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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Borghese vecchia
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème |
ICON013274 costume design |
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Borghese giovane
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème |
ICON013275 costume design |
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Borghese
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème |
ICON013276 costume design |
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Bottegaio
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème |
ICON013277 costume design |
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Bottegaio
Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème |
ICON013278 costume design |