Stefano Trespidi (; born May 23, 1970) is an Italian opera stage director. Born in Verona, Italy, Trespidi grew up near the Arena di Verona, where he began acting and interning as a youth. He earned a law degree from University of Trento in International Law (1996), but did not enter the business world. He earned his Masters diploma from the Teatro

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in Milan (1999). Trespidi first met Franco Zeffirelli in 1995 during the staging of ''Carmen'' at the Arena di Verona. Trespidi has since regularly served on the directorial productions teams in collaboration with Zeffirelli on various productions at the Arena Di Verona, such as '' Il Trovatore'' (2001), ''Aida'' (2002), ''

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'' (2004), ''Turandot'' (2010), and ''

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'' (2010). January, 2019, Stefano Trespidi became artistic director of the Arena di Veron

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production of ''

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) in September 2015.

Productions directed

* La bohème, La Bohème,

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, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Oct, 201

*''

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'', Arena di Verona, Italy (July, 2017) * ''

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'', Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina (September, 2017) * '' Aida'', Georgian National Theatre (March, 2017) * ''

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'', Teatro di San Carlo in Naples Italy (July, 2016) * '' Aida'', Teatro di Pisa (2016), Teatro Social di Rovigo (2015) * ''

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'', Operaestate Festival Veneto (2014) * ''

'', Teatro Verde di Padova (2014) * ''Die lustige Witwe'', Teatro Social di Rovigo (2014) * Verdi Gala, Arena di Verona (2013) * Placido Domingo Gala, Arena di Verona (2012), Teatro Verdi di Trieste (2010) * '' The marriage of Figaro'', Amarante (2007) * Poncheilli's ''

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'', Teatro Sociale di Lecco (2006) * ''

'', Filarmonico di Verona (2005) * '' Tristan and Isolde'', Filarmonico di Verona (2004)

References

External links

*https://www.operamusica.com/artist/stefano-trespidi/news
Gala Plácido Domingo - Antología de la Zarzuela/ Director Stefano Trespedi

Pietro Brancaccio, “Un'estate da Re”: il Nabucco secondo il regista S.Trespidi'. ''Sopra le righe'' website, 7 July 2016

page on the

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