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.

Description	ID	Date
Interno della casetta di Butterfly Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON000078 set design
La Chiesa di S. Andrea della Valle Giacomo Puccini, Tosca	ICON000081 set design	1899
La camera di Scarpia al piano superiore di Palazzo Farnese Giacomo Puccini, Tosca	ICON000082 set design	1899
La piattaforma di Castel Sant'Angelo Giacomo Puccini, Tosca	ICON000083 set design	1899
Al quartiere latino Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème	ICON000086 set design
Al quartiere latino Giacomo Puccini, La Bohème	ICON000088 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