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Biography

Revival Production Designer /Costume designer Assistant

2023

Costume Designer  Assistant

Peter Grimes  (Opening 18 October 2023)

Director: Robert Carsen

Costume designer Gideon Davey

Teatro Alla Scala

Revival Costume Designer

Andrea Chenier..U. Giordano

Director: Mario Martone

Costume designer Ursula Patzak

Teatro Alla Scala

2022

Costume Designer  Assistant

Fedora U. Giordano

Director: Mario Martone

Costume designer Ursula Patzak

Teatro Alla Scala

 

Costume Designer  Assistant

Rigoletto Verdi

Director: Mario Martone

Costume designer Ursula Patzak

Teatro Alla Scala

2021

Revival Costume Designer

Falstaff, Verdi

Director: Mario Martone

Costume designer Ursula Patzak

Palau des Arts, Valencia (Spain)

 

2020

Revival Costume Designer

Anna Bolena, Donizzetti.

Director: Andrea De Rosa

Costume designer Ursula Patzak

Opera Vilnius (Lithuania)

Costume Designer Assistant and Supervisor

La Cambiale di Matrimonio, Rossini

Director: Laurence Dale

Costume designer Gary MacCann

Rossini Opera Festival. Pesaro

Revival Costume Designer

Maria Stuarda, Donizzetti.

Director: Andrea De Rosa

Costume designer Ursula Patzak

Sao Carlos , Lisbon (Portugal)

2019

Costume Designer Assistant

Giulio Cesare, Handel

Director: Robert Carsen

Costume designer Gideon Davey

Teatro Alla Scala

Costume Designer Assistant

Anna Bolena, Donizzetti.

Director: Andrea De Rosa

Costume designer Ursula Patzak

Teatro Opera O.H. Roma

 

2018

Costume Designer Assistant

La Boheme, Verdi.

Director: Alex Ollè

Costume designer Lluc Castells

Teatro Opera O.H. Roma

Costume Designer Assistant

Ricciardo e Zoraide, Rossini.

Director: Marshall Pynkoski

Costume designer Michael Gianfrancesco

Rossini Opera Festival O.H. Pesaro

Costume Designer Assistant

La Boheme, Verdi.

Director: Graham Vick

Production designer Richard Hudson

Comunale O.H. Bologna

2017

Costume Designer Assistant

Don Chisciotte,  Ballet.

Coreograper: Laurent Hillary

original Coreography by MIKHAIL BARYSHNIKOV

costume designer Vladimir Radunsky

Teatro Opera O.H. Roma

Revival Costume Designer

 Il Trovatore, Verdi.

Director Alex Ollè LA FURA DELS BAUS

costume designer Lluc Castells

Teatro Opera O.H., Rome.

2016

Revival Costume Designer

Anna Bolena Donizetti

Director: Graham Vick

Production designer: Paul Brown

TEATRO de LA MAESTRANZA, Seville (SPAIN)

Costume Designer Assistant

Samson et Dalila, Camille Saint-Saëns

Director and Production designer: Hugo De Ana

TEATRO REGIO, Torino (Italy)

Costume Designer Assistant

 La Boheme, Verdi.

Director Alex Ollè LA FURA DELS BAUS

costume designer Lluc Castells

Regio O.H., Turin.

Revival Production Designer

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Richard Hudson

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino O.H., Florence.

Revival Production Designer

 L'Italiana in Algeri, Rossini.

director Joan Font Comediants Group

production designer Joan Guillen

LYRIC OPERA of CHICAGO, Chicago Illinois, (U.S.A.)

Costume Designer Assistant and Supervisor

Gotterdammerung, Wagner.

director Graham Vick

Costume designer. Richard Hudson.

Massimo O.H. Palermo

 

2015

Costume Designer Assistant and Supervisor

Siegfried, Wagner.

director Graham Vick

Costume designer Richard Hudson

Massimo O.H. Palermo

 

Costume Designer Assistant and Supervisor

Samson et Dalila  

Director, production designer Hugo De Ana.

N.C.P.A. Beijing, China

Costume designer Collaborator

Tosca.  Puccini.

Director Lorenzo Mariani

Costume designer: Silvia Aymonino

HNK OPERA HOUSE – CROATIAN NATIONAL THEATRE,Zagreb (CROATIA)

2013

Production Designer Assistant and Supervisor

Das Rgheingold 

director Graham Vick

production designer Richard Hudson

Massimo O.H. Palermo

 

Production Designer Assistant and Supervisor

Die WalkureWagner.

director Graham Vick

production designer Richard Hudson

Massimo O.H. Palermo

Revival Costume Designer

Eugenin Onegin.  Čajkovskij

Director:  Kasper Holten

Costume designer: Katrina Lindsay.

Teatro Regio, Torino (Italy)

 

2012 

Revival Costume Designer and Costume designer Collaborator

Damnation de Faust 

director Terry Gilliam

costume designer Katrina Lindsay

at Massimo O. H. Palermo

Costume designer Collaborator

 L’Enfant et les sortileges

Director Luciano Cannito

Costume designer -Francesco Tullio Altan

Massimo O.H. Palermo.

 

Revival Production Designer

Anna Bolena. Donizetti.

Director Graham Vick

Production designer Paul Brown

Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Firenze (Italy)

Revival Production Designer

Anna Bolena. Donizetti.

Director Graham Vick

Production designer Paul Brown

Teatro Verdi, Trieste (Italy)

2011

Revival Production Designer

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Richard Hudson

Teatro Regio, Torino

2010

Costume Designer Assistant and Supervisor 

Die Gezeichneten,

director Graham Vick

Costume designer Paul Brown

Massimo O.H.  Palermo.

Production Designer Assistant and Supervisor

L'Italiana in Algeri

director Joan Font (Comediants Group)

production designer Joan Guillen

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino O.H., Florence.

2009

Revival Production Designer

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Paul Brown

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Firenze

 

2008

Revival Production Designer

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Paul Brown

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA HOUSE, San Francisco (U.S.A)

Revival Production Designer

Anna Bolena.  Donizetti

Director Graham Vick

production designer Richard Hudson

Teatro Massimo. Palermo

2003

Revival Production Designer

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Paul Brown

Teatro Carlo Felice O.H., Genova

Revival Production Designer

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Paul Brown

Teatro dell'Opera, Roma

2002

Revival Production Designer

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Paul Brown

teatro Real, Madrid (SPAIN)

2000

Revival Production Designer

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Paul Brown

Teatro Liceu, Barcelona (SPAIN)

1998

Costume DesigneCollaborator

Wozzeck Berg

director Giorgio Marini

production designer Lauro Crisman

Teatro Massimo, Palermo

1997

Costume DesigneCollaborator

Enzo Re Lucio Dalla /Roversi

director A, Picchi

costume designer Paolo Bertinato

TD.A.M.S. THEATRE ACADEMY, Bologna (Italy)

1996

Production Designer Assistant

Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti

director Graham Vick

production designer Paul Brown

Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Firenze

Elena Cicorella - set and costume designer

elena.cicorella@gmail.com

 

Costume designer in Lyric Opera, Musical, Ballet, Theatre and Video.

In  LYRIC OPERA  She designed costumes for many important productions  directed  by  Giorgio Marini:

"Interludi:Musiche per il mito di Eco e Narciso" Clementi at Orestiadi Festival, Gibellina (TR) (1992). "L’Orfeo" Monteverdi  Regio O. H. Turin (1996) and ’Opèra de Lausanne, 

"Turn of the screw"  Britten at Comunale O.H., Bologna (1997 and 2013); "Carillon" Clementi at Teatro alla Scala,  Milan (1998);  "l’Olimpiade"  Vivaldi at  Rendano O.H. Cosenza(1998). "Suor Angelica"  Puccini and "Jolanta" Tchaikowsky, San Carlo O.H., Napoles, "Jolanta" Tchaikowsky and  "The Bear" Walton

at  Monte Carlo O.H.  Principato di Monaco(1999).

Dittic by Petrassi:  "Morte dell’aria"  and " Il Cordovano" 

La Fenice O.H., Venice.(2004).

On 2001 She worked with the director Francesco Micheli at Verdi Festival - Regio O.H. Parma in  "il Trovatore", production revival in FRANCE:  Avignone O.H., Massy O.H., Royal O.H.Wallonie, Esplanade de Saint Etienne (2002/2003).

On  2001 She started to work with the director Marco Gandini:

"La Zingara" Donizetti,  "Le due contesse" and "Il Duello" by Paisiello (2002) at   d’Itria Valley Festival,  Martina Franca. "Tancredi " Rossini at  Municipal O.H. Piacenza, Modena O.H., Ferrara O.H. and Regio Emilia O.H. (2002) .

