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
Barcajolo Errico Petrella, I Promessi Sposi	ICON009088 costume design
Banda Errico Petrella, I Promessi Sposi	ICON009089 costume design
Prelati Errico Petrella, I Promessi Sposi	ICON009090 costume design
Popolani Errico Petrella, I Promessi Sposi	ICON009091 costume design	1874
Popolane Errico Petrella, I Promessi Sposi	ICON009092 costume design
La vasta spianata del Lazzaretto di Milano Errico Petrella, I Promessi Sposi	ICON009093 set design
Lazzaretto, particolare Errico Petrella, I Promessi Sposi	ICON009094 set design
Aida Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON010911 poster	1872
Interno del tempio di Vulcano a Menfi Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON010934 set design	1878
Una piazzetta a Venezia Antônio Carlos Gomes, Fosca	ICON011509 set design