Alessandro Carletti
lighting designer
About
Alessandro Carletti was born in Rome. He studied photography and painting through which he very soon discovered his passion for lighting design that is also very much present in his family. In fact, Alessandro as a child has been influenced by his father who worked in theatre and his first experiences are the productions directed by Carmelo Bene and the Teatro Eliseo. In the late 90s he started working at the Rossini Opera Festival where he consolidated his experience in opera productions. With director Damiano Michieletto he started collaborating in 2008 in Lugo for Jackie’O. He worked with the same director at Teatro San Carlo in Naples for Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and at Rossini Opera Festival he created lighting design for La Scala di Seta and in 2010 Sigismondo. Furthermore, in 2011 he continued with the same director in Valencia on Elisir d’amore, at the Teatro Massimo di Palermo Greek Passion and Cosi fan tutte at the New National Theatre Tokyo. Since then Alessandro collaborates regularly with Damiano Michieletto. He worked with directors such as Daniele Abbado, Francesco Micheli, Henning Brockhaus, Pippo Delbono, Franco Ripa di Meana, Yannis Kokkos and others. Recent productions worth mentioning include: Il Trittico (Theater an der Wien), Don Carlo (Wiener Staatsoper), Cavalleria Rusticana (Teatro San Carlo, Naples), Nabucco (Royal Opera House Covent Garden), Ballo in Maschera (Teatro La Scala) and many others. For the 2014/15 season he created the lighting design for Il Viaggio A Reims (De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam), Divine parole (by Ramón del Valle Inclan, Piccolo Teatro di Milano) and Guillaume Tell at Royal Opera House Covent Garden, all three productions with director Damiano Michieletto. During the season 2015/16 and for the second time at Royal Opera House in London he created the lighting design for the new production of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci which has been awarded as Best Opera Production at the Laurence Olivier Awards. Further productions in the same season include: Die Zauberflöte at Teatro de la Fenice, Otello at Theater an der Wien, Il Trittico at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma and Dreigroschenoper (Opera da tre soldi) at Piccolo Teatro di Milano. He won the Knight of Illumination Award 2015 for the opera Guillaume Tell, production of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
Working with light
LIGHTING DESIGNER
2019
Der Ferne Klang
conductor Sebastian Weigle - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Klaus Bruns
Oper Frankfurt
Die Jungfrau von Orleans
conductor Oksana Lyniv - director Lotte de Beer - scenes Clement -Sanou - costumes Clement -Sanou
Theater an der Wien
Boheme
conductor Jordan de Souza - director Barrie Kosky - scenes Rufus Didwiszus - costumes Victoria Behr
Komische Oper Berlin
2018
Candide
conductor Jordan de Souza - director Barrie Kosky - scenes Rebecca Ringst - costumes Klaus Bruns
Komische Oper Berlin
Rigoletto
conductor Stefano Ranzani - director John Turturro - scenes Francesco Friggeri - costumes Marco Piemontese
Teatro Massimo Palermo
Otello
conductor Jacopo Rivani - director Silvia Paoli - scenes Francesco Biancalini - costumes Giulia Giannino
Teatro Sociale di Como AsLiCo
Conversation pieces
director Marco Filiberti - scenes Benito Leonori - costumes Patricia Toffulutti
Festival Montepulciano
Don Pasquale
conductor Evelindo Pidò - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Agostino Cavalca
Opera de Paris
Semele
conductor Konrad Junghänel - director Barrie Kosky - scenes Natacha Le Guen den Kerneizon - costumes Carla Teti
Komische Oper Berlin
A midsummer night's dream
conductor Antonello Manacorda - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Klaus Bruns
Theater an der Wien
Die Lustge Witwe
conductor Stefano Montanari - director - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Teatro la Fenice
2017
Damnation de Faust
conductor Daniele Gatti - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
Capuleti e Montecchi
conductor Matteo Pagliari - director Silvia Paoli - scenes Andrea Belli - costumes Giulia Giannino
Opera Tenerife
Intimissimi on ice
creative director Marco Balich - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Chiara Ferragni - coreography Nathan Clarke
Arena di Verona
Fammi udire la tua voce
composer Adriano Guarnieri - conductor Marco Angius - director Federico Grazzini
Teatro Lirico Sperimentale Spoleto
Rigoletto
conductor Carlo Rizzi - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Agostino Cavalca
Dutch National Opera
Il Trovatore
conductor Marco Armiliato - director Daniele Abbado - scenes Graziano Gregori - costumes Carla Teti
