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Franca Squarciapino

Costume & Make-Up · Born 1940-01-01 · Rome, Lazio, Italy

Biography

Franca Squarciapino (born 1940) is an Italian costume designer who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1990 for Cyrano de Bergerac. She has spent much of her career designing costumes for major theatres and opera houses, including the Burgtheater in Vienna, Royal Opera at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and Zurich Opera among others. Squarciapino frequently collaborated with Ezio Frigerio (1930-2022), who is also her life partner. Source: Article "Franca Squarciapino" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Filmography

2025Quelli che il cinemaSelf
2025Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping BeautyCostume Design
2024Swan Lake Filmed for IMAXCostume Design
2024The Metropolitan Opera: La RondineCostume Design
2023Don CarloCostume Design
2016Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams
2013The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da RiminiCostume Designer
2009Vivaldi, the Red PriestCostume Design
2009The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La RondineCostume Designer
2007Verdi: La forza del destinoCostume Design
2006AidaCostume Designer
2005Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan LakeCostume Designer
2001OtelloCostume Design
1999VolaveruntCostume Design
1995The Horseman on the RoofCostume Design
1994Colonel ChabertCostume Design
1993Louis, the Child KingCostume Design
1991The House of Bernarda AlbaCostume Design
1991Carmen by Georges BizetCostume Design
1990Stars 90Self
1990Cyrano de BergeracCostume Design
1988Il TrovatoreCostume Design
1968GalileoAssistant Costume Designer
1966Mademoiselle de MaupinFirst Maestro

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