Cristian Taraborrelli

Cristian Taraborrelli
Cristian Taraborrelli in 2023
Born	1970 (age 53–54)
Nationality	Italian
Website	www.cristiantaraborrellistudio.net

Biography

Cristian Taraborrelli was born in Rome and started working in theater in the early 1990s. ^{[1] [2] [3]} He is a talented opera and show director, set designer and costume designer known for his work in both experimental theater and opera.

In the early 1990s, he worked with Giorgio Barberio Corsetti and Fabio Massimo Iaquone on experimental theater projects. Taraborrelli began to gain recognition for his own work in 2006, when he started directing performances himself.^[4] That same year, he won the Franco Abbiati Prize from Italian music critics. In 2009, he received the Prix du Syndicat de la Critique for best set design for the play "Gertrude - The Cry."

Taraborrelli's style is unique and innovative. He likes to explore the balance and changes in theater, using techniques like suspensions, reversals, and deformations. ^[5] His set designs often have an abstract feel, using unusual materials and modern technology to create engaging and thought-provoking scenes. His costumes blend tradition with modern styles, helping to express the characters' personalities and emotions. ^{[6] [7] [8]}

Beyond theater, Taraborrelli's creativity extends to other spaces, such as his work on the setup of the Aquarium of Genoa and various installations. His art often moves away from traditional theater, both in terms of physical space and conceptual ideas.

Award

• Ubu Prize
  • 1999 ^[9] - Best play: Il processo by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti,^[10] from Franz Kafka, production by Teatro Stabile dell'Umbria - Teatro Biondo
• Prize Franco Abbiati della critica musicale italiana
  • 2003^[11] for "Il letto della storia" by Fabio Vacchi -- Best new italian play
• Prix Molière
  • 2009^[12] for Gertrude - The Cry - Théâtre de l'Odéon Paris
• Golden Prague
  • 2015^[13] Special Mention Awards, La Belle Hélène^[14]
• Best educational event
  • 2016^[15] - Acquario Regeneration Bea Italia

Director

Opera

• Lalla Rûkh or Guancia di tulipano by Gaspare Spontini - Azio Corghi in Festival Pergolesi Spontini - Jesi (2003)
• La Jura^[16] by Gavino Gabriel Teatro Lirico di Cagliari Cagliari (2015)
• Il colore del sole^[17] by Lucio Gregoretti Festival Pergolesi Spontini - Jesi (2017)
• FRAM(M)ENTI by György Kurtág in Festival Nuova Consonanza - La pelanda Roma (2018)
• La sonnambula^[18] by Vincenzo Bellini in Teatro delle Muse – Ancona (2019 - 2021)
• I pagliacci ^{[19] [20] [21] [22]} by Ruggero Leoncavallo in Teatro Carlo Felice - Genova (2021)
• Angelica Cunta^[23] by Virginia Guastella in Festival Nuova Consonanza - Pelanda Roma (2021)

Set decorator and Costume designer

Lectuer

• Digital & interactive media design: The immaterial stage ^[24] in Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma

Theatre

• Il corpo è una folla spaventata by Vladimir Mayakovsky in Rome (1996)
• La nascita della tragedia by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti Acquario Romano in Rome (1996)
• Notte ^[25] by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti Teatro Valle in Rome (1998)
• Il processo ^[26] by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti Ex mattatoio Rome (1998) -- winner of Ubu Awards
• Trilogía das Barcas by Gil Vicente TNSJ Porto (1999)
• La tempesta by Fromental Halévy from William Shakespeare in Festival d'Avignon (1999)
• Graal by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti Officine Molliconi Roma (2000)
• Woyzeck by Georg Büchner Biennale di Venezia (2001)
• Don Giovanni by Molière in National Theatre of Strasbourg (2002)
• Le metamorfosi by Ovid in Biennale di Venezia (2002)
• Iniziali: BCGLF by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti and Lindo Ferretti in Romaeuropa Festival Rome (2003)
• Colore bianco by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti in Olimpiadi della cultura Torino (2006)
• La bottega del caffè by Carlo Goldoni in TNSJ Porto (2008)
• Tra la terra e il cielo by Giorgio Barberio Corsetti in Benevento Teatro Festival (2008)
• Gertrude – The_Cry by Howard Barker in Théâtre de l'Odéon (Parigi) (2009)
• La Ronde du carré by Dimitris Dimitriadis in Théâtre de l'Odéon Parigi (2010)
• Can't Pay? Won't Pay! by Dario Fo in Comédie de Genève (2013)
• Ventrosoleil^[27] by Douna Loupin Am Stram Gram Théâtre Genève (2014)
• The Marriage of Figaro by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais in Comédie de Genève (2018)

