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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
Amedeo Bassi and Giuseppina Uffreduzzi in the roles of federico and Ricke, Epilogue	Peli, Roberto	FOTO02187	1902
Raffaele Grani in the role of Sigfrido	Società Fotografica I. Reale & C.	FOTO00604	1902
Elsa Regini in the role of Tosca, Act 1	Bassani, Pompeo	FOTO03227	1903
Augustine-Léon Beyle in the role of Cavaradossi	Cautin & Berger	FOTO00078	1903
Emma Calvé nel ruolo di Carmen	Dupont, Aimé	FOTO00184	1903
Stefania Collamarini in the role of Amneris	Bushnell, Frederick	FOTO00283	1903
Silvia Gordini Marchetti in operetta La Geisha	Pesce, Alfredo	FOTO00599	1904
Ines Imbimbo in stage costume, Teatro Duse	Pesce, Francesco	FOTO00631	1904
Henri Albers in the role of Scarpia	Dupont-Emèra, G.	FOTO00012	1904
Aida Alegiani Gentoso in stage costume	Jozzi, Pietro	FOTO00016	1904