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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Gilda, Rigoletto, Giovanna
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto |
ICON001354 costume design |
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Servo di corte, Alabardiere, Duca di Mantova
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto |
ICON001355 costume design |
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Conte di Monterone, Usciere
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto |
ICON001356 costume design |
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Macbeth da Re (Paggio) (Sicario)
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth |
ICON001415 costume design |
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Lady Macbeth nella scena del sonnambulismo, Ancella, Medico
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth |
ICON001416 costume design |
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Lady Macbeth da Regina (Ancelle)
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth |
ICON001417 costume design |