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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Napoli. Piazzetta di Rua Catalana
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON003973 set design |
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Camera degli studenti con alcova
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON003974 set design |
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Dietro stanza di una bottega da calzolaio
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON003975 set design |
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Interno del Teatro S. Carlo in sera di gran festa da ballo
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON003976 set design |
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D.n Gasperone
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON008592 costume design |
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Temistocle
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON008593 costume design |
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Senofonte
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON008594 costume design |
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Febino
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON008596 costume design |
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Candida
Nicola De Giosa, Napoli di Carnovale |
ICON008597 costume design |