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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Vasco de Gama
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006062 costume design |
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Ufficiale di marina
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006063 costume design |
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Marinaio
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006064 costume design |
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Selika
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006065 costume design |
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Don Alvaro
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006066 costume design |
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Baiadera blu
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006067 costume design |
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Sacerdotessa
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006068 costume design |
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Don Diego
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006069 costume design |
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Usciere
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006070 costume design |
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Sacerdotessa di Siwa
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON006071 costume design |