Nicola Fanucchi, (born 29 December 1964 in Lucca) is an Italian stage

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Life and career

Fanucchi has appeared on stage since he was a child. In 2000 he made his debut as a professional in productions for the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, directing " Histoire du Soldat" and in 2001 a melodrama "

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", in which he also starred. Since then he has alternated acting and directing at various Italian theaters. In 2011 he began his collaboration with the Peccioli Teatro company directed by Andrea Buscemi, with whom he performed in theatrical tours in co-starring roles. From 2017 he began a collaboration with the Fondazione Sipario Toscana onlus for children. For the Geneva Chamber Opera, in 2019 he co-directed with Cataldo Russo, “

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”, and in 2021, again with Cataldo Russo, co-directed “ Don Pasquale” by

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Theater

* 2000 “ Histoire du soldat” by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (director and actor), conductor Stefano Addabbo * 2001 "

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, director and actor) with Piero Perelli * 2017 "Abbasso i bulli" by Francesco Tammacco (director) * 2018 "Linda e un sacco di cose da fare" by Livia Castellana (director) * 2018 "Mafalda e il suo cagnolino" by Martina Benedetti (director) * 2018 "Faber per Tenco" by

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and Luigi Tenco (director) * 2018 "Pasolini lives" by Antonio Pavolini (director and actor) *2018 "Processo a Francesco Burlamacchi" by Riccardo Nencini (director) * 2019 "L'allenatore e la ballerina" by Erno Erbstein and Susanna Egri(playwright and director) * 2019 "Macerie" by Domenico Sartori (director) * 2019 "Bauhaus" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright and director) * 2021 "La scelta" by Antonio Pavolini (director and actor) * 2022 "Peer Gynt" by

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- music by Edvard Grieg. Orchestra Nuove Assonanze directed by Svilen Simeonov (actor) * 2022 "WAW We are women" by Nicola Fanucchi (aplaywright and director)

Opera

* 2002 "Le nozze di Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo * 2003 "La serva padrona" by Battista Pergolesi (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo * 2003 "La voix humaine" by Jean Cocteau (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo * 2005 "Il segreto di Susanna" by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo * 2017 "Carmen" by Bizet (assistant director), conductor Mario Menicagli * 2017 "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini (assistant director), Beseto Opera Seoul, conductor Franco Trinca with Walter Fraccaro, Irina Vaschenko, Hye-Myung Kang * 2018 "Suor Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini (director), with Silvana Froli * 2018 "L'elisir d'amore" by Gaetano Donizetti (co-director), Scm Seoul, conductor Marco Boemi with Bianca Tognocchi * 2019 "Così fan tutte" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (co-director), Opéra de chambre de Genève, conductor Franco Trinca * 2020 "De' relitti e delle quarantene" by Mario Menicagli (co-director), conductor Mario Menicagli * 2021 "Don Pasquale" by Gaetano Donizetti (co-director), Opéra de chambre de Genève conductor Franco Trinca * 2021 "La serva padrona" by Giovan Battista Pergolesi (director), conductor Stefano Teani * 2022 "La cambiale di matrimonio" by Gioacchino Rossini (co-director), Opéra de chambre de Genève, conductor Franco Trinca * 2022 "Tosca, l'ora è fuggita" by Giacomo Puccini (director), Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Quintetto Lucensis

Filmography

* 2006 – Salty air (actor), director Alessandro Angelini with

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* 2008 – Puccini (actor), director Mario Capitani with Alessio Boni * 2011 – Johnny T. (actor), director Tommaso Landucci with Alberto Paradossi * 2020 – Come pesci rossi sul divano (actor), director Cristina Puccinelli * 2020 – Pepsi's Saz O Surood. Ma Akhtar, Shabhaiman. (Music video stage director) with Mashal Arman

Awards and acknowledgments

* 1993 – Mecenate d’oro, "Best supporting actor award" in "Hello Dolly" * 1997 – Eurako, "Best actor in leading role award" in "Rumori fuori scena" * 1998 – Castello di Gorizia, "Best supporting actor award" in "Rumori fuori scena" * 2001 – Festival nazionale d'Arte Drammatica, "Best actor award" in "La lettera di mamma" * 2011 – Festival Nazionale Imperia, "Best actor award" in Nove mele per Eva"

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fanucchi, Nicola 1964 births Living people Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors People from Tuscany Actors from Lucca