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Ezio Frigerio(1930-2022)

  • Production Designer
  • Costume Designer
  • Art Director
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Ezio Frigerio was born on 16 July 1930 in Erba, Italy. He was a production designer and costume designer, known for Cyrano de Bergerac (1990), 1900 (1976) and The Horseman on the Roof (1995). He was married to Franca Squarciapino. He died on 2 February 2022 in Lecco, Lombardy, Italy.
BornJuly 16, 1930
DiedFebruary 2, 2022(91)
BornJuly 16, 1930
DiedFebruary 2, 2022(91)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 3 wins & 6 nominations total

Known for

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Cyrano de Bergerac
7.5
  • Production Designer
  • 1990
1900 (1976)
1900
7.6
  • Art Director
  • 1976
Juliette Binoche and Olivier Martinez in The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
The Horseman on the Roof
7.0
  • Production Designer
  • 1995
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963)
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
7.2
  • Production Designer
  • 1963

Credits

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Production Designer

  • The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2006)
    The Metropolitan Opera HD Live
    8.9
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    • 2009–2013
  • Svetlana Zakharova and David Hallberg in The Bolshoi Ballet: Live From Moscow - La belle au bois dormant, Ballet en deux actes (2011)
    The Bolshoi Ballet: Live From Moscow - La belle au bois dormant, Ballet en deux actes
    8.6
    • Production Designer
    • 2011
  • Mireille (2009)
    Mireille
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2009
  • Angela Gheorghiu in La Rondine (2009)
    La Rondine
    • Production Designer
    • 2009
  • La forza del destino
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2007
  • Ildebrando D'Arcangelo and Diana Damrau in Le nozze di Figaro (2006)
    Le nozze di Figaro
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2006
  • Aida
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2006
  • Don Giovanni (2005)
    Don Giovanni
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2005
  • Tosca (2004)
    Tosca
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2004
  • Plácido Domingo in Otello (2001)
    Otello
    7.9
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2001
  • Hamlet
    8.1
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2000
  • La belle au bois dormant (2000)
    La belle au bois dormant
    7.3
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 2000
  • Romeo e Giulietta (2000)
    Romeo e Giulietta
    7.5
    TV Special
    • Production Designer
    • 2000
  • Così fan tutte
    TV Movie
    • Production Designer
    • 1998
  • John Malkovich in The Ogre (1996)
    The Ogre
    6.8
    • Production Designer
    • 1996

Costume Designer

  • Carmen
    8.2
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1980
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1978
  • Simon Boccanegra
    9.0
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1978
  • Don Carlo
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1978
  • Arlecchino servitore di due padroni
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1973
  • The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971)
    The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Costume Designer
    • 1971
  • I fratelli Karamazov (1969)
    I fratelli Karamazov
    7.4
    TV Mini Series
    • Costume Designer
    • 1969
  • The Year of the Cannibals (1969)
    The Year of the Cannibals
    6.3
    • Costume Designer
    • 1969
  • Galileo (1968)
    Galileo
    6.7
    • Costume Designer
    • 1968
  • Francesco di Assisi (1966)
    Francesco di Assisi
    7.6
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1966
  • The Best of Enemies (1961)
    The Best of Enemies
    6.7
    • Costume Designer
    • 1961
  • Saul
    TV Movie
    • Costume Designer
    • 1959

Art Director

  • Madama Butterfly (2018)
    Madama Butterfly
    7.0
    • Art Director
    • 2018
  • 1900 (1976)
    1900
    7.6
    • Art Director
    • 1976
  • Galileo (1968)
    Galileo
    6.7
    • Art Director
    • 1968
  • 3 notti d'amore (1964)
    3 notti d'amore
    6.2
    • Art Director (segment "La vedova")
    • 1964
  • The Boom (1963)
    The Boom
    7.1
    • Art Director
    • 1963
  • Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Robert Wagner, and Fredric March in The Condemned of Altona (1962)
    The Condemned of Altona
    6.7
    • Art Director (as Elvezio Frigerio)
    • 1962

Personal details

  • Official sites
    • France's national library catalogue
    • Theater_org
  • Alternative name
    • Elvezio Frigerio
  • Born
    • July 16, 1930
    • Erba, Italy
  • Died
    • February 2, 2022
    • Lecco, Lombardy, Italy(long illness)
  • Spouse
    • Franca Squarciapino1972 - February 2, 2022 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    He designed Frederico Garcia Lorca's play, "The House of Bernarda Alba," at the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, London, England with Dame Joan Plowright CBE, Glenda Jackson CBE, directed by Nuria Espert.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He was awarded the 1986 London Critics Circle Theatre Awards (Drama Theatre Award) for Best Designer for The House of Bernardo Alba.

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