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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Carmen Bonaplata in stage costume | Scanagatti, Luigi | FOTO00139 | 1892 | |
Agostino in the role of Beckmesser | Chickering, Elmer | FOTO00197 | 1892 | |
Cesira Ferrani in the role of Manon Lescaut | Lovazzano, F.lli | FOTO00433 | 1893 | |
Edoardo Garbin in the role of Fenton | Rossi, Giulio | FOTO00131 | 1893 | |
Renée Vidal in the role of Amneris | Lacroix, William | FOTO02193 | 1895 | |
Eugenio Galli in the role of Otello | Tronchi, Vittore | FOTO00485 | 1895 | |
Vittoria Petrilli Sulli in the role of Aida | Deroche, Hyppolite | FOTO00843 | 1898 | |
Lina Peri De Stefani in the role of Giulia in Opera 'Il Signor di Pourceaugnac' | Felicetti, Francesco | FOTO02837 | 1898 | |
Adele Botti in stage costume | Pozzi, T.A. | FOTO00647 | 1899 | |
Mercedes Saliz in stage costume | Roig, I. | FOTO03087 | 1900 |