Simon Quaglio
German-Italian stage designer (1795–1878)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simon Quaglio (1795–1878) was a German stage designer. He worked mainly in Munich, and was among the first designers to use built scenery instead of painted flats. He designed over 100 productions during his career.
He was part of the Quaglio family originally from the town of Laino, between Lake Como and Lake Lugano. His father, Giuseppe Quaglio (1747–1828), practiced scene painting in Mannheim, Frankfurt, and Ludwigsburg. His brother, Angelo Quaglio (1778–1810), was an architect and painter. Simon designed and painted landscapes and architectural pictures for Boisserée's work on Cologne Cathedral. He was also a lithographer.
References
- Bryan, Michael (1889). Walter Armstrong; Robert Edmund Graves (eds.). Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical. Vol. II L-Z. London: George Bell and Sons. p. 317.
- James Anderson, The Complete Dictionary of Opera and Operetta.
External links
- More works by Quaglio @ ArtNet
 | This German musical biography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |
 | This biographical article related to opera is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |