The Photographic Collection of the Archivio Storico Ricordi originated during the second half of the 1800s and covers the whole of the 1900s, counting thousands of items thanks mainly to the interest shown by Giulio Ricordi for this new artform. Photography had become an increasingly indispensable medium within an editor’s production system, as evidenced by Casa Ricordi’s early periodicals such as Musica e Musicisti and Ars et Labor. This section includes a list of the nearly 900 photographic studios that collaborated with Ricordi, including many of the national and international big names in photography.
The luthier Luigi Paganini with M°Archimede Montanelli and the little Balilla, photograph by Battista Canè, Forlì, early 1900s
Photograph | Description | Author | ID | Date |
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Geraldine Farrar in the role of Giulietta | Gerlach, Georg | FOTO00422 | 1901 | |
Henri Albers in the role of Scarpia | Dupont-Emèra, G. | FOTO00012 | 1904 | |
Adelina Agostinelli | Consolas, C. | FOTO02237 | 1905 | |
Emmy Destinn in the role of Madama Butterfly | Johnston & Hoffmann | FOTO00383 | 1905 | |
Stefano Donaudy | Toppo F.lli | FOTO00395 | 1906 | |
Arturo Buzzi Peccia | Hall | FOTO00178 | 1906 | |
Trip to Como in occasion of 100 year anniversary of Casa Ricordi. From the left: Manolo, Luigi, Tito II, Giulio Ricordi with nephew Giulia, Signora Carla | Scaramella | FOTO03094 | 1908 | |
Evelyn Parnell | Marceau | FOTO00774 | 1912 | |
Tito II Ricordi and Giacomo Puccini in the backstage, after premiere in Milan "La Fanciulla del West'', Teatro alla Scala, 29 December 1912 | Bassani, Gigi | FOTO00830 | 29/12/1912 | |
Carlo Galeffi | Sterza, Edmondo | FOTO00478 | 1913 |