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
	Suonatori Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009135 costume design
	Zingare Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009136 costume design
	Dame Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009137 costume design
	Cavalieri Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009138 costume design
	Zingari Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009139 costume design
	Popolani Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009140 costume design
	Zingari Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009141 costume design
	Popolani Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009142 costume design
	Zingare Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009143 costume design
	Popolane Antonio Smareglia, Preziosa	ICON009144 costume design