Stefano Trespidi (; born May 23, 1970) is an Italian opera stage director. Born in Verona, Italy, Trespidi grew up near the

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, where he began acting and interning as a youth. He earned a law degree from

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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 vice artistic director of the Arena di Veron

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production of ''

'' (alongside ''

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'' as directed by

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) in September 2015.

Productions directed

* La bohème, La Bohème, Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Oct 201

*'' Plácido Domingo - Antología de la Zarzuela'', Arena di Verona, Italy (July 2017) * '' La Traviata'', Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina (September 2017) * ''

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'', Georgian National Theatre (March 2017) * ''

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'', Teatro di San Carlo in Naples Italy (July 2016) * ''

'', Teatro di Pisa (2016), Teatro Social di Rovigo (2015) * ''

Die lustige Witwe ''The Merry Widow'' ( ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt to keep her money in the principality ...

'', 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) * ''

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'', Amarante (2007) * Poncheilli's '' ll Parlatore Eterno'', Teatro Sociale di Lecco (2006) * '' La Traviata'', Filarmonico di Verona (2005) * ''

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'', 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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