Presentation of the book GIULIO COLTELLACCI. Theatre, Cinema, and Painting
On November 29, 2017 — in tribute to the Scaligera Season with Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano — Fondazione Pesenti supported the traditional event “New Publications by the Friends of La Scala,” promoted over the years by the Association “Friends of La Scala” and its founder and president Anna Crespi.
The evening, held in the Ridotto dei Palchi “Arturo Toscanini” of Teatro alla Scala, was attended by, among others, Maestro Riccardo Chailly, Alexander Pereira, Superintendent and Artistic Director of Teatro alla Scala, Monsignor Luca Bressan, Filippo Del Corno, Milan City Councilor for Culture, and the soprano Adriana Maliponte.
Among the Honorary Members present were the renowned classical ballerina Carla Fracci and her husband, famous theatre director Beppe Menegatti, classical ballerina Luciana Savignano, Italian set and costume designer Luisa Spinatelli, Cosetta Colla, heir to the famous Marionette Colla Theatre Company, and Bruno Casoni, Chorus Director at Teatro alla Scala.
On this occasion, the books by Vittoria Crespi Morbio GIULIO COLTELLACCI. Theatre, Cinema, and Painting and INCANTESIMI. Costumes of Teatro alla Scala from the 1930s to Today were presented. and subsequently Franca Squarciapino was named Honorary Member.
During the evening, pianist Mzia Bakhtouridze performed music by Wagner-Liszt and Gia Kancheli.
The books of the Friends of La Scala for the series “Sette Dicembre” in homage to the opening of the 2017-2018 Scaligera Season.
THE BOOK
GIULIO COLTELLACCI. Theatre, Cinema, Painting
Set and costume designer Giulio Coltellacci (Rome, 1916-1983) began his career with graphics, fashion, furniture, and painting. In Paris during the 1950s, he designed covers for Vogue magazine; in Italy, he created sets for Giorgio Strehler’s productions at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan (1948-53).
In over forty years of career, Giulio Coltellacci left a mark on all areas of show business: he brought dignity and flair to musical comedy, was the costume designer for cinema stars, and signed the sets for films, plays, ballets, and opera.
He built stage machinery, painted on canvas and theatre backdrops. He illustrated magazines, imagined and organized fashion shows and workspaces, and designed furniture pieces for private homes and public venues.
A pragmatic artist without snobbery, Coltellacci moved effortlessly from La Scala to the productions of Garinei and Giovannini with the same elegance, deep knowledge of the stage, and inexhaustible imagination.
This monograph retraces for the first time his extraordinary journey.
Friends of La Scala
The Association Friends of La Scala contributes to enriching the theatre’s heritage through restoration projects and publishing valuable monographs, supported by prominent figures in culture, art, and civil life. It also helped form the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra. In forty years of activity, it has published 119 books dedicated to the history of music and theatre: a vast catalogue that is a reference point for scholars and researchers worldwide.
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