Alessandro Sanquirico

Alessandro Sanquirico
Sanquirico's set design for the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in Giovanni Pacini's opera L'ultimo giorno di Pompei, 1827 La Scala production
Sanquirico's design for the crowning of Ferdinand I of Austria at the Duomo, Milan

Alessandro Sanquirico (27 July 1777, in Milan – 12 March 1849, in Milan) was an Italian scenic designer, architect, and painter. He began his career in conjunction with leading artists of the time such as Paolo Landriani, Giovanni Pedroni, Giovanni Perego, and Georgio Fuentes.[1] Additionally, he studied architecture and perspective with Giuseppe Piermarini, the architect of the La Scala opera house.

Altogether, he designed over 300 productions for that house, including many premières. Specifically, they included four operas by Vincenzo Bellini.

  1. ^ Sheren in Grove 1998, pp. 168–169.