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
Elettori Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani	ICON001178 costume design
Cavalieri dell'Ordine Teutonico Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani	ICON001179 costume design
Porta torce Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani	ICON001180 costume design
Gentiluomini Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani	ICON001181 costume design
Musicanti Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani	ICON001182 costume design
Araldo Imperiale Giuseppe Verdi, Ernani	ICON001183 costume design
Anna Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001186 costume design	1884
Anna Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001187 costume design
Roberto Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001188 costume design
Roberto Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001189 costume design