Archivio Storico Ricordi | Collezione Digitale

Iconography

Collection

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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.

On focus

Description	ID	Date
Armigeri Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000943 costume design
Cavalieri del Conte di Luna Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000944 costume design
Signori Spagnoli Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000945 costume design
Zingari Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000946 costume design
Zingari Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000947 costume design
Una Zingara Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000948 costume design
Una Zingara Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000949 costume design
Paggi Giuseppe Verdi, Il Trovatore	ICON000950 costume design
Anna Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001186 costume design	1884
Anna Giacomo Puccini, Le Villi	ICON001187 costume design