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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
Edea Santori in stage costume	Schaarwächter, J. C.	FOTO03099
Adriana Palermi Lery in the role of Tosca	Schlattman	FOTO03103
Jole Massa in the role of Butterfly	Ihalski	FOTO03128
Karl Scheidemantel in the role of Wolfram in Tannhäuser, Bayreuther Bühnenfestspiel	Hoffert, Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Hugo	FOTO03192
Giulia and Sofia Ravogli in stage costume	Chancellor, John	FOTO03226
Fausta Labia in the role of Mimì, Act 4	Premiata Fotografia Veronese	FOTO02684
Herbert Janssen in the role of Escamillo	Eberth	FOTO02827
Gennaro Maria Curci in the role of Mefistofele	Geveke, Frits	FOTO02877
Federico Caliga in the role of Lohengrin	Hartmann, Adolph	FOTO02916
Georges Thill in the role of Romeo	Mandel, J.	FOTO02975