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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Giuseppe Verdi
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ICON000031 drawing |
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Giuseppe Verdi
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ICON000032 drawing |
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Arrigo Boito
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ICON000036 drawing |
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Tito I Ricordi
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ICON000041 drawing |
1853 | |
Ludwig van Beethoven
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ICON010453 drawing |
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Julius Benedict
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ICON010454 drawing |
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Werner Alberti
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ICON010457 drawing |
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Marco Enrico Bossi
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ICON010458 drawing |
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Antonio Cagnoni
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ICON010465 drawing |
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Jacopo Carli
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ICON010470 drawing |