Arnoldo Foà (24 January 1916 – 11 January 2014) was an Italian actor, voice actor, theatre director, singer and writer. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1938 and 2014.

Biography

Foà was born in

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, Italy, to a Jewish family, though Foà was an

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in his adult life. Foà completed high school in

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, where he moved with his family, and studied at the acting school of Rasi. He abandoned his studies in economics and at age 20 moved to

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, where he attended the

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. He was initiated to the Italian Scottish Rite Freemasonry in 1947 at the

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" Alpi Giulie" n.150 (in Rome), taking later the highest degree. Foà died on 11 January 2014 from respiratory failure, just 13 days short of his 98th birthday.

Theatre

1930s

* ''La serenata al vento'' by

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, directed by Alberto Bracaloni, 1935 * ''La dodicesima notte'' by

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, directed by Pietro Sharoff, 1938 * ''L’Alcalde di Zalamea'' by Calderón de la Barca, directed by * ''Rappresentazione di Santo Ignazio'' (Anonimo del XV secolo), directed by G. Pacuvio, 1939 * ''Frenesia'' by Charles de Peyret-Chappuis, directed by

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* ''La vita è sogno'' by Calderon de la Barca, directed by Nino Meloni * ''Le Allegre Comari di Windsor'' by

, directed by Pietro Scharoff

1940s

* ''I Masnadieri'' by

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friendsh ...

, directed by Guido Salvini, 1941 * ''I Fratelli Castiglioni'' by Alberto Colantuoni, directed by , 1942 * ''L’Arco di Ulisse'' by Gerhart Hauptmann * ''La Nascita di Salomè'', directed by * ''La ragazza indiavolata'' by Ralph Benatzky, Teatro Quirino, 1943 * ''La Parte di Marito'' by Vincenzo Tieri * ''La Vedova Allegra'', by Franz Lehár * ''Il Marchese di Priolà'' by Henry Lavedan * ''Non Rinuncio all’Amore'' by Giovanni Bokay * ''Papà'' by Gaston Arman De Caillavet and Robert De Flers * ''Piccoli Traguardi'' by * ''La brava gente'' by

Irwin Shaw Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913 – May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: '' The Young Lions'' ...

, directed by

Jean Giraudoux Hippolyte Jean Giraudoux (; 29 October 1882 – 31 January 1944) was a French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright. He is considered among the most important French dramatists of the period between World War I and World War II. His ...

, Teatro Eliseo, 1945 * ''La luna è tramontata'' by

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, directed by Vito Pandolfi, ( Teatro Quirino di Roma, 15 febbraio) * ''Arsenico e vecchi merletti'' by Joseph Kesselring, directed by

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* ''La bella avventura'' by Caillavet e De Flers, directed by

* ''Parenti Terribili'' by

Jean Cocteau Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau (, , ; 5 July 1889 – 11 October 1963) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic. He was one of the foremost creatives of the s ...

, directed by Luchino Visconti, Compagnia del Teatro Eliseo * ''

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'' by

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* ''La quinta colonna'' by

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, directed by Luchino Visconti, Compagnia del Teatro Eliseo di Roma * ''La via del tabacco'' Jack Kirkland (from novel of

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), directed by Luchino Visconti, Teatro Quirino of Roma 16 April 1946 * ''Mia sorella Evelina'' by J. Fields e J. Chodorov, directed by Guido Salvini * ''Susanna e i peccatori'' directed by

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* ''Delitto e castigo'' by Gaston Baty ( Fyodor Dostoyevsky), directed by Luchino Visconti * ''La Madre degli emigranti'' by Turi Vasile and Alberto Perrini, directed by Nino Meloni, , 6 luglio * ''Il Ritratto di Dorian Gray'' by

Oscar Wilde Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of the most popular playwrights in London in the early 1890s. He is ...

