Swiss architect and theorist of stage lighting and décor
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Adolphe Appia
Adolphe Appia in 1882
Born
(1862-09-01)1 September 1862
Geneva, Switzerland
Died
29 February 1928(1928-02-29) (aged 65)
Nyon, Switzerland
Nationality
Swiss
Occupation(s)
Architect Set designer Lighting designer
Adolphe Appia (1 September 1862 – 29 February 1928)[1] was a Swiss architect and theorist of stage lighting and décor. He was the son of Red Cross co-founder Louis Appia.
^LaRue, C. Steven, ed. (1993). "Adolphe Appia". International Dictionary of Opera. Gale. ISBN 9781558620810. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
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the public in September 2006 and restoration is currently ongoing. AdolpheAppia, who was then working with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and who had been greatly...
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ideas of Max Reinhardt, a German director, the designing techniques of AdolpheAppia and Gordon Craig, and the staging methods at the Théâtre Libre in Paris...
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Geneva for further discussions on the theatre with the scene designer AdolpheAppia and with Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, the musician and founder of the Institut...
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identified. Post-war austerity and his own interest – influenced by AdolpheAppia – in lighting effects led to the use of round minimalist sets lit from...
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the end of the century, realism would find an opposite in naturalism. AdolpheAppia and Edward Gordon Craig would be the ones to revolt against the idea...
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