Girolamo Sartonio | |
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 Sartorio's design for the Neustädter Markt with the Neustädter Kirche and the fountain Parnaßbrunnen, steel engraving by Johann Anton de Klyher, 1727 | |
| Died | 1707 |
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Girolamo Sartonio, also known as Hieronimo Sartorio and Geronimo Sartorio (died April 1707 in Venice), was an innovative Italian architect and engineer who worked mainly the German cities of Hanover, Hamburg, Leipzig and Erfurt. His designs were based on Palladian architecture. He was a noted expert in the installation of stage equipment and theatrical machinery and also worked as a builder or consulting architect on the construction of various opera houses, such as the Oper am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg. He is also credited with the beginnings of opera in Leipzig and the construction of the opera house in Prague.[1]
- ^ Melania Bucciarelli, Norbert Dubowy, Reinhard Strohm: Italian Opera in Central Europe. Vol 1. Berlin: Berliner-Wissenschafts-Verlag, 2006. ISBN 3-8305-0381-4 p. 84