What is Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri?
[[File:Pierre Cicéri by Nadar – BnF btv1b10535658m (adjusted).jpg|thumb|right|'''Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri''', photograph by [[Nadar (photographer)|Nadar]]]] '''Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri''' (17 August 1782{{mdash}}22 August 1868) was a 19th century French set [[designer]].<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/117561/Pierre-Luc-Charles-Ciceri Pierre-Luc-Charles Ciceri], ''[[Encyclopædia Britannica]]''.</ref><ref>[http://www.artnet.com/artist/670950/pierre-luc-charles-ciceri.html Pierre Luc Charles Cicéri], ''artnet''.</ref> He was born in [[Saint-Cloud]], Hauts-de-Seine, and died in Saint-Chéron, Essonne. Cicéri designed the scenery for the first performance of ''[[La belle au bois dormant (opera)|La belle au bois dormant]]'' which opened on 2 March 1825 at the [[Salle Le Peletier|Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique]] in [[Paris]]. 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 Alexandre Piccinni. The ballet was first performed at the Théâtre 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 Opéra and was especially acclaimed for the setting of its second act. He was awarded a Chevalier of the [[Légion d'honneur]]. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * {{Commonscat-inline|Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri}} {{Ballet}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ciceri, Pierre-Luc-Charles}} [[Category:1782 births]] [[Category:1868 deaths]] [[Category:French designers]] [[Category:Set designers]] [[Category:People from Saint-Cloud]]