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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Giovanni Ricordi
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ICON000025 drawing |
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Tito I Ricordi
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ICON000026 drawing |
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Tito I Ricordi
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ICON000027 drawing |
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Giuseppe Giacosa
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ICON000029 drawing |
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Giuseppe Verdi
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ICON000032 drawing |
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Giuseppe Verdi
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ICON000034 drawing |
1842 | |
Tito I Ricordi
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ICON000041 drawing |
1853 | |
Copertina per spartito canto e piano
Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth |
ICON000051 drawing |
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Marietta Anselmi
Vincenzo Bellini, Norma |
ICON010442 drawing |
1852 |