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
	Dame Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001348 costume design
	Cavalieri Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001349 costume design
	Servi di Corte Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001350 costume design
	Alabardieri Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001351 costume design
	Alabardieri Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001352 costume design
	Musicanti Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto	ICON001353 costume design
	Re Duncano Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth	ICON001357 costume design
	Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth	ICON001358 costume design
	Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth	ICON001359 costume design
	Banco Giuseppe Verdi, Macbeth	ICON001361 costume design