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
Una grande Piazza innanzi Nostra Donna d'Atocha Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000099 set design
Il Gabinetto del Re a Madrid Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000100 set design
La prigione di Don Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlo	ICON000101 set design
La foresta di Fontainebleau Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos	ICON000102 set design	1886
La gran sala del castello Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000161 set design
Camera di Desdemona Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000162 set design
Sala Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino	ICON000189 set design
Stanza terrena d'Osteria Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino	ICON000190 set design
Convento Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino	ICON000191 set design
Bosco Giuseppe Verdi, La Forza del destino	ICON000192 set design