, directed by Guido Salvini, Teatro Quirino * ''Incantesimo'' by Philip Barry, directed by

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, Teatro delle Arti, Rome, 7 febbraio * ''Appuntamento a Senlis'' by Jean Anouilh, directed by Guido Salvini, 1947 * ''Candida'' by

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, directed by , (Compagnia Ferrati-Cortese-Scelso) * ''La fine della Signora Cheiney'' by Frederick Lonsdale * ''Fiera delle maschere'' (from Ruzante e Molière), version by and Luigi Squarzina, directed by Luigi Squarzina * ''Sposateci, Signore...!'' by

Jean de Létraz Jean de Létraz, pen name of Jean Félix Deletraz, (23 February 1897 - 3 June 1954) was a French playwright, spécialising in vaudeville, who authored nearly 118 plays, among which the most famous is ''Bichon'' written in 1935. Biography His firs ...

, directed by * ''L’Uomo e il Fucile'' by Sergio Sollima, directed by Luigi Squarzina,

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* ''Anfitrione 38'' by Jean Giradoux, directed by , Teatro Quirino, 23 dicembre * ''Cristo ha ucciso'' by Gian Paolo Callegari, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia Straordinaria di G. Salvini, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, 1948 * ''Una bella domenica di settembre'' by

Ugo Betti Ugo Betti (4 February 1892 in Camerino – 9 June 1953 in Rome) was an Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello. Biography Betti studied law in Parma at the time when ...

, directed by Turi Vasile, Teatro Quirino di Roma * ''Edipo Re di Eschilo'', directed by Guido Salvini, Comp. Straordinaria di G. Salvini, Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza * ''La porta chiusa'' by Marco Praga, directed by , Teatro Quirino * ''Scendete..vi chiamano'' by Jean De Letraz, directed by * ''I due mondi'' by Rose Franken, directed by , compagnia Ferrati-Scelzo-Cortese-Marchiò * ''Stefano'' by Jacques Déval, directed by * ''Il regno animale'' by Philip Barry, directed by Luigi Squarzina * ''La notte del 16 gennaio'' by Ayn Rand, directed by Guglielmo Cortese, , Teatro Quirino * ''Ardelia o La Margherita'' by Jean Anouilh, directed by , Compagnia Cortese-Bagni-Cimara, Teatro Valle di Roma, 25 marzo 1949 * ''Giulio Cesare'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia del Festival Drammatico, * ''Medea di

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'', directed by Guido Salvini, , * ''Le Mani Sporche'' by

Jean-Paul Sartre Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (, ; ; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism (and phenomenology), a French playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and lite ...

, directed by * ''L’Avaro'' by

Molière Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...

, directed by Luciano Salvi, Teatro Ateneo * ''Vivere Così'' by Dino Falconi * ''Proibito al Pubblico'' by Rogers Dornès and Jean Marsan, directed by * ''I Masnadieri'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini

1950s

* ''I Persiani'' by Eschilo directed by Luigi Squarzina, , Greek Theatre of Syracuse, 12 maggio 1950 * ''Le Baccanti'' by

, directed by Luigi Squarzina, , Greek Theatre of Syracuse * ''Peer Gynt'' by

Henrik Ibsen Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential pla ...

, directed by

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, Compagnia del Teatro nazionale,

Teatro Valle Teatro may refer to: * Theatre * Teatro (band), musical act signed to Sony BMG * ''Teatro'' (Willie Nelson album), 1998 * ''Teatro'' (Draco Rosa album), 2008 {{disambiguation ...

di Roma * '' Sophonisba'' by Giangiorgio Trissino, directed by

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, * ''

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'' by

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, directed by Guido Salvini, * ''Commedia degli Straccioni'' by

Annibal Caro Fra' Annibale Caro, K.M., (6 June 150717 November 1566) was an Italian writer and poet. Biography Born in Civitanova Marche, then in the March of Ancona, Caro became tutor to the wealthy family of Lodovico Gaddi in Florence, and then secr ...

, directed by Guido Salvini, Compagnia Teatro Nazionale * ''Caterina da Siena'' by Cesare Vico Ludovici, directed by Fernando De Crucciati * ''I Fratelli'' by

Publius Terentius Afer Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought ...

