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
	Araldo del Doge Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra	ICON001302 costume design
	Consoli del Mare Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra	ICON001303 costume design
	Connestabili Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra	ICON001304 costume design
	Guardie del Doge Giuseppe Verdi, Simon Boccanegra	ICON001305 costume design
	Camera di Desdemona Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON001815 prop design
	Arlecchin Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Basi e Bote	ICON004339 costume design
	Colombina Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Basi e Bote	ICON004340 costume design
	Florindo Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Basi e Bote	ICON004342 costume design
	Florindo Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Basi e Bote	ICON004343 costume design
	Rosaura Riccardo Pick-Mangiagalli, Basi e Bote	ICON004345 costume design