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
	Coro Uomini Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON001696 costume design
	Pianta scenica Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON001712 stage plan
	Pianta scenica Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON001713 stage plan
	Pianta scenica Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON001714 stage plan
	Pianta scenica Giacomo Puccini, Manon Lescaut	ICON001715 stage plan
	Dettagli per Suzuki, Marmocchio Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON001856 prop design
	Il Saluto Giacomo Puccini, Madama Butterfly	ICON001857 prop design
	Marsa Czigany Franco Alfano, Il Principe Zilah	ICON002666 costume design
	Marsa Czigany Franco Alfano, Il Principe Zilah	ICON002667 costume design
	Marsa Czigany fidanzata Franco Alfano, Il Principe Zilah	ICON002668 costume design