Ricordi.
The Italian opera house. Founded in 1808 in Milan by Giovanni Ricordi, the imprint is the publishing home of every Italian opera worth performing — Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini. The Ricordi archive next to La Scala holds the autograph manuscripts of every Verdi opera.
Ricordi published Verdi from Nabucco in 1842 onward, Puccini from Manon Lescaut, Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini — every name that defined Italian operatic tradition. The Casa Ricordi archive in Milan, jointly stewarded with the Archivio Storico Ricordi foundation, holds the original manuscripts. The Ricordi catalogue today extends through Berio, Casella, Respighi, Petrassi and the modern Italian voice.
Below: the Ricordi departmental catalogue. Composer-first for the operatic giants (Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, Bellini), then format (vocal score, full score, parts, libretti, sacred). The Ricordi catalogue is unique in publishing — it remains the working library of every Italian opera house.