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Luciano Damiani (1923–2007) was an Italian stage and costume designer, who worked both for theatre and opera productions. == Theatre and opera productions == Damiani studied painting and only by chance started working for the stage. Soon he became a close collaborator of Giorgio Strehler at Milan's ''Piccolo Teatro''. International fame came with his famous stage designs for Goldoni's ''Le baruffe chiozzote'' (Piccolo Teatro, 1964, staged by Strehler) and for Mozart's ''Die Entführung aus dem Serail'' at the Salzburg Festival 1965 (staged by Strehler, conducted by Zubin Mehta). This production soon became legendary and was revived several times until 1975. In 1966 Damiani created his first stage design for La Scala (''Cavalleria rusticana'', staged by Strehler, and conducted by Herbert von Karajan). This production was filmed 〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212851/〕 and eventually televised on PBS's ''Great Performances''. His debut at the Vienna State Opera was a controversial ''Don Giovanni'' in 1967 (staged by Otto Schenk, conducted by Josef Krips, with Cesare Siepi as the Don). In accordance with Schenk Damiani emphasized the opera's comic and ironic elements and chose to use elements of Northern Italian rather than Spanish architecture which surprised many viewers, resulting in controversies between Damiani and Krips. When Damiani appeared before the curtain he was both applauded and booed by the audience. In the late 1960s Damiani started working predominantly with other directors rather than Strehler and even started directing himself. In 1969 he directed as well as designed ''Aida'' for the Arena di Verona Festival (revived in 1970), though from time to time Damiani returned to the Piccolo Teatro and Strehler. He designed the sets for a noted 1974 production of Anton Chekhov's ''The Cherry Orchard''. In 1974 both Strehler and Damiani returned to the Salzburg Festival for an ill fated production of ''Die Zauberflöte'' conducted by Karajan. Also in 1975 Damiani started his collaboration with Luca Ronconi with ''The Birds'' by Aristophanes for Vienna's Burgtheater. In 1978 at La Scala Damiani designed the sets for Ronconi's production of Verdi's ''Don Carlo'', conducted by Claudio Abbado. Verdi's ''Macbeth'' was staged by Damiani and Ronconi for Berlin's Deutsche Oper in 1980 (conducted by Giuseppe Sinopoli). In the early 1980s Damiani opened his own small theatre in Rome, the ''Teatro di documenti'', where he directed and designed many plays. Only occasionally did he agree to work for other theatres and opera houses. In January 1986 he staged the premiere of the opera ''Salvatore Giuliano'' by Lorenzo Ferrero at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. Damiani returned to Vienna's Burgtheater in 1988 for Schiller's ''Wilhelm Tell'' staged by Claus Peymann. In 1996 he again worked for the Salzburg Festival designing ''La Traviata'' (conducted by Riccardo Muti and staged by Lluis Pasqual). Damiani, though not well known to the general American public, is generally regarded as one of the leading stage designers of the 20th century. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Luciano Damiani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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