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 | |
Un carcere dell'Inquisizione
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON012056 set design |
1888 | |
Spiaggia di mare
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON012057 set design |
1866 | |
I giardini della regina
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON012058 set design |
1866 | |
Un promontorio che domina il mare (manzanillo)
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON012059 set design |
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Accampamento
Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana |
ICON012060 set design |
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La scena è in Africa. Abitazione di Ben-Selim nei dintorni di Fez
Gaetano Donizetti, Don Sebastiano |
ICON012113 set design |
1862 | |
Accampamento nella pianura d'Alcazar Kebir
Gaetano Donizetti, Don Sebastiano |
ICON012114 set design |
1862 |