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Director Giorgio Ferrara dies

2023-05-18T18:58:48.724Z

Highlights: Brother of the journalist Giuliano, he had led the Festival of Spoleto and the Stabile del Veneto. He began his activity as an assistant to Luca Ronconi, then passing himself to directing. For the cinema Ferrara had also directed Un cuore semplice, winning the special prize at the David di Donatello in 1977 and the Nastro d'argento as best debut director. But also operas with the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan.


Brother of the journalist Giuliano, he had led the Festival of Spoleto and the Stabile del Veneto (ANSA)


The director and artistic director Giorgio Ferrara died today in Rome at the age of 76. To confirm the news to ANSA, sources close to the family. Ill for some time, Ferrara was hospitalized in a Roman hospital.
Born in Rome on January 19, 1947, older brother of the journalist and writer Giuliano, he began his activity as an assistant to Luca Ronconi, then passing himself to directing with works also by Luigi Pirandello, August Strindberg, Carlo Goldoni, Enzo Siciliano, Franca Valeri, Natalia Ginzburg, Cesare Musatti, Corrado Augias, starring actors such as Valeria Moriconi, Andrea Giordana, Franco Citti, Gato Barbieri, Paolo Bonacelli, Ilaria Occhini, Ugo Pagliai. And the actress Adriana Asti, who later became his wife in 1982, companion and muse of a lifetime.

For the cinema Ferrara had also directed Un cuore semplice, winning the special prize at the David di Donatello in 1977 and the Nastro d'argento as best debut director. But also operas with the Giuseppe Verdi Symphony Orchestra of Milan.

In recent years, his activity as artistic director had intensified. From 2003 to 2007 he led the Italian Cultural Institute in Paris and from 2007 to 2020 the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. In this last season he had agreed to be part of the cast of the show Witness of the Prosecution, based on a play by Agatha Christie, then replaced by director Geppy Gleijeses. In 2021 he was appointed artistic director of the Stabile del Veneto, a role from which he resigned last April.


Source: ansa

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