Archivio Storico Ricordi | Collezione Digitale

The archive’s iconographic collection is from the 19th and 20th centuries. The archive has about 600 original stage designs, mostly from the premieres of the respective works, starting with the designs for Verdi’s Attila by Giuseppe Bertoja up to Nicola Benois’s designs for Respighi’s La Fiamma from the 1930s. For some operas there are different variations, such as for Puccini’s Tosca and La bohème, depending on the size of the intended theater. Secondly, the picture collection consists of a collection of thousands of individual costume designs, most of them created by famous designers.

Iconographies	Description	ID	Date
	Ariofarne Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007883 costume design
	Ariofarne Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007884 costume design
	Sacerdotesse Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007885 costume design
	Sacerdoti Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007886 costume design
	Sacerdoti Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007887 costume design
	Marinai Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007888 costume design
	Marinai Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007889 costume design
	Jerauceti Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007890 costume design
	Jerofante Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007891 costume design
	Citarede Giovanni Bottesini, Ero e Leandro	ICON007892 costume design