, directed by Luigi Squarzina, Teatro Greco di Acrae * ''La Cameriera Brillante'' by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Lucio Chiavarelli * ''Anna per mille giorni'' by Maxwell Anderson, directed by Guido Salvini,

Teatro Valle Teatro may refer to: * Theatre * Teatro (band), musical act signed to Sony BMG * ''Teatro'' (Willie Nelson album), 1998 * ''Teatro'' (Draco Rosa album), 2008 {{disambiguation ...

, 1951 * ''Detective story'', by Sidney Kingsley, directed by Luigi Squarzina, Compagnia del Teatro Nazionale * ''Il libro di Cristoforo Colombo'' by Paul Claudel, directed by Guido Salvini * ''Giulietta e Romeo'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini,

Teatro Valle Teatro may refer to: * Theatre * Teatro (band), musical act signed to Sony BMG * ''Teatro'' (Willie Nelson album), 1998 * ''Teatro'' (Draco Rosa album), 2008 {{disambiguation ...

* ''La Casa Nova'' by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Carlo Lodovici, Teatro di Palazzo Grassi (Venezia) * ''Yo, el Rey'' by , directed by Guido Salvini * ''Un mese in campagna'' by

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, directed by

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, Teatro Odeon di Milano, 1952 * ''

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'' by

, directed by , * '' Pseudolus by

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, directed by , * '' Lazzaro'' by

, directed by Claudio Fino, Compagnia Pagnani * ''La Fiaccola sotto il moggio'' by Gabriele D'Annunzio, directed by Corrado Pavolini * ''Capitan Carvallo'' by Denis Cannan, directed by , Compagnia Italiana di Prosa, Teatro Carignano * '' Chéri'' by Léopold Marchand (of Colette), directed by André Barsacq, Compagnia Italiana di Prosa, Teatro Duse * ''

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'' by

, directed by , Compagnia del Piccolo Teatro della Città di Milano, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 1953 * ''

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'' by

, directed by

, comp. Teatro Eliseo of Roma, Palazzo dei Diamanti a Ferrara, 1955 * '' Pseudolus'' by ''Plautus'', directed by Giulio Pacuvio, Compagnia del Dramma Antico, Teatro Romano di Ostia * ''

'' by Aristofanes, directed by Giulio Pacuvio, Compagnia del Dramma Antico, Teatro Romano di Ostia * ''Veglia d’armi'' by D. Fabbri, directed by Orazio Costa, Istituto Dramma Popolare, Teatro Olimpia di Milano, 1956 * ''Paura di me'' by V. Bompiani, directed by Daniele D’Anza, Comp. Teatrale Italiana Teatro delle Arti * ''Noi due'' by Alessandro De Stefani, directed by Mario Landi, Compagnia Teatrale Italiana, Teatro delle Arti of Roma * ''La professione della signora Warren'' by

, directed by Mario Ferrero, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà, Teatro Eliseo of Roma * ''Adorabile Giulia'' of Marc Gilbert Sauvajon, directed by

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, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, Teatro Eliseo of Roma * ''Musica di foglie morte'' by

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, directed by Alberto Gagliardelli * ''Casa di Bambola'' by

, directed by Luciano Lucignani * ''Ma non è una cosa seria'' by

, directed by Luigi Squarzina, comp. Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, 1957 * ''Signori buonasera'' by A. Foà, directed by A. Foà, Compagnia Pagnani-Villi-Foà-Ferzetti, Teatro Odeon di Milano * ''La figlia di Jorio'' by Gabriele D'Annunzio, directed by Luigi Squarzina * ''La Commedia degli Equivoci'' by W. Shakespeare, directed by Mario Ferrero, 1958 * ''Racconto d’Inverno'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini, 1959 * ''Commedia degli Straccioni'' by

, directed by Guido Salvini * by

, directed by

1960s

* ''Due in altalena'' by William Gibson, directed by A. Foà, Teatro Eliseo di Roma, 1960 * ''La terra è rotonda'' by Armand Salacrou directed by Roberto Guicciardini * ''Giulietta e Romeo'' by W. Shakespeare, directed by Franco Enriquez, Teatro Romano di Verona * ''Rashomon'' di Fay e Kanin, (dal film di Akira Kurosawa), directed by Arnoldo Foà, 1961 * ''I Turchi se la giocano a primiera'' by Alfio Beretta, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Nuovo di Milano * ''Pene d’amor perdute'' by

