Franca Squarciapino

Personal Info

Known For Costume & Make-Up

Gender Female

Birthday 1940-01-01 (84 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. Source: Article "Franca Squarciapino" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

Costume & Make-Up

2024
Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX

as Costume Design

2023
Don Carlo

as Costume Design

2009
Vivaldi, the Red Priest

as Costume Design

2006
Aida

as Costume Designer

2001
Otello

as Costume Design

1995
The Horseman on the Roof

as Costume Design

1994
Colonel Chabert

as Costume Design

1993
Louis, the Child King

as Costume Design

1991
The House of Bernarda Alba

as Costume Design

1991
Carmen

as Costume Design

1990
Cyrano de Bergerac

as Costume Design

1988
Il Trovatore

as Costume Design

1988
Il Trovatore

as Costume Designer

1968
Galileo

as Assistant Costume Designer