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.

Description	ID	Date
Ingresso maggiore della Chiesa Gaetano Luporini, La Collana di Pasqua	ICON009545 set design
Attrezzeria Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010120 prop design
Pietro Mascagni Pietro Mascagni, Iris	ICON010888 drawing	1898
Pianta scenica Alberto Franchetti , Cristoforo Colombo	ICON011088 stage plan
Pianta scenica Franco Alfano, Il Principe Zilah	ICON011963 stage plan
Pianta scenica Franco Alfano, Il Principe Zilah	ICON011964 stage plan
Pianta scenica Franco Alfano, Il Principe Zilah	ICON011965 stage plan
Attrezzeria Franco Alfano, Il Principe Zilah	ICON011966 prop design	1849
Pianta scenica Cesare Galeotti, Anton	ICON011967 stage plan
Piazza Cesare Galeotti, Anton	ICON011968 stage plan