Wiener Staatsoper
2016
Adelson E Salvini
conductor José Miguel Perez Sierra - director Roberto Recchia - scenes Benito Leonori - costumes Catherine Buyse Dian
Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini
Aquagranda
Music Filippo Perocco - conductor Marco Angius - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti - video Carmen Zimmermann & Roland Horvat
Fondazione Teatro La Fenice
Samson et Dalila
conductor Philippe Jordan - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Opéra Bastille (Opera National De Paris)
La donna del Lago
conductor Michele Mariotti - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Klaus Bruns
Rossini Opera Festival
Nabucco
conductor John Fiore - director Federico Grazzini - scenes Valeria Bettella - costumes Klaus Bruns - video Luca Scarzella - coreografie Marta Iagatti
Teatro dell’Opera di Roma/Caracalla
Cendrillion
conductor Henrik Nánási - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Klaus Bruns - coreografie Sabine Franz
Komische Oper Berlin
Opera da tre soldi
conductor Giuseppe Grazioli - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti - coreografie Chiara Vecchi
Piccolo Teatro di Milano
Otello
conductor Antonio Manacorda - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Theatre an der Wien
2015
Cavalleria Rusticana - Pagliacci
conductor Antonio Pappano - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Royal Opera House - Opera Australia, La Monnaie, Brussels, and The Göteborg Opera
Elisir d'amore
conductor Thomas Rösner - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Silvia Aymonino
La Monnaie - Bruxelles
La Gazza Ladra
conductor Donato Renzetti - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Rossini Opera Festival
Il crepuscolo di Arcadia
director Marco Filiberti - scenes Benito Leonori - costumes Patricia Toffolutti
Le vie del Teatro
Guillaume Tell
conductor Antonio Pappano - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
ROH Royal Opera House London
Nozze di Figaro
conductor Marc Minkowski - director Felix Breisach - scenes Jens Kilian - costumes Doris Maria Aigner
Theater an der Wien
Divine parole
director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Piccolo Teatro di Milano
Viaggio a Reims
Conductor Stefano Montanari - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin
Dutch National Opera/Kopenhagen and Opera Australia
2014
Don Checco
Conductor Francesco Lanzillotta - director Lorenzo Amato - costumes Giusy Giustino
Teatro San Carlo
Zorba il Greco
Conductor Mikhail Agrest - coreographer Lorca Massine
San Carlo Opera Festival – Teatro San Carlo
Madama Butterfly
Conductor Nicola Luisotti - director Pippo Delbono - scenes Nicola Rubertelli - costumes Giusy Giustino
San Carlo Opera Festival – Teatro San Carlo
Cenerentola
Conductor Jean-Christophe Spinosi director Damiano Michieletto scenes Paolo Fantin video Rocafilm
Salzburger Pfingstfestspiele
Rake's Progress
Conductor Antony Bramall - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Oper Leipzig – Teatro La Fenice
Don Giovanni
Conductor Stefano Ranzani - director Lorenzo Amato - scenes Angelo Canu - costumes Marja Hoffmann
Teatro Massimo di Palermo
Otello
Conductor Renato Palumbo - director Henning Brockhaus - scenes Nicola Rubertelli - costumes Patricia Toffolutti
Teatro Massimo di Palermo – Teatro San.Carlo di Napoli
L'ispettore generaale
Director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Teatro Stabile del Veneto – Teatro Stabile dell’Umbria
2013
Idomeneo
Conductor René Jacobs - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti - Video Rocafilm
Theater an der Wien
Falstaff
Conductor Zubin Metha - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti - Video Rocafilm
Salzburg Festspiele
Un Ballo in Maschera
Conductor Daniele Rustioni - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Teatro alla Scala
Nabucco
Conductor Nicola Luisotti - director Daniele Abbado - scenes & costumes Alison Chitty - video Luca Scarzella - movimenti coreografici Simona Bucci
Teatro alla Scala – Royal Opera House
Conversation Pieces
Director Marco Filiberti - scenes Benito Leonori - costumes Patricia Toffolutti - sound Marco Benevento
Le vie del Teatro in Terre di Siena
2012
Trittico
Conductor Rani Calderon - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Theater an der Wien
Cavalleria Rusticana
Conductor Pinchas Steinberg - director Pippo Delbono - scenes Sergio Tramonti - costumes Giusi Giustino
Teatro San Carlo
Don Carlo
Conductor Franz Welser-Möst - director Daniele Abbado - scenes Graziano Gregori - costumes Carla Teti
Wiener Staatsoper
Elisir D’amore
Conductor Alberto Veronesi - director Francesco Torrigiani - scenes Francesca Cannavò - costumes Lisa Rufini
Teatro di Messina
Il Ventaglio
