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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La gran Piazza di Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000069 set design |
1876 | |
Ridente valle
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000070 set design |
1876 | |
Cortile di una fortezza
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000071 set design |
1876 | |
Ricchi giardini nel Palazzo di Manforte a Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000132 set design |
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Una ridente valle presso Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000133 set design |
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La gran Piazza di Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000134 set design |
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Cortile di una fortezza
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000135 set design |
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Piazza e Palazzo di Città in Bruxelles
Gaetano Donizetti, Il Duca d'Alba |
ICON009610 set design |
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Oratorio
Gaetano Donizetti, Il Duca d'Alba |
ICON009611 set design |
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Piazza e Palazzo di Città in Bruxelles
Gaetano Donizetti, Il Duca d'Alba |
ICON012119 set design |
1882 |