Alberto Spiazzi was born in Verona, Italy (February 1958)
Degree at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence
Italian-English-French-Spanish-Portuguese spoken
As costume designer
FILMS
- 1984 “Noi tre”
Pupi Avati director
with Carlo delle Piane,Ida di Benedetto - 1985 “Festa di Laurea”
Pupi Avati director
with Aurore Clement, Carlo delle Piane - 1991 “La villa del Venerdi”
Mauro Bolognini director
with Johanna Pacula, Julian Sands, Tcheky Karyo - 1997: “Le faremo tanto male”
Pino Quartullo director
with Stefania Sandrelli, Ricky Menphis - 1998: “Tea with Mussolini”
Co designed with Jenny Beavan and Anna Anni
Franco Zeffirelli director
with Maggie Smith, Cher, Judy Dench, Joan Plowright, Lily Tomlin - 1999 “Sud Side Story”
Co designed with Alessandro Lai and
Claudio Cordaro
Roberta Torre director - 2001 “Callas Forever”
Co designed with Anna Anni and
Alessandro Lai
Franco Zeffirelli director
with Fanny Ardant, Jeremy Irons, Joan Plowright - 2004 “Empire” Kim Yaitanes,Kim Manners,JohnGray directors
with Johnatan Cake,Vincent Regan,Santiago Cabrera
Emily Blunt, Fiona Shaw,Colm Feore, James Frain - 2005 “Mare Nero” Roberta Torre director
with Luigi lo Cascio,Anna Mouglalis - 2006 “La sacra famiglia” Raffaele Mertes director
with Alessandro Gassman, Anna Caterina Morariu,
Franco Nero, Angela Molina - 2009 ” Achille” Giorgia Farina director
with Lando Buzzanca, Monica Scattini - 2011 ” Elena e Glory” Marco Pontecorvo director
with Barbora Bobulova - 2011 ” Natale per due” Giambattista Avellino director with Alessandro Gassman,Enrico Brignano
OPERAS
- 1989 “Madame Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini
Renzo Giacchieri Director
with Yoko Watanabe
Puccini Opera Festival Torre del Lago Puccini - 1999 “Madame Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini
Paolo Miccichè director
with Daniela Dessì
Arena di Verona Opera Festival - 2002 “La Traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi
Franco Zeffirelli director
with Stefania Bonfadelli
Teatro Verdi Busseto - 2003 “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi
Paolo Miccichè director
with Maria Guleghina
The Washington Opera - 2003 “Norma” by Vincenzo Bellini
Paolo Miccichè director
with Hasmik Papian ,Irina Mishura
The Washington Opera - 2003 “I Vespri siciliani” by Giuseppe Verdi
Paolo Miccichè director
With Maria Guleghina ,Franco Farina, Lado Atanelli
The Washington Opera - 2006 “Macbeth” by Giuseppe Verdi
Paolo Miccichè director
With Paoletta Marroccu ,Lado Atanelli
The Washington opera - 2007 “La forza del destino” by Giuseppe Verdi
Paolo Miccichè director
With Antonello Palombi ,Giovanna Casolla
The Baltimore opera - 2007 “La divina commedia, l’opera” by Marco Frisina
Elisabetta Marchetti Daniele Falleri directors
With Vittorio Matteucci Lalo Cibelli Stefania Fratepietro
Divina Commedia Theatre - 2007 “Madame Butterfly” by Giacomo Puccini
Paolo Miccichè director
The Baltimore opera - 2008 “Aida” by Giuseppe Verdi
Paolo Miccichè director
The Baltimore opera - 2009 “Carmen” by George Bizet
Knighten Smit director
The Israeli opera Tel Aviv - 2009 “Farinelli estasi in canto” Anna Cuocolo director
Ara Pacis Roma
with Giuseppe Picone
Antonio Giovannini - 2010 “Nabucco” by Giuseppe Verdi
Joseph Rochlitz director
with Dimitra Theodossiou, Alberto Gazale, Paata Burchulatze, Nazzareno Antinori
