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
	Granatiere della Guardia - pupazzo Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010112 costume design
	Napoleone I° Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010113 costume design
	Generale francese Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010114 costume design
	Generale francese Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010115 costume design
	Generale francese Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010116 costume design
	Ussaro della Guardia Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010117 costume design
	Ussaro francese Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010118 costume design
	Attrezzeria Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010119 prop design
	Attrezzeria Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010120 prop design
	Attrezzeria Alberto Franchetti , Germania	ICON010121 prop design