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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Lo studio di Giuseppe Verdi nella Villa di Sant' Agata
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ICON000021 drawing |
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Giuseppe Verdi ritratto nella sua Villa di Sant' Agata
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ICON000023 drawing |
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Il laghetto di Villa Verdi a Sant' Agata
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ICON000024 drawing |
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Giovanni Ricordi
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ICON000025 drawing |
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Tito I Ricordi
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ICON000026 drawing |
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Tito I Ricordi
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ICON000027 drawing |
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Tito II Ricordi
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ICON000028 drawing |
1912 | |
Giuseppe Giacosa
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ICON000029 drawing |
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Schizzi per lanterne
Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly |
ICON000043 drawing |
1904 | |
Schizzo per lampione
Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly |
ICON000044 drawing |
1904 |