, directed by , Compagnia Stabile della città di Napoli, Teatro Mercadante * ''Un giorno nella vita di ... '' by Jack Popplewell, directed by Umberto Benedetto, Piccolo Teatro Stabile della città di Firenze * ''Anfitrione'' by

, directed by Silverio Blasi, Centro Teatrale Italiano, 1962 * '' Ifigenia'' by Ildebrando Pizzetti e Alberto Perrini, directed by Aldo Vassallo Mirabella, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma * ''Il Pipistrello'' by Johann Strauss Jr, directed by Herbert Graf, Direttore d’orchestra

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, regia teatrale Arnoldo Foà, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma * ''I Masteroidi'' by Marcel Aymè, directed by A. Foà, 1963 * ''Notti a Milano'' by Carlo Terron, directed by A. Foà * ''La Lanzichenecca'' by Vincenzo di Mattia, directed by Virginio Puecher, Compagnia del Piccolo Teatro di Milano, 1964 * ''Eracle'' by Euripide, translated by Salvatore Quasimodo, directed by Giuseppe Di Martino, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Andromaca'' by Euripide, directed by Mario Ferrero, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Canti e poesie della libertà'', directed by Raffaele Maiello, testi a cura di Arnoldo Foà e Gigi Lunari, Teatro Lirico di Milano, 1965 * ''Re Cervo'' da Carlo Gozzi, directed by Andrea Camilleri * ''Ruy Blas'' by

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, directed by Mario Ferrero, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1966 * ''Il testimone'' by A. Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Duse di Bologna * ''La stanza degli Ospiti'' by Brunello Rondi, directed by A. Foà, Teatro della Cometa * ''I Menecmi'' by Plauto, translated by Ettore Paratore, directed by Accursio Di Leo, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico * ''La Pace'' by Aristofane, directed by A. Foà, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, 1967 * ''Zio Vania'' by Anton Checov, directed by Pietro Sharoff, Teatro Centrale di Roma, 1968 * ''Golem'' by Alessandro Fersen, directed by A. Fersen, E.T.I. Teatro La Pergola di Firenze, 1969 * '' Malatesta'' by Henry de Montherlant, translated by Mario Moretti, directed by

José Quaglio José Quaglio, real name Giuseppe Quaglio, (28 February 1926 – 8 January 2007), was an Italian actor and theater director. He has performed in some 50 films in Italy and has directed four. He acted in a dozen films in France. Filmography ...

1970s

* ''Il Burbero Benefico'' by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Carlo Lodovici, ripresa televisiva 22 dicembre 1970 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Stabile di Palermo, 1971 * ''Flavia e le sue Bambole'' by Salvato Cappelli, directed by Giorgio Prosperi, Fondazione Andrea Biondo Compagnia Stabile di Palermo * ''The entertainer'' by John Osborne, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia Teatro San Babila di Milano, 1972 * ''Per una giovinetta che nessuno piange'' by Renato Mainardi, directed by Arnoldo Foà * ''Lisistrata'' by Aristofane, directed by Daniele D’Anza, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico, Teatro Greco di Siracusa * ''Vecchi vuoti a rendere'' by Maurizio Costanzo, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Valle 1973 * ''Miles Gloriosus'' by Plauto, trad. e ridu. di A. Foà, directed by A. Foà, Compagnia Attori Riuniti * ''L’estro del Poeta'' by Eugene O’Neill, directed by Enrico Colosimo * ''La folle Amanda'' by

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e Jean-Pierre Gredy, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia del Teatro Comico, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1974 * ''Maschere Nude'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Lambreto Puggelli, Compagnia del Teatro San Babila, 1975 * ''Farsa d’amore e di gelosia'' by Mario Amendola e Bruno Corbucci, directed by Filippo Crivelli, Teatro Nuovo di Milano 1976 * ''Un angelo calibro 9'' by Nino Marino, directed by A. Foà, Theatritalia/Compagnia del Momento Teatrale, Teatro Duse di Bologna, 1977–1978 * ''La Roba'' da G. Verga, directed by A. Mazzone * ''Quella della porta accanto'' by Nino Marino, directed by A. Foà * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by L. Pirandello, directed by Arnoldo Foà, con A. Foà, Teatro Parioli di Roma, 1979

