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Grove Music Online
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Paul SHEREN: 'Vigarani, Gaspare', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 5 October 2001), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Vigarani, Gaspare (b Reggio nell’Emilia, 20 Feb 1588; d Modena, 9 Sept 1663). Italian theatre architect and scene designer. […] In 1659 Cardinal Mazarin invited him to Paris to supervise the entertainments planned for the marriage of Louis XIV; for this occasion he constructed the Salle des Machines in the Palais des Tuileries and designed the inaugural production there, Cavalli’s Ercole amante (with additional ballets by Lully), performed, after considerable delay, in 1662. This production, with its spectacular stage machinery and scenic effects, was a major factor in the prominence enjoyed by Italian theatrical art in France for the next century. The theatre itself marked the transition from the pre-Baroque amphitheatre auditorium, which then prevailed in Paris, to the Italian opera house with perspective wing-stage and horseshœ auditorium. G.L. Bernini criticized it (1665) as disproportionately long and inconvenient in its seating arrangement. It and the production were not widely acclaimed, and Vigarani returned disillusioned to Italy in 1662. […]"
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Lacy R. T.
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Robin Thurlow Lacy, A biographical dictionary of scenographers, p. 628 : "Mazarin called him to Paris to replace G. Torelli and Vigarani improved many of the stage tricks Torelli had developed. Vigarani supervised the wedding festivities of Louis XIV in 1659 and destroyed Torelli's machinery as the Petit-Bourbon (Molière's theater) was being demolished. Vigarani designed and supervised the instalation of machinery for the Salle des Machines in the Tuileries […] Two sons, Carlo and Ludvico were occasional collaborators with their father in Paris."
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