Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder
Giovanni Maria Quaglio (c. 1700-1765) was an Austrian stage designer of Italian extraction. He studied in Rome and Milan.
Also recorded as Giovanni Maria Quaglio · Johann Maria von Quaglio
Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder
- Born
- Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder was born, sources differ on the date (in 1700 and in 1709). · Laino.
- Died
- Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder died in 1765. · Vienna.
- Occupation
- designer and engineer.
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Giovanni Maria Quaglio (c. 1700-1765) was an Austrian stage designer of Italian extraction. He studied in Rome and Milan.
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He worked mainly in Vienna, where he designed the original production of Christoph Willibald Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in 1762.
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1700
Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder was born on 1 January 1700.
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Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder died on 1 January 1765.
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Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder was born at Laino.
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Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder died at Vienna.
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Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder was born in Laino.
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Giovanni Maria Quaglio the Elder died in Vienna.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Giovanni Maria Quaglio and Johann Maria von Quaglio. He was the child of Giulio Quaglio the Younger. 3 children are recorded: Lorenzo Quaglio, Carlo Quaglio and Martin Quaglio.
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