Franca Squarciapino
Costume & Make-Up
- Born
- January 1, 1940 (age 86) · Rome, Lazio, Italy
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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Known for
Cyrano de Bergerac
March 28, 1990
The Horseman on the Roof
September 20, 1995
Colonel Chabert
September 21, 1994
Galileo
September 7, 1968
Volaverunt
October 1, 1999
Louis, the Child King
November 4, 1993
Vivaldi, the Red Priest
March 9, 2009
Il Trovatore
October 15, 1988
The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine
April 20, 2024
Otello
December 7, 2001
Carmen by Georges Bizet
January 1, 1991
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
January 10, 2009
Behind the camera20
- 2025Paris Opera Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty Costume Design
- 2024Swan Lake Filmed for IMAX Costume Design
- 2024The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine Costume Design
- 2023Don Carlo Costume Design
- 2013The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini Costume Designer
- 2009Vivaldi, the Red Priest Costume Design
- 2009The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine Costume Designer
- 2007Verdi: La forza del destino Costume Design
- 2006Aida Costume Designer
- 2005