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
	Tavola attrezzi E Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser	ICON004562 prop design
	Tavola giojelli F Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser	ICON004563 prop design
	Tavola giojelli G Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser	ICON004564 prop design
	Tavola calzature H Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser	ICON004565 prop design
	Tavola parrucche I Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser	ICON004566 prop design
	Tavola piume e fiori J Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser	ICON004567 prop design
	Tavola piume e fiori K Richard Wagner , Tannhäuser	ICON004568 prop design
	Parucchiere Gioachino Antonio Rossini, Guglielmo Tell	ICON004970 prop design
	Attrezzeria Amilcare Ponchielli, Il Figliuol prodigo	ICON005328 prop design
	Seggio Amilcare Ponchielli, Il Figliuol prodigo	ICON005329 prop design