Theater director, actor and playwright, he began his artistic career with Fondazione Aida (Verona) and Scena Sintetica (Brescia). In 2013 he graduated as a director at the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in Milan, studying with Renata Molinari, Massimo Navone, Jose Sanchis Sinisterra, Maria Grazia Gregori, Maria Consagra, Tatiana Olear and Marius von Mayenburg.

 

Areas of work / Drama and Plays

Since 2012, he has directed more than thirty plays in the most important Italian theaters, among these “Ay Carmela!” by Josè Sanchis Sinisterra, “Portami in un posto carino” and “Assassine” by Tobia Rossi, “Per una donna” by Letizia Russo, “Testastorta” by Nava Semel, “Call of Duty Fake Version” by Tatiana Olear, “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, “Activated Carbon” by Nick Rongjun Yu.
In April 2013, he won the “New Window on German Dramaturgy” Competition and was selected as director of “The Dog the Night and the Knife” by Marius von Mayenburg, staged at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan.
In 2015 he is assistant director for the project "Storia di Qu ” by Dario Fo and Franca Rame (Piccolo Teatro Milano). In 2017 he writes and directs "Nuovo Eden ” with Jessica Leonello, winner of special mention at Tagad'Off Contemporary drama Festival, winner of Crash Test Vicenza 2018 and special selection of International Puppet Festival Arrivano dal Mare 2019.
He also worked in the musical area, writing with Dario Vergassola the text and directing “Malèfici” in January 2022 (Production Fondazione Aida and Centro Teatrale Santa Chiara Trento).
In January 2024 he was director of "The Stone” by Marius von Mayenbourg corpoduction MaMiMò (Reggio Emilia) and Chronos3 (Brescia
 

Areas of work / Opera

He is assistant director to Graham Vick for “Don Giovanni” produced by Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.

He starts in 2020 a close collaboration with Teatro Regio di Parma and Festival Verdi: “Traviata - Caravan Verdiano” (a small mobile theater that moves to Verdi's Lands staging his masterpiece) is staged in 2020 along with “Borders are open - four sacred pieces on the Balkan route” (a site specific outdoor performance based on G. Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces with wireless headphones of which he is author and director).

In 2022 he directs “Rigoletto” new project commissioned by the Festival for the Teatro Verdi in Busseto, in 2023 he returns to Busseto with “Falstaff”
He directs over the years several site-specific open air productions: in 2021 “Don Pasquale” by G. Donizetti for the CSA Music Festival in Pescara, in July 2022 “Elisir d'amore ‘ by G.Donizetti for the special project ’200.com” at the Teatro Sociale in Como.
On the occasion of Bergamo Brescia Capital of Culture 2023 he coordinated and supervised the theatrical direction of the opening and closing event: two theaters,  Teatro Grande in Brescia and Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, connected in a big institutional and spectacular event broadcast live by national Tv.
In 2024 he directed Giacomo Puccini's "Suor Angelica ‘ in Pescara, a CSA Music Festival production, and Carlo Boccadoro's ’Robinson” a new production at the Teatro Grande in Brescia for the 2024 Opera Festival.

In 2025 he has his debout at the Teatro Regio in Torino with "Traviata_La solitudine di una stella".

He wrote the libretto for 2 contemporary operas, “Il tesoro di Alarico” music by Salvatore Frega and “La Toccata di Galuppi” music by Umberto Bombardelli.

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Areas of work / Opera for young audiences

He was director of several opera productions for young audiences: in 2019 and 2020 he directs two operas for the Opera Domani project produced by AsLiCo (Como), Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris 2021), Opéra de Rouen Bregenzer Festival and Royal Opera House in Muscat: “Elisir d'amore” and “Rigoletto”. (The Tournée touched the main Italian and French theaters. Teatro Sociale - Como, Teatro Ponchielli - Cremona, Teatro Regio - Parma, Teatro Sociale - Ravenna, Teatro degli Arcimboldi - Milan, Teatro Grande - Brescia).
In November 2022 he wrote and directed the special project "Chiara o Serafina? ” based on Gaetano Donizetti's Chiara e Serafina, for the Donizetti Festival in Bergamo. Also in 2022, he was playwright and director at the Royal Opera House (Oman) for the project “Alì and the Legend of the Music of the Desert” a new original small opera produced after a workshop for children and young people from more than 15 nations.
In 2023 he successfully returns to the Donizetti Festival with the special project "Luce di Lammermoor ” inspired by Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, for which he was author and director as in 2024 with “Don Pasquale, il grande gioco dell’amore”.
In 2024 he wrote and directed “Mondi Possibili” a project dedicated to accessible classical music co-produced by Fondazione Sinfonica Toscanini (Parma), Haydn Foundation (Bolzano) and AsLiCo (Como).​

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Teaching

He combines opera and theater productions with stable teaching activities at several academies and theater schools: for the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in Milan he teaches theater direction, dramaturgy of new media for scenic design and video installations, and direction of musical theater; for the Accademia di Belle Arti Santa Giulia in Brescia he teaches direction and directing design for scenographers at the two-year specialist course; finally, for the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera he holds a seminar dedicated to actor and performer direction.

 

Next projects

"Elisir d'amore”

by G. Donizetti | AsLiCo, Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Opera de Bordeaux, Opera de Reims.

"The Wall - Pink FLoyd"

Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Teatro Valli di Reggio Emilia, Festival di Ravenna.
“Macbeth”

di G.Verdi, Festival Verdi 2025, Teatro Regio di Parma e Teatro Verdi di Busseto
“Il furioso nell’isola di S.Domingo”

di G.Donizetti, Festival Donizetti Opera 2025, Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo.
“Rigoletto”

di G.Verdi reprise Opera Domani, Teatro Sociale di Como and tournée.

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