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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Charles Burney
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ICON010631 drawing |
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Antonio Carlos Gomes
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ICON010634 drawing |
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Antonio Carlos Gomes
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ICON010635 drawing |
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Carlotta Bassi
Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Tancredi |
ICON010652 drawing |
1813 | |
Ludwig van Beethoven
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ICON010654 drawing |
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Beethoven
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ICON010656 drawing |
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Teresa Bernardi Cassiani-Ingoni
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ICON010659 drawing |
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Giulia Grisi
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON010663 drawing |
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Luigi Lablache
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ICON010664 drawing |
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Luigi Lablache
Giovanni Pacini, Amazilia |
ICON010665 drawing |
1825 |