Luciano Damiani

Luciano Damiani (1923-2007) was an Italian stage and costume designer, who worked both for theatre and opera productions. Damiani studied painting and only by chance started working for the stage. Soon he became a close collaborator of Giorgio Strehler at Milan's Piccolo Teatro. International fame came with his famous stage designs for Goldoni's Le baruffe chiozzote (Piccolo Teatro, 1964, staged by Strehler) and for Mozart's Die Entführung aus de... more

Date of birth:

  • 1923

Date of death:

  • 2007 (age 84 years)
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