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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Interno del tempio di Vulcano a Menfi
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON010934 set design |
1878 | |
Sala nel Palazzo del re
Giuseppe Verdi, Aida |
ICON012061 set design |
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Esterno di una chiesa
Errico Petrella, Giovanna di Napoli |
ICON012165 set design |
1873 | |
Piazza presso una porta di Toledo
Tommaso Benvenuti, La Stella di Toledo |
ICON012271 set design |
1864 | |
Al Pirano
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Fosca |
ICON012342 set design |
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Interno della casa di Delia in Venezia
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Fosca |
ICON012343 set design |
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Una piazzetta in Venezia
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Fosca |
ICON012344 set design |
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Grotta buja
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Fosca |
ICON012345 set design |
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Sala della Signoria in Venezia
Antônio Carlos Gomes, Fosca |
ICON012346 set design |