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Piero Zuffi (28 April 1919 – 2006) was an Italian set designer and painter.
Born in
Piero Zuffi (28 April 1919 – 2006) was an Italian set designer and painter.
Born in Imola
Imola (; or ) is a city and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, located on the river Santerno, in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy. The city is traditionally considered the western entrance to the historical region Romagna ...
, Zuffi formed as a painter in Latin America
Latin America is the cultural region of the Americas where Romance languages are predominantly spoken, primarily Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese. Latin America is defined according to cultural identity, not geogr ...
.Vittoria Crespi Morbio. ''Piero Zuffi alla Scala''. Allemandi-Coletti, 2008. . After a few years settled in Paris, in 1952 he moved to Milan, where he started collaborating with the Piccolo Teatro as a set designer. In 1954 he made the sets and costumes for a representation of the Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; ; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period (music), classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of th ...
's opera '' Alceste'', starring Maria Callas
Maria Callas (born Maria Anna Cecilia Sophia Kalogeropoulos; December 2, 1923 – September 16, 1977) was an American-born Greek soprano and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised ...
, then starting a decade-long collaboration with La Scala
La Scala (, , ; officially , ) is a historic opera house in Milan, Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as (, which previously was Santa Maria della Scala, Milan, a church). The premiere performa ...
. His sets were characterized by fixed structures, lack of curtain and changes in vision. Also active in films, he wrote and directed a crime film in 1970, '' The Syndicate: A Death in the Family''.
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* 1919 births 2006 deaths Italian scenic designers 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Italian male painters 21st-century Italian painters 21st-century Italian male artists People from Imola 2006 suicides Italian expatriates in France Suicides in Italy {{Italy-painter-20thC-stub