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Angelo Quaglio the Younger

Illustration — Set design for Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner Angelo Quaglio the younger (13 December 1829, Munich - 5 January 1890, Munich) was a German stage designer of Italian descent. He worked mainly in Munich, and assisted Richard Wagner in the premieres of a number of his works. Angelo was part of the Quaglio family originally from the town of Laino, between Lake Como and Lake Lugano.

Also recorded as Angelo, II Quaglio · Angelo, le jeune Quaglio · Angelo II Quaglio · Angelo Quaglio II

Angelo Quaglio the Younger

3-dimensional model by Angelo Quaglio for the set in act 3 at the premiere production of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde on 10 June 1865 in Munich

Angelo Quaglio (1829–1890) unknown photographer · Klaus Günzel: Die deutschen Romantiker. Artemis, Zürich 1995, ISBN 3-7608-1119-1 · Public domain

Nationality
Kingdom of Bavaria
Occupation
painter · theatre designer
Languages
German

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Illustration — Set design for Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner Angelo Quaglio the younger (13 December 1829, Munich - 5 January 1890, Munich) was a German stage designer of Italian descent. He worked mainly in Munich, and assisted Richard Wagner in the premieres of a number of his works. Angelo was part of the Quaglio family originally from the town of Laino, between Lake Como and Lake Lugano.

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