Archivio Storico Ricordi

Archivio Storico Ricordi

The Bertelsmann-owned Archivio Storico Ricordi in Milan contains a wealth of unique testimonies to Italian opera history: thousands of original scores, librettos, historical photographs, costume and stage designs, and the Ricordi publishing company’s business correspondence spanning almost 200 years. Bertelsmann is indexing the archival holdings to meet the latest standards and making the cultural treasures accessible for a wide audience.

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For almost 190 years, Bertelsmann has offered authors and artists a platform for producing creative content and making it accessible to a wide audience. These creative achievements have entertained millions of people all over the world, and some of them have become timeless classics and milestones of media history.

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