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 Faust
Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele |
ICON004319 set design |
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Giardino di Marta
Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele |
ICON004320 set design |
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Lo studio di Faust
Arrigo Boito, Mefistofele |
ICON004321 set design |
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Cucina in casa di Pantalone
Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Basi e Bote |
ICON004372 set design |
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Camera in casa di Pantalone
Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Basi e Bote |
ICON004373 set design |
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Il tempio di Venere
Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro |
ICON007902 set design |
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L'Afrodisio
Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro |
ICON007903 set design |
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La Torre della Vergine
Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro |
ICON007904 set design |
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Via Appia
Arrigo Boito, Nerone |
ICON010328 set design |
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Il tempio di Simon Mago
Arrigo Boito, Nerone |
ICON010329 set design |