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
Porta palanchino Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000988 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
Guglielmo Wulf Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001190 costume design
Guglielmo Wulf Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001191 costume design
Contadine Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001192 costume design
Contadine Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001193 costume design
Contadinelle Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001194 costume design