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set and lighting designer
After graduating in Stage Design from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 2001, he specialised in lighting design at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
Since 2002, he has worked as both a set and lighting designer, developing extensive experience in theatres and opera houses across Italy and abroad. In 2015, he assumed the role of Technical Director at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated with renowned directors and composers, including Daniele Abbado, Giorgio Battistelli, Giampiero Solari, Francesco Micheli, Alina Marazzi, Roberto Andò, Lucinda Childs, Dario Argento, Muriel Mayette-Holtz and Nicola Piovani.
His work has been presented at major national and international opera houses and theatres.
The most significant projects include the sets and lighting for Verdi's Macbeth (2018), which inaugurated the Festival Verdi in Parma and was broadcast live on Rai 5; the lighting for Stefano Boeri's production of Les Troyens at the Greek Theatre in Syracuse (2019); Turandot (2021), featuring Berio's finale, for the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago; the sets and lighting for Giorgio Battistelli's Jules Verne at the Venice Biennale (2022); and the set design for Simon Boccanegra at Teatro alla Scala (2024) in Milan. He has also designed the sets for Dido and Aeneas and Die sieben Todsünden at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and Il labirinto di Creta at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari.
He has taught courses and workshops at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti in Genova and the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan. He is currently Professor of Stagecraft at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice.