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
	Signori e Gentiluomini Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000856 costume design
	Ufficiali Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000857 costume design
	Nobili Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000858 costume design
	Nobili Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000859 costume design
	Nobili Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000860 costume design
	Paggi di Elena Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000861 costume design
	Paggi del Governatore Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000862 costume design
	Fanciulle Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000863 costume design
	Posizione della decorazione e posizione dei personaggi all'alzarsi della tela Giacomo Meyerbeer, La Stella del Nord	ICON001905 stage plan
	Pianta scenica Giacomo Meyerbeer, La Stella del Nord	ICON002370 stage plan