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
	Studenti (mugnai) Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010052 costume design
	Masmann Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010053 costume design
	Jahn Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010054 costume design
	De Nozis Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010055 costume design
	Schlegel Federico Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010056 costume design
	Schlegel Augusto Guglielmo Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010057 costume design
	Gentz Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010058 costume design
	Humbolt Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010059 costume design
	Fichte Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010060 costume design
	Professore Lang Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010061 costume design