1980s

* ''Il lebbroso'' by Giancarlo Menotti, directed by Giancarlo Menotti,

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, 1980 * ''Il teatro comico'' by Carlo Goldoni, directed by Augusto Zucchi * ''Questa sera si recita a soggetto'' by

, regia Marco Parodi, Cooperativa Teatro di Sardegna, 1982 * ''Le Supplici'' by Eschilo, regia Otomar Krejca, Greek Theatre of Syracuse * ''L’Angelo Azzurro'', adapted by Aldo Trionfo e Alessandro Giupponi dal testo di

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, directed by Alessandro Giupponi, 1983 * ''Il Settimo Sigillo'' (da Dipinto su legno by

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), directed by Lucio Chiavarelli, Festival di Borgio Verezzi, 1984 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by

, directed by A. Foà * ''Ciavieddu'' by Salvatore Fiume, directed by , Teatro dei Ruderi di Gibellina, 1985 * ''La corda a tre capi'' by A. Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Astec - Teatro Stabile dei Giovani * ''Fiorenza'' by

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, directed by Aldo Trionfo (con la collaborazione di Lorenzo Salveti), 1986 * ''Otello'' by

Giuseppe Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

(opera lirica), directed by Arnoldo Foà, Auditorium di Cagliari * ''La Tosca'' by Victorien Sardou, adattamento e directed by Aldo Trionfo, di Napoli, 1988 * ''L’ispettore generale'' by

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

, directed by , GITIESSE Spettacoli, 1989 * ''La palla al piede'' by Georges Feydeau, directed by Armando Pugliese, Teatro Quirino di Roma * ''Un pezzo di paradiso'' by Steve J. Spears, directed by A. Foà,

1990s

* ''Don Giovanni e Faust'' by Christian Dietrich Grabbe, directed by Gino Zampieri, Festival del Teatro Classico, Borgio Verezzi, 1990 * ''L’Ultimo Viaggio di Pirandello'' by B. Belfiore, directed by P. Gazzara, 1991 * ''Adelchi'' by A. Manzoni, directed by Federico Tiezzi, produzione Teatro Biondo di Palermo e Teatro Argentina di Roma, Teatro Biondo di Palermo, 1992 * ''La bottega del caffè'' by C. Goldoni, directed by Mario Missiroli, Produzione Teatro Argentina di Roma * ''La Pace'' by Aristofane, trad. di Raffaele Cantarella, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza * ''Il Corsaro'' (dal

Decamerone ''The Decameron'' (; it, label= Italian, Decameron or ''Decamerone'' ), subtitled ''Prince Galehaut'' (Old it, Prencipe Galeotto, links=no ) and sometimes nicknamed ''l'Umana commedia'' ("the Human comedy", as it was Boccaccio that dubbed Da ...

Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio (, , ; 16 June 1313 – 21 December 1375) was an Italian writer, poet, correspondent of Petrarch, and an important Renaissance humanist. Born in the town of Certaldo, he became so well known as a writer that he was some ...

) di Fausto Tapergi, directed by Marco Carniti, 1993–1994 * ''Aulularia'' by Plauto, directed by Renato Giordano, Teatro Romano di Ostia Antica * ''Aminta'' by

Torquato Tasso Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' ( Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between ...

, directed by Luca Ronconi, Produzione Teatro di Roma * ''Una serata per l'impresario teatrale'' directed by Stefano Mazzonis, Trittico di 3 opere buffe: Il maestro di cappella by D.Cimarosa e Epitaffi sparsi by

Ennio Morricone Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classi ...

