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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
La prigione di Don Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000101 set design
La foresta di Fontainebleau Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos	ICON000102 set design	1886
Il Chiostro del Convento di S.Giusto Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000103 set design
I giardini della regina a Madrid Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000104 set design
Una gran Piazza innanzi Nostra Donna d'Atocha Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000105 set design
Il Gabinetto del Re a Madrid Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000106 set design
La prigione di Don Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000107 set design
A Parigi. Salotto elegantissimo in casa di Geronte Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON000108 set design
A Parigi. Salotto elegantissimo in casa di Geronte. Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON000109 set design
Ad Amiens. Un vasto piazzale presso la Porta di Parigi Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON000110 set design