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
	Ottone Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011603 costume design
	Barone delle Viole Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011604 costume design
	Visconte de Chateau Champ Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011605 costume design
	Camillo de Saint-Grace Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011606 costume design
	Un Viennese "Schleinger" Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011607 costume design
	Mira Khan-Perso Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011608 costume design
	Harry Clak Inglese Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011609 costume design
	Dahomey, Principe di Congo Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011610 costume design
	Di Pittwitz, Berlinese Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011611 costume design
	Colonello, Rep.a S. Marino Josef Bayer, Rosso e Nero	ICON011612 costume design