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
	Portatore di palanchino Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006100 costume design
	Guardia portoghese Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006101 costume design
	Indiana Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006102 costume design
	Gran Dignitario Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006103 costume design
	Anna Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006104 costume design
	Warot nel ruolo di Don Alvaro Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006105 costume design
	M.elle Morando nel ruolo di una danzatrice Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006106 costume design
	Grisi nel ruolo di un marinaio Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006107 costume design
	Obin nel ruolo del Grande Bramino Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006108 costume design
	Faure nel ruolo di Nelusko Giacomo Meyerbeer, L'Africana	ICON006109 costume design