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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Nei dintorni di Norimberga, interno del mulino
Alberto Franchetti , Germania |
ICON004257 set design |
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In un angolo della Foresta Nera Wurtemberghese, nella rozza casupola di un boscaiuolo
Alberto Franchetti , Germania |
ICON004258 set design |
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Nella piana di Lipsia, fra Rochlitz e Grimma, il 19 ottobre 1813. Al centro la figura di Ricke
Alberto Franchetti , Germania |
ICON004262 set design |