, e L'impresario teatrale by W. A. Mozart. Orchestra Pro Arte Marche diretta da Bruno Rigacci. 1997 * ''La signora della musica'' by André Ernotte e Elliot Tiber, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, Cantiere Internazionale d’Arte di Montepulciano e Cubatea, 1998 * ''La rivoluzione di Frà Tommaso Campanella'' by Mario Moretti, directed by Mario Moretti, Teatro Ghione di Roma, 1999 * ''Diana e la Tuda'' by

, directed by A. Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Teatro Franco Parenti di Milano * ''Tutti gli uomini del deficiente'' directed by Paolo Costella, 1999

2000s

* ''Amphitryon Toujours'' by Arnoldo Foà, directed by Arnoldo Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Spoleto Festival 2000, 2000 * ''Ultimo giorno di un condannato a morte'', di Giovanni De Feudis, directed by Giovanni De Feudis (da Le dernier jour d’un condamné by

) * ''L’Igiene dell’Assassino'' by Amélie Nothomb, directed by Andrea Dosio, Torino Spettacoli, Teatro Erba di Torino, 2001 * ''ll Vantone'' by

Pier Paolo Pasolini Pier Paolo Pasolini (; 5 March 1922 – 2 November 1975) was an Italian poet, filmmaker, writer and intellectual who also distinguished himself as a journalist, novelist, translator, playwright, visual artist and actor. He is considered one of ...

(dal Miles Gloriosus by

), directed by Pino Quartullo * ''Colpevole innocenza'' by Ronald Harwood, directed by Arnoldo Foà, Compagnia Mario Chiocchio, Teatro Greco di Roma * ''Pluto'' by

Aristofanes Aristophanes (; grc, Ἀριστοφάνης, ; c. 446 – c. 386 BC), son of Philippus, of the deme Kydathenaion ( la, Cydathenaeum), was a comic playwright or comedy-writer of ancient Athens and a poet of Old Attic Comedy. Eleven of his fo ...

, adattamento e directed by A. Foà, 2002 * ''Duse/D’Annunzio'' by Barbara Amodio, directed by Angelo Gallo * ''Novecento'' by Alessandro Baricco, directed by Gabriele Vacis, Produzione Mondrian Kilroy Fund e Irma Spettacoli, 2003–2004 * ''Oggi'' by Arnoldo Foà, directed by A. Foà, con A. Foà, produzione La Pirandelliana, Teatro Ghione di Roma, 2005 * ''Patrizia, il Musical'', di Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Sistina * ''Sul lago dorato'' by Ernest Thompson (adattamento di Nino Marino), directed by Maurizio Panici, produzione La Pirandelliana, Festival di Borgio Verezzi 2006 * ''Scene dalla vita di Mozart'' testo di Lorenzo Arruga, musica di Albert Lortzing, regia Dan Jemmett, direzione musicale Paolo Arrivabeni, con Arnoldo Foà, Teatro Comunale di Bologna * ''Io,

Arturo Toscanini Arturo Toscanini (; ; March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orch ...

'', di Piero Melograni, directed by Giulio Farnese, Teatro Politeama Pratese, 2007

Selected filmography

* ''

Un giorno nella vita ''Un giorno nella vita'' ("A Day in Life") is a 1946 Italian war film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It was entered into the 1946 Cannes Film Festival. American title: "A Day In the Life". This film was screened in 2009 at the Film Society of ...

'' (1946) * '' The Testimony'' (1946) * ''

The Opium Den ''The Opium Den'' (Italian: ''Fumeria d'oppio'') is a 1947 Italian crime film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo and starring Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti, and Emilio Cigoli. It was an unsuccessful attempt to revive the Za La Mort character ...

'' (1947) * '' L'eroe della strada'' (1948) * ''

Il Brigante Musolino ''Il Brigante Musolino'' (Italian: ''The Brigand Musolino''), released in the US as ''Outlaw Girl'', is a 1950 Italian crime drama film inspired by the life of the Calabrian outlaw Giuseppe Musolino. It was directed and written by Mario Camerin ...

'' (1950) * ''

The Merry Widower ''The Merry Widower'' (german: Der lustige Witwer) is a 1929 German comedy film directed by Robert Land and starring Harry Liedtke, La Jana, Alice Roberts.Bock & Bergfelder p. 392 The film's sets were designed by Robert Neppach. It is not to b ...

