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
Gabinetto Pietro Romani, Buondelmonte	ICON011882 set design
Interno della Città di Babilonia Giacomo Meyerbeer, Semiramide Riconosciuta	ICON011883 set design
Sala Gotica per Convito Giovanni Simone Mayr, La Rosa Bianca e la Rosa Rossa	ICON011884 set design
Trono dell'Assiria Giacomo Meyerbeer, Semiramide Riconosciuta	ICON011885 set design
Galleria di Statue Carlo Coccia, Matilde	ICON011886 set design
Piazza Melito in Atene	ICON011887 set design	1825
Porto Pireo d'Atene	ICON011888 set design	1825
Circo Autori Diversi, Niobe	ICON011889 set design
Circo diroccato con veduta dell'Olimpo Autori Diversi, Niobe	ICON011890 set design