"Traviata" Verdi at Lombard Circuit Opera Houses:  Brescia, Cremona, Como, Pavia,  Bergamo and revival at Carlo Felice O.H.Genova (2004) and De Carolis  O.H. Sassari (2005).

2003 costume designer  "Aida" Verdi, director Stefano Monti at Olympic Stadium Seoul, KOREA 

2005 She worked with the director Mietta Corli, drawing the costumes for "Die Zauberflote" Mozart at  Colliseum O.H. Porto, PORTUGAL.and on 2006/2007 "Carmen" Bizet, coproduction by  Colisseum O.H. Porto PORTUGAL, "Carmen" director Wolfgang Kremer, Pergolesi Spontini Festival Jesi and Comunal O.H. Treviso ITALY (2005)

"Carmen" director Marco Pucci Catena at National Theatre Belgrade O.H. SERBIA.

2011 costume designer   "Turandot" Puccini at Massimo O.H.,  Palermo and "Lo frate ‘nnamorato" Pergolesi at Festival Pergolesi  Spontini, Jesi;  Both productions with the direction of  Willy Landin

2014 Costume designer   "Les contes d’Hoffmann"  Offenbach at  Verdi O.H. Pisa, Goldoni H.O.Livorno, Giglio O.H. Lucca, Coccia O.H. Novara Opera Studio Production, director Nicola Zorzi. 

"Otello" Verdi. opening of the season 2015 at Regio O.H. Turin. director Walter Sutcliffe.

2018 Costume designer  "Il Trovatore" Verdi.

Teatri Rete Lirica delle Marche: Ascoli Piceno, Fano, Fermo, Chieti, Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini di jesi

director: Valentina Carrasco.

2019 Costume designer  "La muette de Portici/ Die Stumme von portici" Auber.

Theater Opera Kiel, Germany.

director: Valentina Carrasco

2021 Costume designer  "Farnace" Vivaldi.

Teatro La Fenice, Venezia

director: Christophe Gayral

2022 Costume designer  "I Lombardi alla prima crociata" Verdi

Teatro La Fenice, Venezia

director: Valentino Villa

MUSICAL "Lady in the dark"  Kurt Weill at Massimo O.H. Palermo and at  Opera of  Roma , director Giorgio Marini, coreographer Micha Van Hoecke (2001/2002)

"The Beauty and the Beast"  director and coreographer  Luciano Cannito. tour in Italy (1996)

 

BALLET: coreographer Luciano Cannito"Cassandra" by Christa Wolf, San Carlo O.H. Napoles, Verdi O.H. Trieste. Tour in Italy, Tel Aviv O.H.  ISRAEL, ’Estonian National Opera Tallin ESTONY, Avignon O.H. FRANCE. Ballet Nice Mediterranée(1996/ 2019)

 

THEATRE  costume designer in  "King Lear"  Shakespeare at T Romano Theatre of  Verona; "Jesus of Nazareth" Dreyer at Carignano Theatre Torino , both directed by Franco Branciaroli.

"Ecce Homo" and  "Feeling's Anatomy" Ronald Barthes, direction Franco Brambilla at Corte Ospitale of Rubiera (R.E.).

Histoire de soldat - Il violino, il soldato e il diavolo regia Stefano Monti Teatro Verdi Milano.

Mondial festival Drama: costume designer in 10 dramas: :Ego in Arcadia  Director:Howard Barker (Great Britain)/ Passaggio con figure Director: Ugo Chiti (Italy)/

Terra incognita Director: Maria Irene Forness (U.S.A.)/

Titul  Director: Alexander Galin (Russia)/

"Une Chouette petite vien bien ose’e” Director: Sony Labountansi (Congo)/

“Wdowy” Director: Slawomir Mrozeck (Poland)

“Mirando al tendido” Director: Rodolfo Santana (Venezuelas)/ Misero Prospero Director: Josè Sanchis Sinisterra (Spain)/

“From zia with love” Director: Wole Soynka (Niger)/

“Der tod meines nachbarn Otto Linke” Director: Lotjar Trolle (Germany)

Dionysia Association. Performance in Campo Square of Siena and in the Chianti's countryside. Italy

 

VIDEO: 1991 costume designer in the videoclip 

La Gioconda by LITFIBA group.

 

 

 

  set and Costume Designer                Elena Cicorella                      elena.cicorella@gmail.com   

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