Romeo Castellucci

Born in Cesena (Italy) in 1960, Romeo Castellucci studied painting and stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna. In 1981 he founded the Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio. He has produced numerous shows, writing, directing and designing sets, lighting, sound and costumes. Known internationally as the author of a theatre conceived around the totality of the arts and aimed at an integral perception, he has also written a number of theoretical essays on directing that trace his theatrical career. His productions include Sul concetto di volto nel figlio di Dio (2011), Richard Wagner's Parsifal (2011), Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring (2014), Arnold Schönberg's Moses und Aron (2015), Democracy in America (2017) and Mozart's The Magic Flute (2019). In 2013, the Venice Biennale gave him the Golden Lion for his entire career. In 2014, the Alma Mater Studiorum of the University of Bologna awarded him an honorary doctorate in Music and Theatre. In the same year, the Festival d'Automne devoted a three-piece Portrait to him. Romeo Castellucci is Grand Guest of the Triennale Milano from 2021 to 2024. In October 2023 he began work on Richard Wagner's Ring of the Nibelung or Tetralogy at La Monnaie in Brussels. In 2024 he will direct Bérénice, based on Jean Racine, with Isabelle Huppert.