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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Ridente valle
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000070 set design |
1876 | |
Cortile di una fortezza
Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani |
ICON000071 set design |
1876 | |
La gran sala del castello
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello |
ICON000161 set design |
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Camera di Desdemona
Giuseppe Verdi, Otello |
ICON000162 set design |
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Errico Petrella
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ICON010927 drawing |
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Interno del tempio di Vulcano a Menfi
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON010934 set design |
1878 | |
Il Parco di Windsor
Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff |
ICON010935 set design |
1893 | |
La Vendetta. La piazza di S. Ambrogio
Giuseppe Verdi, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata |
ICON010936 set design |
1864 | |
Sala nel palazzo d'Acciano in Antiochia
Giuseppe Verdi, I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata |
ICON010937 set design |
1864 |