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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

Iconographies	Description	ID	Date
	Gentiluomini veneziani Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000936 costume design
	Ufficiali veneti Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000937 costume design
	Guardie d'onore Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000938 costume design
	Manrico Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000940 costume design
	Manrico e il Conte di Luna Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000941 costume design
	Azucena Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000942 costume design
	Armigeri Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000943 costume design
	Cavalieri del Conte di Luna Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000944 costume design
	Signori Spagnoli Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000945 costume design
	Zingari Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000946 costume design