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.

Iconographies	Description	ID	Date
	Idoli Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001786 prop design
	Stendardi dell' Inquisizione Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON001787 prop design
	Bandiere in Stoffa Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON001788 prop design
	Stendardi Reali, Bandiera di Spagna Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON001789 prop design
	Vesillo dell'Università, porta spada del Re Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON001790 prop design
	Attrezzeria Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON001791 prop design
	Attrezzeria Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON001792 prop design
	Camera di Desdemona Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON001815 prop design
	Attrezzeria Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001831 prop design
	Tavola dell'Attrezzista Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001832 prop design