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
	Diavoli Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001633 costume design
	Uomini mascherati Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001634 costume design
	Spiritelli Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001635 costume design
	Pipistrelli Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001636 costume design
	Farfarelli Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001637 costume design
	Diavoletti Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001638 costume design
	Robin Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001639 costume design
	Paggio di Ford Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001640 costume design
	Servi di Ford Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001641 costume design
	Oste Giuseppe Verdi, Falstaff	ICON001642 costume design