Franca Squarciapino

Franca Squarciapino (* in Rome ) is an Italian costume designer and Oscar winner.

Squarciapino studied law (according to other sources: literary studies ) as well as dance and drama in Rome. She worked as an actress for Italian television. In 1974 she met the set designer Ezio Frigerio , whose artistic and private partner she eventually became.

theatre

She worked as a costume designer for numerous productions by Giorgio Strehler , especially at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan , which were furnished by Frigerio.

Squarciapino made his debut in 1974 at the Vienna Akademietheater with the costumes for Gerhard Klingenberg's production of Arthur Schnitzler's Anatol (set: Rouben Ter Arutunian ). In the same year she was involved in Strehler's production of Carlo Goldoni's trilogy of summer freshness at the Burgtheater (stage design: Frigerio), a French version that was also developed for Paris in 1978 .

Opera, ballet, musical

An extensive activity resulted for Squarciapino in the field of opera . In 1977 she worked for the first time at the Vienna State Opera for the new production of Vincenzo Bellini's Norma (direction Piero Faggioni , set design Frigerio, conductor Riccardo Muti ). In 1980 the Milan Scala followed in Strehler's production of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (set design by Frigerio, conductor Muti). Much more work at Scala followed. In the field of opera, Squarciapino has also worked at the Paris Opera , the Frankfurt Opera, the Theater La Monnaie in Brussels , the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London , the Metropolitan Opera in New York , the Zurich Opera House , the Lyon Opera and the Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse .

In addition to the directors mentioned, Squarciapino also worked for Luca Ronconi , Nuria Espert , Robert Wilson , Liliana Cavani , Lluis Pasqual and Nicolas Joel . In the field of ballet , Squarciapino has repeatedly worked for the choreographers Roland Petit , Rudolf Nurejew , Marcia Haydée , Juri Grigorowitsch and Heinz Spoerli . On Broadway in New York in 1981 she was the costume designer for a new production of the musical Can-Can by Cole Porter , for which she received a Tony nomination.

Movie

In the late 1980s, Squarciapino began working for the film as well and has subsequently received multiple awards. In 1990 she designed the costumes for Cyrano von Bergerac (directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau ), for which she was awarded an Oscar for best costume designer the following year. In addition, she was rewarded for this work with a César , a BAFTA Award , the Prize of the Italian Film Journalists Association and the European Film Prize. In 1994, 1995 and 1996 she was nominated for Césars: for Louis, enfant roi by Roger Planchon , Le Colonel Chabert by Yves Angelo and for Der Husar auf dem Dach ( Le Hussard sur le toit , directed by Rappeneau). In Spain she won a Goya for costumes in La femme de chambre du Titanic (directed by Bigas Luna ).

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SURNAME	Squarciapino, Franca
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian costume designer and Oscar winner
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome