Ricordi.
Founded 1808 in Milan by Giovanni Ricordi. The publisher of Italian opera. Rossini. Bellini. Donizetti. Verdi. Puccini. Mascagni. Leoncavallo. Respighi. Two centuries of opera vocal scores in the iconic crimson Ricordi cloth.
The house that
built Italian opera.
Giovanni Ricordi opened the press in 1808 above La Scala and within a decade had become the official copyist for the house. By 1820 he had bought the publishing rights to Rossini's operas. By 1860 every Italian opera of consequence reached print through Ricordi.
Verdi's entire output — Rigoletto, Il trovatore, La traviata, Aida, Don Carlos, Otello, Falstaff — published from the Milan office. Puccini's Manon Lescaut, La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, Turandot — same. The crimson Ricordi vocal score is the most iconic operatic publishing format in the world.
Verdi. Puccini. Ricordi.Ricordi · since 1808
Vocal scores,
study, libretto, parts.
Opera vocal scores in the crimson cloth (the format that defined the trade); orchestral study scores; libretti; chamber and instrumental concert music; a growing contemporary list.
Acquired by BMG in 1994 and now part of Universal Music Publishing Group. US distribution through Hal Leonard.
