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
	Interno della casetta di Butterfly Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000078 set design
	Collina presso Nagasaki Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000079 set design
	Interno della casetta di Butterfly Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000080 set design
	A Parigi. Salotto elegantissimo in casa di Geronte Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON000108 set design
	A Parigi. Salotto elegantissimo in casa di Geronte. Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON000109 set design
	Ad Amiens. Un vasto piazzale presso la Porta di Parigi Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON000110 set design
	L'Havre, piazzale presso il porto Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON000111 set design
	In America. Una landa sterminata Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON000112 set design
	Uditore di Rota con Croce Papale Giacomo Puccini, Tosca	ICON000296 costume design
	Cardinale dell'Ordine dei Vescovi Giacomo Puccini, Tosca	ICON000297 costume design