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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Contadine
Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino |
ICON001454 costume design |
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Questuanti
Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino |
ICON001455 costume design |
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Oste
Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino |
ICON001457 costume design |
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Ostessa
Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino |
ICON001458 costume design |
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Servi del Marchese
Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino |
ICON001460 costume design |
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Giacomo Vanfen
Antonio Cagnoni, Un Capriccio di Donna |
ICON006555 costume design |
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Costanza Vanfen
Antonio Cagnoni, Un Capriccio di Donna |
ICON006556 costume design |
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Marta
Antonio Cagnoni, Un Capriccio di Donna |
ICON006557 costume design |
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Marta
Antonio Cagnoni, Un Capriccio di Donna |
ICON006558 costume design |
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Marta
Antonio Cagnoni, Un Capriccio di Donna |
ICON006559 costume design |