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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Una ridente valle presso Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000133 set design |
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La gran Piazza di Palermo
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000134 set design |
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Cortile di una fortezza
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000135 set design |
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L'esterno del Castello
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello |
ICON000155 set design |
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Un prato sulla sponda della Schelda presso Anversa
Richard Wagner , Lohengrin |
ICON002537 set design |
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Il castello di Anversa
Richard Wagner , Lohengrin |
ICON002538 set design |
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Stanza nuziale
Richard Wagner , Lohengrin |
ICON002539 set design |
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Attrezzeria
Jules Massenet, Il Re di Lahore |
ICON002785 prop design |
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Attrezzeria
Jules Massenet, Il Re di Lahore |
ICON002786 prop design |
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Renzo
Errico Petrella, I Promessi Sposi |
ICON009068 costume design |