Director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Teatro Stabile del Veneto – Teatri e Umanesimo Latino S.p.A
Byron’s Ruins
Director Marco Filiberti - scenes Benito Leonori - costumes Patricia Toffolutti
Amat – Teatro Stabile delle Marche
2011
Norma
Conductor Daniel Oren - director Francesco Torrigiani - scenes and costumes Tommaso Lagattola
Teatro Verdi - Salerno
La Salustia
Conductor Corrado Rovaris - director Juliette Deschamps - scenes Benito Leonori - costumes Vanessa Sannino
Jesi – XI Festival Pergolesi Spontini
La Serva Padrona
Conductor Corrado Rovaris - director Henning Brockhaus - scenes Benito Leonori - costumes Giancarlo Colis
Jesi – XI Festival Pergolesi Spontini
Il novello Giasone
Conductor Antonio Greco - director Juliette Deschamps - scenes Benito Leonori - costumes Vanessa Sannino
Festival della Valle d’Itria
Elisir D’amore
Conductor Omer Meir Wellber - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Silvia Aymonino
Palau de les arts
Greek Passion
Conductor Asher Fisch - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Silvia Aymonino
Fondazione Teatro Massimo
Così fan tutte
Conductor Miguel A. Gómez-Martínez - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes and costumes Paolo Fantin
NNTT Tokyo
2010
L'italiana in Algeri
Conductor Alberto Zedda - director, scenes, costumes Damiano Michieletto
Palau de les Arts
Sigismondo
Conductor Michele Mariotti - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Carla Teti
Rossini Opera Festival
La finta giardiniera
Conductor Guillaume Tourniaire - Director Italo Nunziata - scenes Pasquale Grossi - costumes Ruggero Vitrani
Al Ain Classic Festival
2009
Le Mattine 10 alle 4
Director Luca De Bei - scenes Francesco Ghisu - costumesSandra Gardini
Artisti Riuniti e NoirDesir.it
Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Conductor Gianpaolo Maria Bisanti - Director Damiano Michieletto - costumes Carla Teti
Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini
La scala di seta
Conductor Claudio Scimone Director Damiano Michieletto scenes e costumes Paolo Fantin
Rossini Opera Festival
Noutjoum El Ouloum
Programma live Doha (Qatar)
imagicTV production
Il Ratto dal serraglio
Conductor Jeffrey Tate - Director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin - costumes Silvia Aymonino
Teatro San Carlo
2008
Il Bello degli animali è che ti vogliono bene senza chiedere niente
Director Massimo Di Michele - costumes Giuseppe Testa - Coreografie Tiziano DI Muzio
I Margini, AMAT e teatri di Civitanova
2007
Sylvano Silvano - Work in Progress (Silvano Bussotti)
Conductor Flavio Emilio Scogna - Director Francesco Micheli - Luci Guido Levi e Alessandro Carletti
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia e Fondazione Musica per Roma
Un Cuore Semplice
ispirato al racconto di Gustave Flaubert
Director Luca De Bei - scenes Francesco Ghisu - costumes Sandra Gardini
Teatro Eliseo
Sonata d'Autunno
di Ingmar Bergman
Director Federico Olivetti - scenes Emanuela Dall'Aglio
La Rabbia Giovane Teatro dell'Arte C.R.T. Milano
2006
Il Funerale del padrone
testo di Dario Fo
Director Massimo Di Michele scenes Mariuccia Pisani costumes Marco Dell'Oglio Colonna sonora Paolo Terni
Teatro Eliseo
Il tempo e altrove
ispirato a Ingmar Bergman
Director Federico Olivetti
Teatro Argot
IV: Onora il padre e la madre
tratto dall'opera del regista K. Kieslowski
Director Federico Olivetti
Teatro Argot
2005
Il fucile da caccia
di Inoue Yasushi
Director Piero Maccarinelli
Artisti Riuniti
2004
L'apparenza inganna
di Francis Veber
Director Nora Venturini - scenes Cinzia Lo Fazio - Musica Lino Patruno
2003
Chiacchiere e Sangue
Director Daniele Costantini - scenes Cinzia Lo Fazio
Il cappello di paglia
Director Francesco Torriggiani - scenes e costumes Greta Podestà
Teatro comunale di Salerno
2002
Compagni di Viaggio
Director Nora Venturini
La Senora
Director Fabio Coccifoglia e Sonia Barbadoro
Le donne di Picasso
Director Terry D'alfonso
Lezioni Americane
Director Orlando Forioso
Teatro Eliseo
2001
Medea
Director Francesco Torriggiani - scenes e costumes PierPaolo Bisleri
Peter Pan
Director Orlando Forioso - scenes e costumes Santuzza Calì
Teatro Eliseo
Norma
Director Mattia Testi - scenes PierPaolo Bisleri - costumes Ruggero Vitrani
Teatro Comunale di Cremona
2000
Maria Stuarda
Director Giancarlo e Pierpaolo Sepe - scenes Alessandro Camera
Teatro Eliseo
Edipo re
Director Lamberto Puggelli - scenes e costumes Luisa Spinatelli
Teatro de gli incamminati
Gesù
Director Franco Branciaroli - scenes Marco Capuana - costumes Elena Ciccorella
Teatro Stabile di Torino - Teatro de gli Incamminati
Il Malato Immaginario
Director Lamberto Puggelli - scenes Luisa Spinatelli - costumes Vera Marzot
Teatro de gli incamminati
Oreste
Director Stefano De Luca scenes e costumes Carla Ricotti
