Francesco Bagnara came from a poor family and began work as a decorative room painter. Thanks to the interest of a local noble family (the Angarans), he was able to go to Venice, where he studied with Giuseppe Borsato and helped him paint decorations for the Teatro La Fenice.[1] Around 1812, with the financial assistance of the Papadopoli family, he was able to open his own studio. He was later to design the Papadopoli Garden, for Count Spiridione Papadopoli.[2]
He also supplied decorations for provincial theaters. Because they generally could not afford full new sets for each production, he created a series of scenarios (about a dozen) that could be easily readapted for the occasion. None of these survive, but albums of watercolor sketches have been preserved at the Museo Correr.[1]
In addition to his theater work, he decorated churches and palaces and designed gardens featuring mounds, lakes, bridges and faux ruins; after the style of Giuseppe Jappelli. His most notable work was at the Giardini Papadopoli, although much of it was later destroyed to create an extension for the bus terminal at the Piazzale Roma. From 1838 to 1854, he was a Professor of landscaping at the Accademia di Belle Arti.[5] He contributed to the design of the garden at the Villa Parco Bolasco in Treviso.[6]
Beginning in a Neo-Classical style, he gradually adopted Romanticism. He was known for his lack of concern for historical veracity, once having set La sonnambula in what looked like a Roman forum (instead of an Italian village), for example. Occasionally, he used machines to create theatrical effects; notably at a festival celebrating the coronation of Ferdinand I of Austria in 1835. According to his official obituary, he created over 1,100 scenarios.[1]
Referencesedit
^ abcBrief biography from the Dizionario Biografico @ Treccani.
^"Etude historique et paysagère du jardin Papadopoli-Venise", Jardins d'Histoire
^Carter, Tim. Understanding Italian Opera, Oxford University Press, 2015, p. 152 ISBN9780190247959
^"Teatro La Fenice Archivio storico", Fondazione Teatro La Fenice
^Senici, Emanuele. The Cambridge Companion to Rossini, Cambridge University Press, 2004, p. 243, n.12 ISBN9781139826655
Maria Ida Biggi, Francesco Bagnara, scenografo alla Fenice : 1820-1839, Marsilio, series: L'immagine e la scena, 1996 ISBN88-317-6568-X
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