Archivio Storico Ricordi | Collezione Digitale

Iconography

Collection

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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.

On focus

Iconographies	Description	ID	Date
	Cavalli e Buoj Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001776 prop design
	Idoli Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001777 prop design
	Idoli Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001778 prop design
	Idoli Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001779 prop design
	Giojelli Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001780 prop design
	Giojelli Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001781 prop design
	Attrezzi Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001782 prop design
	Perrucche uomini Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001783 prop design
	Perrucche donne Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001784 prop design
	Calzoleria Giuseppe Verdi, Aida	ICON001785 prop design