Teatro de gli incamminati
ASSISTANT LD
2010
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Cenerentola
Conductor Evelino Pidò - director Daniele Abbado - sceness Gianni Carluccio - costumes Giada Pallino - lighting designer Guido Levi
Coproduction Opéra de Nice, Teatro Municipale Valli de Reggio-Emilia (Fondazione I Teatri) et Fondazione Lirico-Sinfonica Petruzzelli de Bari Opéra de Nice
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Piccoli Amori
Conductor Giuliano Carella - director, scenes e costumes Mietta Corli - lighting designer Guido Levi
67 Settimana Musicale Senese
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Un ballo in maschera
Conductor Renato Palumbo - Director Joseph Franconi Lee - scenes Mauro Carosi - costumes Odette Nicoletti - lighting designer Guido Levi
ABAO OLBE
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Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture
Scenes Christian Floeren - lighting designer Wolfgang von Zoubek
2009
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Louise
Conductor Patrick Fournillier - Director Vincent Boussard - scenes Vincent Lemarie - costumes Chantal de la Coste - Messeliere - lighting designer Guido Levi
Opera National Du Rhin Strasbourg
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L'imbalsamatore
Conductor Erasmo Gaudiomonte - Director Giorgio Battistelli - scenes Angelo Linzalata - lighting designer Guido Levi
66 Settimana Musicale Senese
2008
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Carmen
Conductor Avier Ulacia - Director Emilio Sagi - scenes Gerardo Trotti - costumes Jesus del Pozo Donato - lighting designer Guido Levi
LA Opera Los Angeles
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Ermione
Conductor Roberto Abbado Director Daniele Abbado scenes Graziano Gregori costumes Carla Teti lighting designer Guido Levi
Rossini Opera Festival
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Maometto II
conductor Gustav Khun - director Maichael Hampe - scenes Alberto Andreis - costumes Chiara Donato - lighting designer Franco Marri
Rossini Opera Festival
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Turandot
Conductor Antonello Alliandi - Director Nuria Espert - scenes Ezio Frigerio - costumes Franca Scuarciapino - lighting designer Vinicio Cheli
Teatre del Liceu - Theatre du Capitole de Toulouse, ABAO-OLBE
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Jackie'O
conductor Christopher Franklin - director Damiano Michieletto - scenes Paolo Fantin
Lugo Opera Festival 2008
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El Holandes errante
Conductor Pedro Halffter - Director, scenes e costumes Yannis Kokkos - lighting designer Guido Levi
Teatro Comunale Bologna - Teatro de la Maestranza Siviglia
2007
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Aida
Conductor Donato Renzetti - Director Joseph Franconi Lee - scenes e costumes Mauro Carosi - Maestro di Coro Boris Dujin - lighting designer Guido Levi
Teatro Reggio di Parma - Bilbao ABAO OLBE
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Il tempo sospeso del volo
Libretto di Franco Ripa Di Meana
Conductor Yoichi Sugiyama - director Franco Ripa Di Meana - music Nicola Sani - scenes Edoardo Sanchi - costumes Silvia Aymonino - lighting designer Guido Levi
Teatro Cavallerizza di Reggio Emilia - Festival Verdi
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Il Signor Bruschino
Conductor Carlo Rizzari - director Daniele Abbado - scenes Angelo Linzalata - costumes Giada Palloni - lighting designer Guido Levi
Auditorium Parco della Musica di Roma
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Dido and Aeneas
Conductor Roberto Polastri - director Roberto Recchia - scenes Elisabetta Ajani, Controluce Teatro D'Ombre - costumes Romeo Liccardo - lighting designer Marco Cittadoni
Teatro Comunale di Bologna - Lugo Opera Festival
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Otello
Director Giancarlo Del Monaco - scenes Carlo Centolavigna - costumes Maria Filippi - lighting designer Wolfgang Von Zoubek
Rossini Opera Festival
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La Fabbrica del Sorriso
director of Photograph Massimo Garzia
In collaboration with Teatro Parioli
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Otello
Director Antonio Calenda - scenes Bruno Tramonti
Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia
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America
Director Maurizio Scaparro - lighting designe Mario Carletti - scenes Lele Luzzati
Teatro Elise
2005-2006
2003
Filming operator
1994-1996 Operator for Maurizio Costanzo Comunicazione
1990 Assistant Operator for Vincenzo Leoni
1989-1992 Collaborations with Graphic Art Studio
