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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Ferdinando Fontana
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ICON000035 drawing |
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Verdi con i cantanti, durante le prove di Falstaff
Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff |
ICON000053 drawing |
1893 | |
Verdi nella stanza del direttore di scena
Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff |
ICON000054 drawing |
1893 | |
Spianata nel bosco. Primavera
Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi |
ICON000075 set design |
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Ad Amiens. Un vasto piazzale presso la Porta di Parigi
Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut |
ICON000114 set design |
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A Parigi. Salotto elegantissimo in casa di Geronte
Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut |
ICON000115 set design |
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A Parigi. Salotto elegantissimo in casa di Geronte
Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut |
ICON000116 set design |
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L'Havre. Piazzale presso il porto
Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut |
ICON000117 set design |
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In America. Una landa sterminata
Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut |
ICON000118 set design |
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Una sala terrena nel castello
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello |
ICON000156 set design |
1887 |