Attilio Colonello

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Attilio Colonello (9 November 1930 – 12 August 2021) was an Italian

stage director who was active within the field of opera
.

Biography

Born in Milan, Colonello studied architecture in Milan with

Margherita Wallmann: the première of Ildebrando Pizzetti’s Clitennestra
in 1965 and another Don Pasquale in 1973.

In 1962 Colonello made his United States debut at the

Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea. He worked for the Metropolitan Opera for the first time in 1964 when he designed a Jacobean Lucia di Lammermoor for Wallmann. He later designed two productions for Nathaniel Merrill at the Met: a 19th-century Luisa Miller (1968) and a gloomy Il trovatore
(1969).

Since 1964 Colonello worked frequently as a scenic designer and director for the

Samson et Dalila (both 1970), Carmen (1975), La Gioconda (1977) and I puritani and Luisa Miller
(both 1988).

Colonello's best work has been with the

I Lombardi
.

Sources
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