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
	Soldato Spag Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004160 costume design
	Soldato Spagnolo Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004161 costume design
	Miliziano Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004162 costume design
	Barracello Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004163 costume design
	Popolana Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004164 costume design
	Popolana Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004165 costume design
	Popolana Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004166 costume design
	Contadina Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004167 costume design
	Contadina Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004168 costume design
	Contadina Italo Montemezzi, Giovanni Gallurese	ICON004169 costume design