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
	Prigioniere Etiope Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000661 costume design
	Prigioniere Etiope Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000662 costume design
	Prigionieri Etiopi Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000663 costume design
	Prigionieri Etiopi Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000664 costume design
	Prigionieri Etiopi Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000665 costume design
	Funzionari Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000666 costume design
	Funzionari Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000667 costume design
	Nobili Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000668 costume design
	Nobili Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000669 costume design
	Principe del Sangue Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON000670 costume design