Backing up a bit to Treviso: Posters

Sorry to get this out of sequence.  I was reviewing my photos and found several that deserved a posting from Treviso.  These are posters by the company Editioni Ricordi (aka Casa Ricordi).  I know there is at least one other poster aficianado of posters among the readers of this blog, because we have both joined the Poster House museum in New York.

The Editioni Ricordi are marvelous examples of the art of the poster.  They have always focused on publishing musical scores under their editorial brand, and also published some posters.  In this way, they competed with the masters including Alfonse Mucha.  I went to an exhibition of Editioni Ricordi's posters in the Salce Collection National Museum in Treviso.  Some of the posters will be self-explanatory, such as those of the more famous operas, and some will need further information, but here are the images, including some for car lovers....








I will get to hear performances of I Trittico, including Il Tabbaro, Suor Angelic and Gianni Schicchi, at the Florence Opera on Friday,  November 14, in their striking new opera house.  More on that later!





How could you not love the dynamism and colors and compositions in these posters?  So this is the end of a short posting, but not so short in the pictorial aspects of posters!

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