Beppe Menegatti
Beppe Menegatti (born Giuseppe Menegatti; 6 September 1929), is an Italian theatre director.
Life
Born in Florence, Menegatti attended performances at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino at a young boy. The Silvio D'Amico National Academy in Rome awarded him a scholarship. In the mid-1950s he was called by Luchino Visconti as assistant director.[1] He collaborated during his career with Eduardo De Filippo and Vittorio De Sica.[2]
He has directed operas, ballets and plays by important authors, including, in 1964, the Italian premiere of Samuel Beckett's Play and that of Isaac Babel's Maria.[3]
He directed many of the shows of his wife, ballerina Carla Fracci,[4] whom he married in 1964 and with whom he had a son, Francesco, born in 1969.[5][6] She died on 27 May 2021.[4]
References
- ^ "Beppe Menegatti". sipario.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ "Biografia di Beppe Menegatti". cinquantamila.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 June 2021.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Beppe Menegatti answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Directors' Edition". gramilano.com (in Italian). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ a b Balmer, Crispian (27 May 2021). "Italy's leading prima ballerina, Carla Fracci, dies at 84". Reuter. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Bandettini, Anna (27 May 2021). "L'addio a Carla Fracci, il marito Beppe Menegatti: "Mi hanno chiamato da tutto il mondo, una cascata di amore per lei"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ Brug, Manuel (28 May 2021). "Zum Tod der Primaballerina Carla Fracci". DIE WELT (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2021.
External links
- Beppe Menegatti, husband Carla Fracci italy24news.com 27 May 2021
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