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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Pianta scenica
Josef Bayer, Fata delle Bambole |
ICON011031 stage plan |
1892 | |
Pianta scenica
Victor De Sabata, Il Macigno |
ICON011040 stage plan |
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Pianta scenica
Victor De Sabata, Il Macigno |
ICON011041 stage plan |
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Puccini, der Mann der "Bohème"
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème |
ICON011066 drawing |
1897 | |
Grotta di Venere
Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser |
ICON011079 stage plan |
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Walle di Wartburg, Primavera
Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser |
ICON011080 stage plan |
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Pianta scenica
Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser |
ICON011081 stage plan |
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Walle col cartello, Autunno
Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser |
ICON011082 stage plan |
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Apparizione di Venere
Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser |
ICON011083 stage plan |
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Sir James Plumpstershire
Josef Bayer, Fata delle Bambole |
ICON011160 costume design |