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
	Ricchi giardini nel Palazzo di Manforte a Palermo Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000132 set design
	Una ridente valle presso Palermo Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000133 set design
	La gran Piazza di Palermo Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000134 set design
	Cortile di una fortezza Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000135 set design
	Nobili Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000859 costume design
	Nobili Giuseppe Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani	ICON000860 costume design
	Posizione della decorazione e posizione dei personaggi all'alzarsi della tela Giacomo Meyerbeer, La Stella del Nord	ICON001905 stage plan
	Pianta scenica Giacomo Meyerbeer, La Stella del Nord	ICON002370 stage plan
	Pianta scenica Giacomo Meyerbeer, La Stella del Nord	ICON002374 stage plan
	Fra Diavolo Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Fra Diavolo	ICON003400 costume design