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Iconography

Collection

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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.

On focus

Description	ID	Date
Alabardieri Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001351 costume design
Alabardieri Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001352 costume design
Musicanti Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001353 costume design
Pianta scenica Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in maschera	ICON001697 stage plan
Abituro dell'Indovina Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in maschera	ICON001698 stage plan
Pianta scenica Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in maschera	ICON001699 stage plan
Studio di Renato Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in maschera	ICON001700 stage plan
Pianta scenica Giuseppe Verdi, Un Ballo in maschera	ICON001701 stage plan
Pianta Scenica Giacomo Puccini, Gianni Schicchi	ICON001736 stage plan	1918
Mobili Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001756 prop design