Five Schools, Built to Deepen · The Ricordi House
Madama Butterfly — Leopoldo Metlicovitz, 1904
Leopoldo Metlicovitz · Ricordi opera poster, Madama Butterfly premiere season, 1904
What it is
Metlicovitz’s poster for Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, published by Ricordi.
Why it matters
Metlicovitz succeeded Hohenstein as Ricordi’s house artist — this poster is the same opera-advertising tradition one generation on.
What to notice
The kimono’s pattern rendered with the same flat, exact color the house used for its most prestigious commissions.
A tragedy, sold in the house’s most beautiful colors.
Provenance
- School
- The Ricordi House (Various)
- Designer
- Leopoldo Metlicovitz
- Printer / house
- Ricordi
- Format
- Theater poster
- Poster published
- Ricordi opera poster, Madama Butterfly premiere season, 1904
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-17.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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