Archivio Storico Ricordi | Collezione Digitale

Iconography

Collection

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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.

On focus

Description	ID	Date
Tito I Ricordi	ICON000041 drawing	1853
Antonio Ghislanzoni	ICON000042 drawing
Schizzi per lanterne Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000043 drawing	1904
Schizzo per lampione Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000044 drawing	1904
Interno della casa di Butterfly Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000045 drawing	1904
Consolato americano, schizzo della scena Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000046 drawing	1904
Interno della casa di Butterfly Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000047 drawing	1904
Interno della casa di Butterfly, variante Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000048 drawing	1904
Radames incontra Aida nel sotterraneo del tempio Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000049 drawing	1902
Otello Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000050 drawing	1887