stage plan |
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Pianta delle scene
Alessandro Busi, Giulio Cesare |
ICON011442 stage plan |
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Attrezzeria
Costantino Dall'Argine, Sirena |
ICON011443 prop design |
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Attrezzeria
Costantino Dall'Argine, Sirena |
ICON011444 prop design |