Georges Wakhévitch
Set Decorator, Film costumer designer
1907 – 1984
Who was Georges Wakhévitch?
Georges Wakhévitch was an art director .
He was raised in Paris, where he studied painting. He was an assistant to film director Lazare Meerson in the 1920s.
Wakhévitch also designed sets and costumes for the theatre, the ballet, and the opera. His designs usually used vivid colours and successful sets for Covent Garden included Boris Godunov, Otello, Die Meistersinger and London's first ever staging of Verdi's Macbeth in 1960. He also provided Paris in 1956 with new sets for Gounod's Faust, replacing some in use for over half a century.
He was the father of avant-garde composer Igor Wakhévitch.
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- Born
- Aug 18, 1907
Odessa - Also known as
- Georges Wakevitch
- Wakhevitch
- Vakhevitch
- Vakevitch
- G. Wakhevitch
- Wakhévitch
- Wakevitch
- Georges Wakhevitch
- Georges Wakhewitsch
- Children
- Nationality
- France
- Russian Empire
- Profession
- Lived in
- Odessa
- Died
- Feb 11, 1984
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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