Opera

• Biancaneve ovvero il perfido candore by Fabrizio De Rossi Re. Teatro Ghione in Rome (1993)
• Maria di Rohan by Gaetano Donizetti Teatro La Fenice in Venezia (1999)
• La voix humaine by Francis Poulenc Teatro Massimo in Palermo (2000)
• Erwartung by Schönberg Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele in Palermo (2000)
• La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini Teatro Marrucino in Chieti - Teatro dei Rinnovati in Siena (2000)
• Requiem per Edith Stein Teatro dell'Opera di Roma in Rome (2001)
• La bohème by Giacomo Puccini Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Messina (2001)
• Milton and Julie by Gaspare Spontini Festival Pergolesi Spontini in Jesi (2001)
• Medea ^[28] by Adriano Guarnieri Teatro La Fenice in Venezia (2002)
• Il letto della storia by Fabio Vacchi in Teatro Comunale di Firenze (2003)
• Estaba la madre ^[29] by Luis Bacalov Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (2004)
• Gesualdo Considered as Murderer by Luca Francesconi in Holland Festival Amsterdam (2004)
• Le luthier de Venice by Gualtiero Dazzi in Théâtre du Châtelet Parigi (2004)
• Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi in Strasbourg Opera House Strasburgo (2004)
• Candid by Leonard Bernstein in Opéra de Rennes (2004)
• Tosca by Giacomo Puccini in Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (2005)
• L'Orfeo by Monteverdi in Opéra de Lille (2005)
• La pietra del paragone by Gioachino Rossini in Teatro Regio di Parma Parma (2006)
• Marie Galante by Kurt Weill in Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Rome (2007)
• Y Borges cuenta que by Luis Bacalovin 65a Settimana Musicale Senese Siena (2008)
• Zelmira by Gioachino Rossini in Rossini Opera Festival XXX edizione Pesaro (2009)
• La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini in Theater St. Gallen (2010)
• Turandot by Giacomo Puccini in Teatro alla Scala Milano (2011)
• La Rondine by Giacomo Puccini Teatro Vittorio Emanuele II Messina Messina (2012)
• Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi Malmö Opera in Malmö Svezia (2012)
• L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti Opéra de Lausanne Losanna (2012)
• Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi Mariinsky Theatre di Saint Peterburg (2012)
• Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi Teatro alla Scala in Milano (2013)
• La sonnambula by Vincenzo Bellini Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari (2013)
• La pietra del paragone by Gioachino Rossini Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, ripresa (2014)
• L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti Opéra de Monte Carlo, ripresa (2014)

Movie

• Laura non c'è director Antonio Bonifacio (1998)
• Il regalo di compleanno director Christian Bisceglia (2003)
• L'estate sta finendo - director Stefano Tummolini (2011)

Video

DVD

• La pietra del paragone by G. Rossini Ensemble Matheus Jean Christophe Spinosi
• Luisa Miller by Giuseppe Verdi in Malmö Symphony Orchestra
• Zelmira by Rossini in Rossini Opera Festival
• La Jura by Gavino Gabriel in Teatro Lirico di Cagliari
• L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti in Opéra de Lausanne

References

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15. "Bea Italia 2016". adcgroup.it. 4 October 2016. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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18. "La sonnambula". cristiantaraborrellistudio.net. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
19. "Pagliacci". raiplay.it. Carlo Felice Theater of Genoa. 2021.
20. "Balletto - Sull'essere angeli" [Ballet - On Being Angels]. raiplay.it. 2021.
21. "Pagliacci video". youtube.com. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
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23. "Angelica Cunta". cristiantaraborrellistudio.net. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
24. "RA, la Realtà Aumenta applicata all'Opera Lirica". youtube.com (video) (in Italian). 2 November 2023.
25. "Notte -- play". cssudine.it.
26. "Il processo". kinoweb.it. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
27. "Ventrosoleil". theatre-contemporain.net.
28. "Medea". Palafenice of Venice. 18 October 2002. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
29. "Estaba la madre". youtube.com.