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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Il cortile della casa di Gherardo
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Fra Gherardo |
ICON004273 set design |
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Una strada, fuor delle porte della Città
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Fra Gherardo |
ICON004274 set design |
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La Piazza Maggiore di Parma
Ildebrando Pizzetti, Fra Gherardo |
ICON004277 set design |