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.

Description	ID	Date
Attrezzeria Costantino Dall'Argine, Brahma	ICON008908 prop design
Attrezzeria Costantino Dall'Argine, Brahma	ICON008909 prop design
Attrezzeria Costantino Dall'Argine, Brahma	ICON008910 prop design
Attrezzeria Costantino Dall'Argine, Le Figlie di Chèope	ICON009120 prop design
Attrezzista Josef Bayer, Fata delle Bambole	ICON011032 prop design
Tavola attrezzi per macchinista Josef Bayer, Fata delle Bambole	ICON011033 prop design
Tavola attrezzi Josef Bayer, Fata delle Bambole	ICON011034 prop design
Tavola attrezzi per macchinista Josef Bayer, Fata delle Bambole	ICON011035 prop design
Palanchino reale Jules Massenet, Il Re di Lahore	ICON011154 prop design	1877
Palanchino reale Jules Massenet, Il Re di Lahore	ICON011155 prop design	1877