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
	Grande Dignitario Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006058 costume design
	Ufficiale di marina Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006059 costume design
	Sacrificatore Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006060 costume design
	Vasco de Gama Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006062 costume design
	Ufficiale di marina Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006063 costume design
	Marinaio Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006064 costume design
	Selika Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006065 costume design
	Don Alvaro Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006066 costume design
	Baiadera blu Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006067 costume design
	Sacerdotessa Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006068 costume design