Ezio Frigerio

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Ezio Frigerio
Frigerio in 2007
Born(1930-07-16)16 July 1930
Died2 February 2022(2022-02-02) (aged 91)
Lecco, Italy
Occupation(s)Costume designer, art director

Ezio Frigerio (16 July 1930 – 2 February 2022) was an Italian costume designer and art director.

Career

After finishing

Théatre de l'Odéon in Paris, La grande magia, which premiered in 1985 and was reprised
several times.

The collaboration with Strehler made Frigerio enter the world of opera:

were realized by Strehler and Frigerio between 1973 and 1996. Così fan tutte was being staged just before Strehler died.

Frigerio also created stage designs for the Burgtheater in Vienna: Trilogie der Sommerfrische (Trilogia della villeggiatura) by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Strehler, 1974; Judith by Hebbel, directed by Gerhard Klingenberg, 1975.

Other operatic stage designs include:

Teatro alla Scala in Milan; Bellini's Norma, directed by Piero Faggioni, for the Vienna State Opera in 1977; Verdi
's
Polish National Opera
in 1997. The team of Frigerio and Squarciapiano also designed the Met Opera's gorgeous and sensational Zandonai FRANCESCA DA RIMINI in 1984 (Scotto, Domingo, MacNeil, Levine).

Frigerio also created the sets for Liliana Cavani's movie Galileo e i Cannibali and Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Cyrano de Bergerac, which got an Oscar nomination in 1991.[1]

He designed the grave of Rudolf Nureyev.[2] Frigerio often collaborated with Italian costume designer Franca Squarciapino who was also his life partner.

Death

Frigerio died on 2 February 2022, at the age of 91.[3]

References

  1. ^ "The 63rd Academy Awards (1991) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Rudolf Nureyev's Grave in France". The Rudolf Nureyev Foundation. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  3. ^ "La Scala Mourns Famed Art Director, 91". Slipped Disc. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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