Nicola Fanucchi, (born 29 December 1964 in Lucca) is an Italian stage

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Life and career

Fanucchi has appeared on stage since he was a child. In 2000 he made his debut as a professional in productions for the

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, directing "

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" and in 2001 he starred in the melodrama "

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", in which he also starred. Since then he has alternated acting and directing in various Italian and foreign theaters, devoting much time to musical theater as well. In 2011 he began his collaboration with the Peccioli Teatro company directed by Andrea Buscemi, with whom he performed in theatrical tours in co-starring roles. In 2017 he began a collaboration with the Fondazione Sipario Toscana onlus for children. Since 2017 he has also intensified his activity as an opera director, in Italy and abroad, often in synergy with director Cataldo Russo. His was the first direction of

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Suor Angelica ''Suor Angelica'' (''Sister Angelica'') is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an original Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. It is the second opera of the trio of operas known as ''Il trittico'' (''The Triptych''). It received its wor ...

" in the Vicopelago convent where the Lucchese composer's sister was mother superior. In 2018 the two conducted Gaetano Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Sejong Art Center in

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. For the Geneva Chamber Opera, in 2019 he co-directed with Cataldo Russo, “

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”,. In 2021, again with Cataldo Russo, co-directed “

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. and, in 2022, with Gioacchino Rossini's "La cambiale di matrimonio". In 2023, he signs two productions for the Fondazione Teatro Goldoni in

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: “ La traviata” by

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and “Suor Angelica” by Giacomo Puccini.

Theater

* 2000 “

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(director and actor), conductor Stefano Addabbo * 2001 "

" by Alfred Tennysson (director and actor) with

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* 2005 " Platero y yo" by Juan Ramon Jimenez (actor) with Saverio Rapezzi * 2008 " Pierrot Lunaire" by Arnold Shoenberg (actor), conductor Mario Ancillotti * 2011 "Veianio" by

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(actor), Ensemble Nuovo Contrappunto conductor Mario Ancillotti with

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* 2011 "Miriam" from " :it:In nome della madre" by

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(director) * 2012 "Ottonovecento strumentale italiano" (actor) with Mario Ancillotti, Simone Soldati,

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* 2012 "

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(actor), director Andrea Buscemi * 2013 "

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(actor), director Andrea Buscemi * 2014 "

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(director) * 2017 "Secondo Marco" by Nicola Fanucchi (

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, director and actor) with Piero Perelli * 2017 "Abbasso i bulli" by Francesco Tammacco (director) * 2018 "Linda e un sacco di cose da fare" by Livia Castellana (director) * 2018 "Mafalda e il suo cagnolino" by Martina Benedetti (director) * 2018 "Faber per Tenco" by

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(director) * 2018 "Pasolini lives" by Antonio Pavolini (director and actor) *2018 "Processo a Francesco Burlamacchi" by Riccardo Nencini (director) * 2019 "L'allenatore e la ballerina" by Erno Erbstein and Susanna Egri(playwright and director) * 2019 "Macerie" by Domenico Sartori (director) * 2019 "Bauhaus" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright and director) * 2021 "La scelta" by Antonio Pavolini (director and actor) * 2022 "Peer Gynt" by

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. Orchestra Nuove Assonanze directed by Svilen Simeonov (actor) * 2022 "WAW We are women" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright and director) * 2023 "

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(actor) * 2023 "La musica e i luoghi - Lucca Classica Music Festival" (actor) * 2023 "Preacher and Dreaming Eagles" by

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2023 Lucca - (voice actor) * 2023 "Le stagioni in città. Giuseppe Cederna racconta Marcovaldo" (director) * 2023 "La fanciulla del west" by David Belasco (director) * 2024 "Lucca, Vienna, Madrid, in viaggio con Luigi Boccherini" (director and actor) * 2024 "La donna che svelò Van Gogh" by Federico Giannini (actor) * 2024 "RSPP" by Morena Rossi (actor) * 2024 "

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" by and with Ubaldo Pantani (director) * 2024 "An Opportunity" by Andrea Benedetti (actor) * 2024 "Abbracciatevi moltitudini" by Simone Soldati e Sandro Cappelletto (actor) * 2025 "Inimitabile" by and with Ubaldo Pantani (director)

Opera

* 2002 "Le nozze di Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo * 2003 "La serva padrona" by Battista Pergolesi (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo * 2003 "La voix humaine" by Jean Cocteau (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo * 2005 "Il segreto di Susanna" by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo * 2017 "Carmen" by Bizet (assistant director), conductor Mario Menicagli * 2017 "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini (assistant director), Beseto Opera Seoul, conductor Franco Trinca with Walter Fraccaro, Irina Vaschenko, Hye-Myung Kang * 2018 "Suor Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini (director), with Silvana Froli * 2018 "L'elisir d'amore" by Gaetano Donizetti (co-director), Scm Seoul, conductor Marco Boemi with Bianca Tognocchi * 2019 "Così fan tutte" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (co-director), Opéra de chambre de Genève, conductor Franco Trinca * 2020 "De' relitti e delle quarantene" by Mario Menicagli (co-director), conductor Mario Menicagli * 2021 "Don Pasquale" by Gaetano Donizetti (co-director), Opéra de chambre de Genève conductor Franco Trinca * 2021 "La serva padrona" by Giovan Battista Pergolesi (director), conductor Stefano Teani * 2022 "La cambiale di matrimonio" by Gioacchino Rossini (co-director), Opéra de chambre de Genève, conductor Franco Trinca * 2022 "Tosca, l'ora è fuggita" by Giacomo Puccini (director), Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Quintetto Lucensis * 2023 " Madama Butterly" by Giacomo Puccini (co-director), Teatro Luca Ronconi di

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* 2023 " La Traviata" by

(director), Teatro Goldoni di

* 2023 "La Traviata immersiva" by Giuseppe Verdi (director) * 2023 "Suor Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini (director) * 2023 "From Puccini with love" from Giacomo Puccini (regista) * 2024 "Scudetto in casa Paisiello" by Oliviero Lacagnina and Mario Menicagli (director) * 2024 "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi (director) * 2025 "Don Pasquale" by Gaetano Donizetti (co-director)

Filmography

* 2006 – Salty air (actor), director Alessandro Angelini with Giorgio Pasotti * 2008 – Puccini (actor), director Mario Capitani with

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* 2011 – Johnny T. (actor), director Tommaso Landucci with Alberto Paradossi * 2020 – Come pesci rossi sul divano (actor), director Cristina Puccinelli * 2020 – Pepsi's Saz O Surood. Ma Akhtar, Shabhaiman. (Music video stage director) with Mashal Arman * 2024 - I delitti del BarLume - Ep. 11x23 "La girata"

Awards and acknowledgments

* 1993 – Mecenate d’oro, "Best supporting actor award" in "Hello Dolly" * 1997 – Eurako, "Best actor in leading role award" in "Rumori fuori scena" * 1998 – Castello di Gorizia, "Best supporting actor award" in "Rumori fuori scena" * 2001 – Festival nazionale d'Arte Drammatica, "Best actor award" in "La lettera di mamma" * 2011 – Festival Nazionale Imperia, "Best actor award" in Nove mele per Eva"

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fanucchi, Nicola 1964 births Living people Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors People from Tuscany Actors from Lucca Male actors from Tuscany