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English: Settings for the 1865 premiere of Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera L'Africaine (press illustrations). The stage designs for Act I (Council Scene) and Act II (Dungeon Scene) were created by Auguste-Alfred Rubé and Philippe Chaperon; for Act III (Sea Scene and Shipwreck) and Act IV (Hindu Temple), by Charles-Antoine Cambon and Joseph-François-Désiré Thierry; for Scene 1 of Act V (Queen's Garden, not shown), by Jean Baptiste Lavastre; and for Scene 2 of Act V (The Machineel Tree), by Edouard-Désiré-Joseph Despléchin. (Ref: Letellier, Robert Ignatius (2008). An Introduction to the Dramatic Works of Giacomo Meyerbeer: Operas, Ballets, Cantatas, Plays, p. 174. Hampshire, England: Ashgate. ISBN 9780754660392.)
Date circa 1865
date QS:P,+1865-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Author Set designs:
Acts I & II:
Auguste Alfred Rubé  (–1899)  wikidata:Q50356404
 
Auguste Alfred Rubé
Alternative names
Auguste Alfred Rube
Description French decorative painter, theatre designer and scenographer
Date of birth/death 20 June 1817 / 1815 Edit this at Wikidata 13 April 1899 / 1899 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death 9th arrondissement of Paris 10th arrondissement of Paris
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q50356404
;
Philippe Chaperon  (1823–)  wikidata:Q26241155
 
Philippe Chaperon
Alternative names
Philippe Chaperon; Philippe-Marie Chaperon
Description French painter and decorator
Date of birth/death 2 February 1823 Edit this at Wikidata 21 December 1906
Location of birth/death Paris Lagny-sur-Marne
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q26241155

Acts III & IV:
Charles-Antoine Cambon  (1802–1875)  wikidata:Q5074717
 
Charles-Antoine Cambon
Alternative names
Charles Cambon
Description French painter and scenographer
Date of birth/death 21 April 1802 Edit this at Wikidata 20 October 1875 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris 3rd arrondissement of Paris
Work location
Paris Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5074717
;
Joseph Thierry  (1812–1866)  wikidata:Q60041019
 
Joseph Thierry
Alternative names
Birth name: Joseph-François-Désiré Thierry; Joseph Francois Desire Thierry; Joseph Francois Désiré Thierry; Joseph François Désiré Thierry
Description French painter and theatre designer
Date of birth/death 13 March 1812 Edit this at Wikidata 11 October 1866 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Paris
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q60041019

Act V, Scene 2:
Édouard Desplechin  (1802–)  wikidata:Q3579809
 
Édouard Desplechin
Alternative names
Birth name: Édouard-Désiré-Joseph Desplechin
Edouard Despléchin
Description French painter and scenographer
Date of birth/death 12 April 1802 Edit this at Wikidata 10 December 1871 / 1870 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lille Paris
Work period 1817 Edit this at Wikidata–1870 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
France
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q3579809

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