The Israeli Opera at Masada
PLAY
- 1991 “A patriot for me” by John Osborne Giancarlo Cobelli director
Roma Teatro dell’Orologio - 1996 “The Leopard” by G.Tomasi di Lampedusa
Lamberto Puggelli director
Teatro Stabile di Catania - 2011 “La Ciociara” by Annibale Ruccello Roberta Torre director with Donatella Finocchiaro,Daniele Russo teatro Bellini Napoli
TV
- 1984 “I figli dell’Ispettore” Aldo Lado director with Fabio Testi
a 12 story serial for RAI 2
Italian Broadcasting
- 1986 “Hamburger Serenade” Pupi Avati director with
Beatrice Macola
a 9 story show for RAI 2
Italian Broadcasting
- 1988 “A fine romance” Richard Franklin director
with Margareth Whitton
a pilot tv film for CBS Broadcasting
- 1999 “Il morso del serpente” Luigi Parisi director
with Gabriel Garko
Stefania Sandrelli
a TV film for
Mediaset Italian Broadcasting
- 1999 “Occhi verde veleno” Luigi Parisi director
with Eva Grimaldi Virna Lisi
Gabriel Garko
a 2 story film for
Mediaset Italian Broadcasting
COMMERCIALS
1993 – Knabernossi – Austrian Snacks
1995 – Ericsson – Mobile Telephones
1995 – Pizza san Marco – Frozen Pizza
1998 – Omnitel – Telephone Company
1998 – Findus 4 salti in padella – Frozen Food
1998 – Findus pisellini primavera – Frozen peas
1998 – Citterio – Salami
1998 – Barilla – Pasta
1999 – Buitoni – Frozen food
2002 – Wind – Telephone Company
2002 – Findus 4 salti in padella – Frozen food
2009 – Cellulase – diet product
As assistant costume designer and wardrobe supervisor
- 1982 “La Traviata” Franco Zeffirelli director
with Teresa Stratas
Placido Domingo
Piero Tosi costume designer
- 1982 “State buoni se potete” Luigi Magni director
with Johnny Dorelli
Mario Adorf Philippe Leroy
Lucia mirisola costume designer
- 1985 “La Cage aux folles n.3″ Georges Lautner director
with Jaques Serrault
Ugo Tognazzi
Piero Tosi costume designer
- 1985 “The name of the rose” Jean Jaques Annaud director
with Sean Connery
Christian Slater Murray Abrahams
Gabriella Pescucci costume designer
- 1987 “Haunted Summer” Ivan Passer director
with Eric Stolz Laura Dern
Gabriella Pescucci costume designer
- 1987 “The adventures of baron Munchausen” Terry Gilliam director
with Robin Willams
Uma Thurman
Gabriella Pescucci
costume designer
- 1991 “Indochina” Regis Wargnier director
with Catherine Deneuve Vincent Perez
Gabriella Pescucci costume designer
- 1992 “C’è Kim Novak al telefono” Enrico Roseo director
with Johanna Pacula
Jaques Perrin Anna Falchi
Danilo Donati costume designer
- 1992 “Sparrow” Franco Zeffirelli director
with Johnaton Schaech
Vanessa Redgrave Sinead Cusack
Piero Tosi costume designer
- 1994 “A Scarlett Letter” Roland Joffè director
with Demi Moore Gary Oldman
Robert Duvall Joan Plowright
Gabriella Pescucci costume designer
- 1996 “Dangerous beauty” Marshall Herskovitz director
with Caterine Mc Cormack Jaqueline Bisset
Rufus Sewell
Gabriella Pescucci costume designer
Worked also as assistant in about thirty different opera productions (it would be too long to name them all) with directors as Franco Zeffirelli, Mauro Bolognini, Renzo Giacchieri, Fiorenzo Giorgi, Alberto Fassini, Giorgio Marini, Filippo Crivelli Sylvano Bussotti Marco Messeri Furio Bordon
Revivals costume for “LA BOHEME” opera production
Directed by Franco Zeffirelli , Piero Tosi costume designer
(Teatro la Scala Milan, Teatro dell’Opera Roma, Tel Aviv)