Biography

Born in Roma,
he attends the Accademia di Belle Arti in his native town.
Then he graduates at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.
Since 1986 to 1999 he has taken part in several productions as set and costume designer assistant
with famous directors like Ferreri, Menotti, Monicelli and Ronconi.
At the same time he is pupil of Pierluigi Samaritani and Alberto Fassini.
Since 1987 he have staged a lot of performances:
the costumes for "
Il potere e la gloria" by Graham Greene (directed by Giancarlo Sbragia);
the set for "
Giulietta e Romeo" by Sergeij Prokof’ev (coreography by Massimo Moricone, Malmo Musiktheater, 1994),
the costumes for "
Il naso" by Dmitri Sostakovic (directied by Terlezchi, SpoletoFestival, 1994),
and the set and costumes for "
Maestro delle primule" (coreography by Moricone, Roma, 1994 and Atene Opera National Theatre, 1995).
In 1997 he begins his collaboration with the director
Stefano Vizioli,
with whom he creates the "
Trittico" by Puccini at the Lisboa Sao Carlos Theatre.
In 1998 he stages a lot of performances as set and costume designer:
"
Apollon" (coreography by M. Moricone, Berlin Deutsche Oper),
"
Fedora" by Umberto Giordano (Politeama Greco in Lecce, direction by A.Fassini),
"Piegapiaga" (Acquario Romano in Rome, coreography by M. Moricone, music by M. Lupone).
In the Season 1999-2000 he creates set and costumes for the following productions:
Tancredi” by Rossini at the Verdi Theatre in Sassari (directed by Vizioli),
“Pulcinella” by Stravinskij in Roma (directed by Moricone, Teatro Nazionale),
"
Rigoletto" by Verdi in Tokyo (directed by Fassini, N.N. Theatre)
and "
Un ballo in maschera" by Verdi in Lisboa (Sao Carlos Theatre directed by S.Vizioli).
In 2001 he creates at the Maggio Musicale Theatre in Florence the costumes for
"
La montagna incantata", a new production by Moricone from Thomas Mann with music by Lupone.
In the same year he produces the set and costumes for
"
Jekill e Hyde" with the Northern Ballet (London, Sadler’s Wells)
and for "
Faustus Circus" at the Biennale Danza in Venice, both coreographed by Moricone.
In Rome he draws the costumes for "
Nonostante tutto…Beati voi" (direction by P. Garinei, Sistina Theatre)
and Fassini entrust him the re-stage of “Don Carlo” by Verdi in the historical edition by Visconti.
With Stefano Vizioli he stages "
Tancredi" at Malibran Theatre in Venezia.
Nel 2002, always with Fassini, he stages again "
Manon" di J. Massenet (Naples, San Carlo Theatre) and conceives the costumes for
"
La Forza del Destino" by Verdi at Festival Verdi in Parma. In July he stages
"
Rigoletto" at Lyric Theatre in Cagliari with the direction by Fassini;
in October "Otello" by Verdi at the Verdi Theatre in Sassari (directed by Stefano Monti).
He is preparing "Trovatore" and "
Un ballo in maschera" by Verdi for Baltimora Opera Company.