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
Attrezzeria Giacomo Puccini, La Fanciulla del West	ICON001793 prop design	1905
Attrezzeria Giacomo Puccini, La Fanciulla del West	ICON001794 prop design	1905
Melenis Riccardo Zandonai , Melenis	ICON003760 costume design
Melenis Riccardo Zandonai , Melenis	ICON003761 costume design
Melenis Riccardo Zandonai , Melenis	ICON003762 costume design
Mirra (cortigiane) Riccardo Zandonai , Melenis	ICON003763 costume design
Lidia (cortigiane) Riccardo Zandonai , Melenis	ICON003764 costume design
Calpurnia (cortigiane) Riccardo Zandonai , Melenis	ICON003765 costume design
Stafila Riccardo Zandonai , Melenis	ICON003766 costume design
Marcella Riccardo Zandonai , Melenis	ICON003767 costume design