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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
Pio Del Grillo in the role of Jago	Luci, Agostino Natale	FOTO00353	12/1906
Maria Gay in the role of Carmen	Histed	FOTO00509	1907
Salomea Krusceniski in the role of Salomè	Varischi & Artico	FOTO00652	1907
Charlotte Dangerville in stage costume	Peigne, C.	FOTO01982	1908
Ludwik Solski, in stage costume, in drama by Hegerson Il Re della favola	Bahrynowicz, Teodozy	FOTO00005	1908
Ludwik Solski in the role of King Jagellone	Adela	FOTO00007	1908
Mario Guardabassi in the role of Romeo	Kirkner	FOTO00613	1909
Irma Timroth in the role of Butterfly	Gerola, Edoardo	FOTO01506	1910
Zbierzch in stage costume	Trzemeski, Edward	FOTO03135	1910
Mignon Nevada in stage costume	Brogi, Giacomo	FOTO00751	1910