'' (1950) * ''

Toto the Sheik ''Toto the Sheik'' ( it, Totò sceicco) is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Totò.Curti p.145 It is a parody of desert films such as '' The Son of the Sheik'' and '' Siren of Atlantis''. Plot Antonio is the hu ...

'' (1950) * '' Tomorrow Is Another Day'' (1951) * '' Beauties on Bicycles'' (1951) * ''

Lorenzaccio ''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in deba ...

'' (1951) * ''

Ivan, Son of the White Devil ''Ivan, Son of the White Devil'' ( it, Ivan, il figlio del diavolo bianco, also known just as ''Ivan'') is a 1953 Italian adventure film written and directed by Guido Brignone and starring Paul Campbell and Nadia Gray.Anonimo. "Ivan, il figlio ...

'' (1953) * ''

Love in a Hot Climate ''Love in a Hot Climate'' ( es, Sangre y luces, french: Sang et lumières) is a 1954 Spanish-French drama film directed by Georges Rouquier and Ricardo Muñoz Suay. It was entered into the 1954 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Manuel Aguilera * L ...

'' (1954) * '' Cardinal Lambertini'' (1954) * ''

Toto and Carolina Toto may refer to: Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Pets * Toto (''Oz''), a dog in the novel and film ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' * Toto, in Japanese ''The Cat Returns'' Characters of agency * a character in '' Le château à T ...

'' (1955) * ''

Supreme Confession ''Supreme Confession'' (Italian: ''Suprema confessione'', German: ''Die große Sünde'') is a 1956 Italian-West German melodrama film directed by Sergio Corbucci and starring Anna Maria Ferrero, Massimo Serato and Sonja Ziemann.Bock & Bergfelder ...

'' (1956) * '' The Courier of Moncenisio'' (1956) * '' The Silent Enemy'' (1958) * '' The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby'' (1958, TV series) * ''

The Angel Wore Red ''The Angel Wore Red'', also known as ''La sposa bella'' in its Italian version, is a 1960 Italian-American MGM/Titanus coproduction war drama starring Ava Gardner and Dirk Bogarde. It was directed by Nunnally Johnson and produced by Goffredo Lomb ...

'' (1960) * ''

Barabbas Barabbas (; ) was, according to the New Testament, a prisoner who was chosen over Jesus by the crowd in Jerusalem to be pardoned and released by Roman governor Pontius Pilate at the Passover feast. Biblical account According to all four canoni ...

'' (1961) - Joseph of Arimathea * '' Damon and Pythias'' (1962) * ''

War Gods of Babylon ''Le sette folgori di Assur'' (English title: ''War Gods of Babylon'') is a 1962 Italian film set in ancient Mesopotamia, which anachronistically portrays several figures as contemporaries who historically lived hundreds of years apart. Plot Mi ...

'' (1962) * '' The Trial'' (1962) * '' The Shoes of the Fisherman'' (1968) * '' Cause of Divorce'' (1972) * ''

Il domestico ''Il domestico'' is a 1974 Italian comedy film directed by Luigi Filippo D'Amico. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Lando Buzzanca as Rosario Cabaduni, called 'Sasa ...

'' (1974) * '' The Devil Is a Woman'' (1974) * '' Cento giorni a Palermo'' (1984) * ''

All the Moron's Men ''All the Moron's Men'' ( it, Tutti gli uomini del deficiente) is a 1999 Italian comedy film directed by Paolo Costella. The movie's title is a parody of ''All the President's Men ''All the President's Men'' is a 1974 non-fiction book by Ca ...

'' (1999) * ''

Gente di Roma ''People of Rome'' ( it, Gente di Roma) is a 2003 Italian comedy mockumentary film directed by Ettore Scola. It is close to Federico Fellini's '' Roma''. The film is dedicated to Alberto Sordi, whom Scola had wanted to cast as a nobleman in ...

'' (2003) * '' The Good Pope: Pope John XXIII'' (2003) * '' Do You Mind If I Kiss Mommy?'' (2003) * '' Up'' (2009) - Charles F. Muntz (Italian version)

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