LUCA ANTONUCCI ARCHITECTE - SCENOGRAPHE

LUCA ANTONUCCI ARCHITECTE - SCENOGRAPHE

Architect, set and costume designer.

Born in Venice. His theatrical training begins at School of Dramatic Art of the Teatro Stabile of Genoa, where he studies betwenn 1978 and1980.

He graduates in Architecture at the University of Genoa, with the thesis "Theatricality in the urban space", in 1983.

In 1984-1985 he studies scenography at Motley Theatre Design Course, directed by Percy Harris, at the Riverside Studios in London.

His career as a designer begins with the cinema. After his first film as a Production Designer, "Nosferatu in Venice" with Klaus Kinsky, in 1986, he works as assistant designer of Danilo Donati in Rome-Cinecittà for 5 years, for films of Liliana Cavani, Fedrico Fellini, Serghiei Bondarciuck.

Then he turns to the theatre and opera, working initially with Lele Luzzati and signing operas Ernani by Verdi, Romeo and Juliet by Gounod at the Martina Franca Festival, Medea by Pacini, at the Opera Giocosa in Savona, directed by Filippo Crivelli, Tamerlano by Vivaldi, directed by Egisto Marcucci at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, La Gazza Ladra by Rossini, directed by Gianfranco De Bosio at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.

Collaboration with Danilo Donati also continues in opera production Zazà by R. Leoncavallo, directed by F. Crivelli at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.

From 1986 to 1995, theatre works include Barbarians by Barrie Keeffe, directed by S. Baldacci at Teatro Duse, Genoa, La Parisienne de H. Becque, directed by Rossana Siclari at La Versiliana Festival, La bottega del caffè et Il bugiardo de Goldoni, directed by Gianfranco De Bosio at Campo S. Trovaso in Venice, I due gemalli veneziani, de Goldoni, directed by Giuseppe Emiliani, Borgio Verezzi Festival.

In 1996 he meets Gino Zampieri, director and collaborator of Strehler at the Piccolo Teatro of Milan, who becomes director of the Théâtre Populaire Romand at La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. He works closely with Gino Zampieri for 12 years, signing sets and costumes for the operas Le due Contesse by Paisiello, I due baroni by Cimarosa at the Teatro of Casalmaggiore, Don Quixote by Massenet, Stadttheater St. Gallen, Donizetti’s Anna Bolena and L'elisir d'amore, I Capuleti e i Montecchi by Bellini, Theater Biel-Solothurn, La finta semplice by Mozart, Carmen by Bizet at the Théâtre l'Heure Bleue, La Chaux de Fonds.

For theatre he designs Cantate des jours impairs by E. De Filippo, Killer Joe by T. Letts, Georges Dandin by Molière, Jenny tout-court by M. Berretti, Hilarité bruyante by V. Hugo, La mienne s'appelait Régine de Pierre Rey, La Moscheta by Ruzante, L’ile des esclaves by Marivaux, Phedre by Racine, Theatre Populaire Romand, Harlequin servant of two masters, at Scala Theatre in Strasbourg, Good-bye Charlie by G. Axelrod, Teatro Manzoni in Milan.

Around year 2000 he moves to France, where he begins working with Bruno Sachel, French director and author, on the productions Le Paradis by B. Sachel, The Well of the Saints by J. M. Synge, Theatre Equinoxe, Chateauroux.

In 2002 he is Production Designer for the film "Tuscan Skies", with Andrea Bocelli, directed by Larry Weinstein.

Working for dance, in 2002 he designs the set of Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, choreography of Patrice Bart, at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin.

In 2005 and 2006 he works for the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, on the opera productions I Quatro Rusteghi by E. W. Ferrari, directed by Gino Zampieri, and La Bohème by Puccini, directed by Aldo Tarabella.

In 2009 he designs sets for Désir, the New Creation of Crazy Horse, direction and choreography by Philippe Decouflé.

Working for the events, in 1999 he designs the set for the Festival of Cultures Suq in Genoa, whose first edition takes place at the Loggia dei Mercanti in Genoa.

In 2006 he designs the new edition of the Festival Suq, which moves to the waterfront of the Porto Antico of Genoa, in the Piazza delle Feste, designed by Renzo Piano.

He is also the author of a photo report for a publication about the Mediterranean cultures.

In 2007 the Suq is included in the exhibition catalogue "Squares in Europe, Squares for Europe", edited by the Urbanistic Department of University of Venice, and in 2011 the Suq obtains the patronage of UNESCO.

Pedagogy also play an important role in his profession. From 1991 to 1995 he is involved in the "Master of Architecture for Performance" at the Faculty of Architecture in Genoa.

From 1991 to 1993 he teaches in the Theatre Design School of the Teatro della Tosse, directed by Emanuele Luzzati, in Genoa.

Since 2009 he teaches theatre design at the Institut d’Etudes Théâtrales, Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3.

In 2013 he joins the continuing educaton in staging of the Consevatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique de Paris.