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Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri
, photograph by
Nadar
Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri
(17 August 1782?22 August 1868) was a 19th century French set
designer
.
[1]
[2]
He was born in
Saint-Cloud
, Hauts-de-Seine, and died in Saint-Cheron, Essonne. Ciceri designed the scenery for the first performance of
La belle au bois dormant
which opened on 2 March 1825 at the
Theatre de l'Academie Royale de Musique
in
Paris
. He also designed the sets for a
ballet
version of
Jocko ou le Singe du Bresil
(
Jocko or the Monkey of Brazil
) by Frederic-Auguste Blache with music by Alexandre Piccinni. The ballet was first performed at the Theatre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris on 16 March 1825. He designed the scenery for the first performance of the ballet
Giselle
in 1841. The ballet opened at the Opera and was especially acclaimed for the setting of its second act. He was awarded a Chevalier of the
Legion d'honneur
.
