Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Born
Jan 01, 1940
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
Credits
24 titles
Franca Squarciapino
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
Quelli che il cinema
Self
Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty
Costume Design
Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX
Costume Design
The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine
Costume Design
Don Carlo
Costume Design
Rudolf Nureyev. Island of His Dreams
The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
Costume Designer
Vivaldi, the Red Priest
Costume Design
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
Costume Designer
Verdi: La forza del destino
Costume Design
Aida
Costume Designer
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Costume Designer
Otello
Costume Design
Volaverunt
Costume Design
The Horseman on the Roof
Costume Design
Colonel Chabert
Costume Design
Louis, the Child King
Costume Design
The House of Bernarda Alba
Costume Design
Carmen by Georges Bizet
Costume Design
Stars 90
Self
Cyrano de Bergerac
Costume Design
Il Trovatore
Costume Design
Galileo
Assistant Costume Designer
Mademoiselle de Maupin
First Maestro