Nicola Fanucchi


Nicola Fanucchi, is an Italian stage actor and director.

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 he starred in the melodrama "Enoch Arden", in which he also starred. Since then he has alternated acting and directing in various Italian and foreign theaters, devoting much time to musical theater as well.
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. In 2017 he began a collaboration with the Fondazione Sipario Toscana onlus for children.
Since 2017 he has also intensified his activity as an opera director, in Italy and abroad, often in synergy with director Cataldo Russo. His was the first direction of Giacomo Puccini's "Suor Angelica" in the Vicopelago convent where the Lucchese composer's sister was mother superior. In 2018 the two conducted Gaetano Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Sejong Art Center in Seoul.
For the Geneva Chamber Opera, in 2019 he co-directed with Cataldo Russo, “Così fan tutte”,. In 2021, again with Cataldo Russo, co-directed “Don Pasquale” by Gaetano Donizetti. and, in 2022, with Gioacchino Rossini's "La cambiale di matrimonio".
In 2023, he signs two productions for the Fondazione Teatro Goldoni in Livorno: “La traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi and “Suor Angelica” by Giacomo Puccini.

Theater

Opera

  • 2002 "Le nozze di Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, conductor Stefano Adabbo
  • 2003 "La serva padrona" by Battista Pergolesi, conductor Stefano Adabbo
  • 2003 "La voix humaine" by Jean Cocteau, conductor Stefano Adabbo
  • 2005 "Il segreto di Susanna" by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari, conductor Stefano Adabbo
  • 2017 "Carmen" by Bizet, conductor Mario Menicagli
  • 2017 "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini, Beseto Opera Seoul, conductor Franco Trinca with Walter Fraccaro, Irina Vaschenko, Hye-Myung Kang
  • 2018 "Suor Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini, with Silvana Froli
  • 2018 "L'elisir d'amore" by Gaetano Donizetti, Scm Seoul, conductor Marco Boemi with Bianca Tognocchi
  • 2019 "Così fan tutte" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Opéra de chambre de Genève, conductor Franco Trinca
  • 2020 "De' relitti e delle quarantene" by Mario Menicagli, conductor Mario Menicagli
  • 2021 "Don Pasquale" by Gaetano Donizetti, Opéra de chambre de Genève conductor Franco Trinca
  • 2021 "La serva padrona" by Giovan Battista Pergolesi, conductor Stefano Teani
  • 2022 "La cambiale di matrimonio" by Gioacchino Rossini, Opéra de chambre de Genève, conductor Franco Trinca
  • 2022 "Tosca, l'ora è fuggita" by Giacomo Puccini, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Quintetto Lucensis
  • 2023 "Madama Butterly" by Giacomo Puccini, Teatro Luca Ronconi di Gubbio
  • 2023 "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Goldoni di Livorno
  • 2023 "La Traviata immersiva" by Giuseppe Verdi
  • 2023 "Suor Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini
  • 2023 "From Puccini with love" from Giacomo Puccini
  • 2024 "Scudetto in casa Paisiello" by Oliviero Lacagnina and Mario Menicagli
  • 2024 "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi
  • 2025 "Don Pasquale" by Gaetano Donizetti

Filmography

  • 2006 – Salty air, director Alessandro Angelini with Giorgio Pasotti
  • 2008 – Puccini, director Mario Capitani with Alessio Boni
  • 2011 – Johnny T., director Tommaso Landucci with Alberto Paradossi
  • 2020 – Come pesci rossi sul divano, director Cristina Puccinelli
  • 2020 – Pepsi's Saz O Surood. Ma Akhtar, Shabhaiman. with Mashal Arman
  • 2024 - I delitti del BarLume - Ep. 11x23 "La girata"

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"