Paolo Baiocco

Born in Italy in 1952, studied music, classic and modern dance; in 1980 he got his degree as Architect with the theme “The birth of Teatro all’Italiana”. He studied, as director and actor, in the theater directed by JERZY GROTOWSKI, and in Denmark, ODIN TEATRET, directed by Eugenio Barba. In 1980 he founded a theatre company, and produced more than thirty pieces by Classic and Contemporaneous Theatre: Boccaccio, Shakespeare, Cervantes, Casanova, Victor Hugo, Dumas, Verga, Garcia Lorca, Brecht. In 1982 took part in the production of the film “LA TRAVIATA” with Placido Domingo and Teresa Stratas, directed by Franco Zeffirelli, as Actor-mime; these experience influenced him in the choice of his career as director, stage and costume designer for Opera. He wrote screenplays for TV and Cinema, and in 1988 started his career as director, stage and costume designer with Lyric Theatre of Spoleto; between 1988 and 2004, he directed L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI, LA SERVA PADRONA, LA TRAVIATA, and others Operas. He directed for MAGGIO MUSICALE of Florence L’INGANNO FELICE by Rossini and the contemporaneous PERSO PER PERSO by Baggiani, and Verdi’s FALSTAFF at VERDI Theatre of Sassari. In 2002 he directed in Japan LA SERVA PADRONA by Pergolesi and IL GIOCATORE by Cherubini. His new production of LA TRAVIATA in 2004 went on tour in Tokio, Osaka and in 12 of the most important Japan cities. In 2005 he directed and was stage designer in a new and very successful Production of Verdi’s ATTILA at TEATRO dell’OPERA of Rome. He was invited in several International Festivals, in FRANCE (Festival of TOURS and ROUEN), in GREECE (Festival of TESSALONIKI), SPAIN (BARCELLONA) and UNGHERIA (BUDAPEST) and in his country, ITALY. For TEATRO alla SCALA of Milan he directed 25 Opera-videos about MARIA CALLAS, and planned the Exhibition in the 20° anniversary of Callas’death. In 2006 he projected a new Openair Theater with 1800 seats for Narni Opera Festival, inaugurated under his artistic direction with Verdi’s AIDA. At Opera House CARLO FELICE of Genova he created in 2008 a big Event, tribute to Maria Callas as Isolde in Wagner’s TRISTAN und ISOLDE. Alongside his career as director, stage and costume designer he worked at University of Perugia as teacher of Performing Arts and Direction. In 2009 directed once more LA TRAVIATA in Verdi Theatre of Messina, Bellini’s NORMA for KOREAN NATIONAL OPERA of Seoul and ELISIR D’AMORE in Daejeon, Daegu and Goyang Theatres in KOREA. In 2011 directed for THOC (National Theatre of Cyprus) the tragedy “BACCHAE” by Euripides. In 2012 he created a big event in Rome, LEYENDAS DE AMOR, for the international meeting ROMEMETAPHYSICS, and in Cyprus an exhibition of his paintings. In 2013 he wrote a new play, QUANNO L’AGNOLO SUONÒ PER LO FIJOLO DE LO MERCANTE DE ASSISI in Narni, and directed a new version of IL TROVATORE in Tolentino. In 2014 he directed LIVIETTA E TRACOLLO by Pergolesi in Cucinelli’s Theatre.

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