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Photographs

Collection

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

On focus

Giuseppe Verdi davanti alla casa di Giulio Ricordi

Achille Ferrario

Giacomo Puccini

Attilio Badodi

Sarah Bernhardt nel ruolo di Tosca

Félix Nadar

Ottorino Respighi

Ghitta Carell

Ella Fitzgerald

Ugo Mulas

Daria Farini

London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company Ltd.

Description	Author	ID	Date
Mignon Nevada in stage costume	Brogi, Giacomo	FOTO00751	1910
Ernestina Bertramo-Bardazzi and Emma Gramatica in "Nellina" by Roberto Bracco, Act 3	Crocco Egineta, Carlo	FOTO02767	1910
Peppino Zoffoli in stage costume	Julietta	FOTO02938	1910
Edith De Lys in stage costume	Le Lieure de l'Aubepin, Henri	FOTO00371	1910
Giulia De Riso in stage costume	Pettiti, Antonio	FOTO03068	1911
Giovanni Martinelli in the role of Dick Johnson	Reale, Francesco	FOTO00710	1911
Adelaide von Staveren in the role of Azucena	Carà, Angelo	FOTO02177	1912
Lucille Lawrence in the role of Minnie	Boni, Egidio	FOTO00566	1912
Ottorino Lunardiin the role of Beckmesser	Carposio, Ilario	FOTO00572	1912
Bianca Stagno Ricordi in the role of Conchita, Nizza 1914	Schenker, Karl	FOTO01987	1914