Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri

Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri studied at Conservatoire de Paris. Training under Ignazio Degotti and Jean-Baptiste Isabey is recorded. Georges William Thornley, Arnold Wallick and Troels Lund are recorded as having studied under Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri. The recorded working language is French. Places of work recorded in the authority are France, Italy and Naples. Residence is recorded at rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière. Work by Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri is recorded in the collections of Musée Carnavalet, Bibliothèque-musée de l'Opéra and Bibliothèque nationale de France. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and knight of the order of the Crown of Westphalia.

He was chief set designer for the Paris Opera from 1810 to 1847, and created the set designs for over 300 ballets and operas in his long career. In addition to his work at the Paris Opera, he designed for many of the leading theaters in Paris, including the Odéon, Palais-Royal, Comédie-Française, Théâtre des Nouveautés and the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin. As Painter to the King of France, he supervised the decorations for the coronation of Charles X in 1825. Cicéri designed the set for the first performance of La belle au bois dormant ("Sleeping Beauty"), which opened on 2 March 1825 at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris. For La belle au bois dormant Ciceri created a quasi-cinematic motion effect onstage utilizing a treadmill for the actors in front of a moving cyclorama. He also designed the sets for a ballet version of Jocko ou le Singe du Brésil ("Jocko or the Monkey of Brazil") by Frédéric-Auguste Blache, with music by Louis Alexandre Piccinni. The ballet was first performed at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris on 16 March 1825. He was awarded a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur. His son, Eugène Cicéri, also became a painter, illustrator and set designer.

The authorities additionally record the headings Pierre Luc Charles Ciceri, Pierre Luc Charles Cicéri, Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri and Pierre Ciceri. His recorded language was French. He married Alexandrine Isabey. 2 children are recorded: Eugène Ciceri and Ernest Ciceri. Other recorded relations include Eugène Isabey, Auguste Alfred Rubé and François-Joseph Nolau.

Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri is recorded as having received Knight of the Legion of Honour and knight of the order of the Crown of Westphalia. Career and activity. He belonged to Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He worked at France, Italy, Naples, Germany and rue du Faubourg-Poissonnière.