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
	Sacerdote Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001040 costume design
	Mandarini Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001041 costume design
	Dignitari Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001042 costume design
	Sapienti Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001043 costume design
	Figurazioni Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001044 costume design
	Fantasmi Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001045 costume design
	Fanciulle che si affacciano alla balaustrata del palazzo imperiale Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001046 costume design
	Ancelle Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001047 costume design
	Servi portanti lanterne Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001048 costume design
	Guardie Giacomo Puccini, Turandot	ICON001049 costume design