Franca Squarciapino
Franca Squarciapino (born 1940) is an Italian costume designer who won the Academy Award for Best Costume Design in 1990 for Cyrano de Bergerac. She has spent much of her career designing costumes for major theatres and opera houses, including the Burgtheater in Vienna, Royal Opera at Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera, the Vienna State Opera, and Zurich Opera among others. Squarciapino frequently collaborated with Ezio Frigerio (1930-2022), who is also her life partner. Source: Article "Franca Squarciapino" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Costume & Make-UpBirthday
January 1, 1940Gender
FemaleKnown Movie Credits
18Place of birth
Rome, Lazio, ItalyCast credits
Crew credits
Louis, the Child King
Costume DesignAida
Costume DesignerVivaldi, the Red Priest
Costume DesignIl Trovatore
Costume Design, Costume DesignerCarmen
Costume DesignOtello
Costume DesignThe Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine
Costume DesignerThe Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini
Costume DesignerCyrano de Bergerac
Costume DesignThe Horseman on the Roof
Costume DesignThe House of Bernarda Alba
Costume DesignLa forza del destino - Giuseppe Verdi
Costume DesignGalileo
Assistant Costume DesignerColonel Chabert
Costume DesignThe Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine
Costume DesignDon Carlo
Costume Design