Fernando Scarpa

Fernando Scarpa (born December 10, 1968 in Milan ) is an Italian theater director .

Life

Fernando Scarpa has a doctorate in German modern language and literature (doctoral thesis on "The Prince of Homburg von Kleist") and passed his acting examination at the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica "Silvio D'Amico" in Rome . During this time he worked with teachers such as Luca Ronconi, Mario Ferrero and Marisa Fabbri. Therefore, he is proficient in Italian, German and English. After graduating, Scarpa worked as an actor at the Teatro Stabile di Torino , with roles in "The Last Days of Mankind" (by Karl Kraus , directed by Luca Ronconi (1990) and "The Crazy of Chaillot" (Jean Giraudoux) under the direction by Luca Ronconi ) he matured into an Italian director and director of European format.

From 1991 to 1993 he has a. a. the Prince of Mantua (De Musset, directed by L. Salveti) and Mercutio in Romeo and Giulietta (Shakespeare, directed by L. Salveti), Teatro Stabile Abbruzzese (1991). In his capacity as assistant director to Lorenzo Salveti (1991/1993) he directed the Fedra of Seneca, Romeo and Giulietta from Shakespeare and Thousand and One Nights by Different Authors. From 1993 to 1999 he worked as assistant director and assistant to the artistic director of Maurizio Scaparro , artistic director of various city theaters in Italy and Europe (including Teatro Stabile di Roma, Biennale di Venezia, Teatro Eliseo di Roma, Teatre des Italiens Paris).

In 1993/1999, as assistant director for Maurizio Scaparro: Il teatro Comico (Goldoni) with Valeria Moriconi, Teatro Excelsior (Cerami) with Massimo Ranieri, Cirano (Rostand) with Pino Micol, Casanova (Abirached) with Giorgio Albertazzi , Memorie di Adriano (M.Yourcenar) with G. Albertazzi, Enrico IV (Pirandello) with Glauco Mauri, Le Mille e una Notte with M. Ranieri and Laura del Sol, Il Gabbiano (Checov) with V. Moriconi, Memorias de Adriano, Spanish version with Pepe José Sancho, Urfaust (Goethe) with G. Albertazzi. He worked as assistant to Maurizio Scaparro as part of the artistic direction of the Compagnia Italiana (1993/95), in Cinema è Teatro, an event during the Carnival in Venice (1995), at the Festival d'Autunno, which took place in the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza (1996/97), and in the Teatro Eliseo, Teatro Stabile Rome (1997-1999).

Fernando Scarpa was artistic director from 1995 to 1997 of the Centro per la ricerca sui nuovi linguaggi dello spettacolo (Center for Research on the New Languages of Theater), where he realized: Mostra sul teatro di Totò ( Venice , Rome, Palermo , Naples , Udine , Caserta ), the Convegni di teatro classico in the Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza, the Mostra sull'Edipo by Pier Paolo Pasolini (Vicenza and Rome), and the Serata per la Fenice di Venezia with Valeria Moriconi, Elisabetta Pozzi. For the Teatro Eliseo he has directed and organized: Telethon, Genetica e Palcoscenico with Leo Gullotta, Giorgio Albertazzi, Glauco Mauri, Massimo Ranieri (RaiUno, moderator Vincenzo Mollica).

For many years - apart from his stage work at the side of top executives in Europe and Italy - he was successfully involved in the ideation and organization of Italian and European projects, also outside the theater sector. He is the author of the project of the exhibition on Giacomo Casanova , which took place in various European cities starting from Tokyo , Osaka , Prague and Edinburgh ; Producer of the international performance Thousand and One Nights in Palermo , Marseille , Thessaloniki , Madrid , and author of the project of staging Goethe's Italian journey with Klaus Maria Brandauer , (official representative of Italy at the cultural city of 99 Weimar).

In November 1999 Klaus Maria Brandauer was the personal assistant in the production of Cyrano von Bergerac in the Burgtheater in Vienna , directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf . Since February 2000 he lived in Berlin. For the Expo 2000 in Hanover at the end of the events of the Italian Pavilion, he is directing Goethe's “Italian Journey” , with Alexander Simon in the role of the young Goethe. A success at the Expo Theater, for an evening of music and drama performed by the entire orchestra of the Teatro Massimo di Palermo. Further performances followed in Italy.

In June 2000 he was assistant director at the Theater des Westens in Berlin for the musical Falco meets Amadeus. 2000/ 2002 he is the first director of the TdW and Artistical supervisor of the musical FMA. In summer 2001 he directed “Der Junge Luther” by John Osborne in Lutherstadt Wittenberg . The play, open-air in three stages with 43 actors at the location of the Reformation, has received a lot of success and audience and media response, as well as the invitation to the opening of the Festival Palermo di Scena in Palermo . For ZDF he is directing Klassisch! Stars guest at Senta Berger , with José Carreras , José Cura .

In the summer of 2002 he staged Thesys, a meeting with the devil, based on various authors and was able to build on his success with “Young Luther” the previous year. From June 2003 Scarpa took over the artistic direction of the "Wittenberg Stage", a project for theater, art and culture throughout Germany . After the resumption of “Thesys” in June 2003, the international and multilingual play “Luther Stories” was premiered in Wittenberg under his direction.

In November 2003, Frederick the Wise staged William Shakespeare's Hamlet in the historic Wittenberg Castle . The Prince of Denmark returns to his study city and brings his story back to life. In 2004 he continued the tradition that had existed since 2001 on 17 stages with the project “Wittenberg on the Stage”. With his production "Johann Faust - Life and Death of a Wittenberger" 2005 he ended his work in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.

Scarpa moved to the United States to gain experience in the American film business. In September 2005 he shot his debut work "Brothers", which won two awards for "Best Short Film", "Best Screenplay" and "Best Directing Debut" at the NYIIFVF in Los Angeles and New York. After Scarpa was successful in America, he returned to Germany to direct the musical " Martin Luther King ", a major musical production with a world premiere in the historic Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church in the heart of Berlin.

In 2013 he co-produced the short film 'Band' with Marco Beltrami, directed by Coleman Beltrami. In 2014 he wrote the short film 'Doradus', a mystery drama about a modern ghost story, which he also directed.

In the United States, Scarpa continues his theater career while working on films and teaching at the UCLA Extension. In 2010 he performed at 'The Memoirs of Dr. Q ', a play written by Karen Maxwell, and' Henry IV 'written by Luigi Pirandello, directed. In 2011 Scarpa staged the play 'Italian Journey' at the Rossellini Theater Los Angeles, which is based on JW Goethe . In 2012 it was followed by 'Galileo 1610', a story about the magical winter of scientific discoveries by the Italian scientist Galileo Galilei , with Fernando writing and directing the script. Fernando directed a reading of the comedy 'Intimations of Mortality', written by Ivan Rothberg and Jeanne Grandilli, for the Saban Theater in Los Angeles. In 2013, Scarpa starred Paolo in the comedy 'Luigi' written by Louise Munson. The play, directed by Annie McVey, premiered at the VS Theater in Los Angeles. In 2014 he directed William Shakespeare's ' Romeo and Juliet ' with Rob August and Sara Francine in the leading roles at the Rossellini Theater in Los Angeles. The play 'Galileo 1610' will be performed again in 2014.

literature

"Vita Fernando Scarpa" from Wittenberg Kultur eV
"Journey with a fist on historical pavement" contribution Super Sunday for the district of Wittenberg from June 19, 2005

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personal data
SURNAME	Scarpa, Fernando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian theater director
DATE OF BIRTH	December 10, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan