Angelo Quaglio

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Angelo Quaglio the younger (1829-1890) 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. 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. Simon's father, Giuseppe Quaglio (1747-1828), practiced scene painting in Mannheim, Frankfort, and Ludwigsburg. Simon's brother, Angelo Quaglio the Elder (1778—1810) was an architect and painter. He designed and painted landscapes and architectural pictures for Boisserée's work on Cologne Cathedral.

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• Bryan, Michael (1889). in Walter Armstrong & Robert Edmund Graves: Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume II L-Z). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons, page 331. 
• James Anderson, The Complete Dictionary of Opera and Operetta.