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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Un accampamento di deportati politici, in Siberia
Franco Alfano, Risurrezione |
ICON002180 set design |
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Camera di Margherita
Alfred Brüggemann, Margherita |
ICON009644 set design |
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Un campo al fondo il Brocco
Alfred Brüggemann, Margherita |
ICON009647 set design |
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Serie di bozzetti
Alberto Franchetti , Germania |
ICON013574 copies folder |