
Franca Squarciapino
Personal Info
Known for
Costume & Make-Up
Gender
Female
Birthday
1940-01-01 (85 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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.
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Acting
(2016)
(1966)
Mademoiselle de Maupin
as First Maestro
Crew
(2024)
The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine
Costume Design
(2024)
Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX
Costume Design
(2023)
Don Carlo
Costume Design
(2013)
The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
Costume Designer
(2009)
Vivaldi, the Red Priest
Costume Design
(2009)
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
Costume Designer
(2007)
Giuseppe Verdi - La forza del destino
Costume Design
(2006)
Aida
Costume Designer
(2001)
Otello
Costume Design
(1995)
The Horseman on the Roof
Costume Design
(1994)
Colonel Chabert
Costume Design
(1993)
Louis, the Child King
Costume Design
(1991)
The House of Bernarda Alba
Costume Design
(1991)
Carmen
Costume Design
(1990)
Cyrano de Bergerac
Costume Design
(1988)
Il Trovatore
Costume Design, Costume Designer
(1968)
Galileo
Assistant Costume Designer