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
Radames incontra Aida nel sotterraneo del tempio Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000049 drawing	1902
Falstaff Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON000052 drawing
Interno della casetta di Butterfly Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000078 set design
Collina presso Nagasaki Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000079 set design
Interno della casetta di Butterfly Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000080 set design
Il Chiostro del Convento di S.Giusto Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000096 set design
Un sito ridente alla porte del Chiostro di S.Giusto Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000097 set design
I giardini della Regina a Madrid Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000098 set design