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
	Don Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos	ICON000808 costume design
	Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos	ICON000809 costume design
	Borghesi spagnoli Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos	ICON000810 costume design
	Don Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos	ICON000811 costume design
	Don Carlo Giuseppe Verdi, Don Carlos	ICON000812 costume design
	Jago Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000883 costume design
	Desdemona Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000884 costume design
	Desdemona Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000885 costume design
	Desdemona Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000886 costume design
	Desdemona Giuseppe Verdi, Otello	ICON000887 costume design