- Source: Marco Filibeck
Marco Filibeck (born May 11, 1957) is an Italian lighting designer.
Biography
His father was the painter Gilberto Filibeck. Marco starts his career as lighting consolle operator, working on over two hundred live concert for Vasco Rossi between 1979 and 1984. He collaborates with different artists from the Italian music scene, like Enzo Jannacci ("Ci vuole orecchio" tour, 1981) and Loredana Bertè ("E la luna bussò" tour, 1979).
In 1983, Filibeck gets a qualification as light technician at Bologna's Teatro Comunale. Two years later he's hired at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. From 1996, Filibeck is lighting designer at Teatro alla Scala and in 2009 he becomes the lighting manager. During his career Filibeck has worked with the most important Italian and foreign directors, such as Franco Zeffirelli, Luca Ronconi, Liliana Cavani, Gabriele Salvatores, Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus).
Marco Filibeck designed, starting from 2008, the lights for Roberto Bolle & Friends ballet, a recurring production hosted in the major Italian archeological sites and squares, like Colosseum in Rome, Valle dei Templi in Agrigento, piazza del Duomo in Milan, Arena di Verona and Piazza San Marco in Venice.
In 2018, he received the Franco Abbiati award for the light of the opera Hänsel und Gretel (directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf).
Works
= Opera
=Teatro alla Scala
2009
Il viaggio a Reims, by Luca Ronconi and Gae Aulenti
Le convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali, by Antonio Albanese and Leila Fteita
2010
L'occasione fa il ladro, by Jean Pierre Ponnelle
Faust, by Eimuntas and Marius Nekrosius
Simon Boccanegra, by Federico Tiezzi
2011
La donna del lago, by Luis Pasqual and Ezio Frigerio
Der Rosenkavalier, by Herbert Wernicke
Attila, by Gabriele Lavia and Alessandro Camera
Quartett, by Àlex Ollé - La Fura dels Baus
2012
La bohème, by Franco Zeffirelli
2013
Aida, by Franco Zeffirelli and Maurizio Millenotti
Lo spazzacamino, di Lorenza Cantini e Angelo Sala
Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, by Mario Martone and Sergio Tramonti
2014
Il trovatore, by Hugo de Ana
Così fan tutte, by Claus Guth
2015
Wozzeck, by Jürgen Flimm
2016
Rigoletto, by Gilbert Deflò and Ezio Frigerio
2017
La gazza ladra, by Gabriele Salvatores
La traviata, by Liliana Cavani, Dante Ferretti and Gabriella Pescucci
Der Freischütz, by Matthias Hartmann and Raimund Voigt
Hänsel und Gretel, by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and Julian Crouch
Die Entführung aus dem Serail, GiorgioStrehler and Ezio Frigerio
2018
Ernani, by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and Julian Crouch
Alì Babà e i 40 ladroni, by Liliana Cavani and Leila Fteita
2019
La cenerentola, by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Ariadne auf Naxos, by Frederic Wake-Walker
Prima la musica poi le parole, by Grischa Asagaroff and Luigi Perego
2020
A riveder le stelle... , by Davide Livermore , Giò Forma, D-Wok
2021
Così fan tutte, directed by Michael Hampe, Mauro Pagano
L'italiana in Algeri , by Jean Pierre Ponnelle
Le nozze di Figaro, by Giorgio Strehler and Ezio Frigerio
2022
Capuleti e Montecchi, by Adrian Noble e Tobias Hoheisel and Lights by Jean Kalman e Marco Filibeck
Un ballo in maschera by Marco Arturo Marelli
Other opera productions
1998
Carillon, by Giorgio Marini and Lauro Crisman (Teatro Strehler, Milan)
Il re pastore, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Giovanni da Udine, Udine)
Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo, by Micha Van Hoecke and Gheorghe Iancu (Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo; Teatro Strehler, Milan)
1999
Madama Butterfly, by Mietta Corli (Cortile della Pilotta, Parma; Castello Sforzesco, Milano; Teatro Sào Carlos, Lisbon)
2000
Otello, by Mietta Corli (Villa Pallavicino, Busseto)
La traviata, by Mietta Corli (Villa Pallavicino, Busseto)
La bohème, by Mietta Corli and Marina Bianchi (Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
2001
Il trovatore, by Mietta Corli (Castello di Vigoleno, Piacenza)
2002
Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, by Pier'Alli (Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan)
Tosca, by Mietta Corli (Castello di Vigoleno, Piacenza)
Le nozze di Figaro, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Coliseu, Porto)
2003
Passage, by Micha Van Hoecke and Luciana Savignano (Teatro Strehler, Milan)
Ugo, Conte di Parigi, by Guido de Monticelli and Angelo Sala (Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo; Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan; Teatro Bellini, Catania)
Carmina Burana, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Coliseu, Porto; Castello di Vigoleno, Piacenza)
Vita, by Giorgio Gallione (Teatro Studio, Milan)
2004
L'arlesiana, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Rendano, Cosenza)
La traviata, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro Grande, Brescia; Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa)
Cavalleria rusticana - La vida breve, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro Carlo Goldoni, Livorno)
2005
L'italiana in Algeri, by Marco Gandini and Lucia Goj (Teatro Comunale, Treviso)
Il flauto magico, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Coliseu, Porto)
Carmen, by Amedeo Amodio and Luisa Spinatelli (Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan)
La finta semplice, by Marco Gandini (Teatro Malibran, Venice)
2006
Pagliacci, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro Verdi, Sassari)
Così fan tutte, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro Municipale, Piacenza)
Il flauto magico, by Marco Gandini and Lucia Goj (Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza)
2007
Un ballo in maschera, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro del Maggio musicale, Florence)
Il pirata, by Pier'Alli (Teatro delle Muse, Ancona)
2008
Aida '62, by Franco Zeffirelli (Teatro Massimo, Palermo)
2009
Il mondo alla rovescia, by Marco Gandini and Carlo Centolavigna (Teatro Salieri, Legnago; Teatro Filarmonico, Verona)
La bohème, by Franco Zeffirelli and Piero Tosi (New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv)
2010
Madama Butterfly, by Damiano Michieletto (Teatro Regio, Turin)
Betulia liberata, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Haus fur Mozart, Salisburgo; Teatro Dante Alighieri, Ravenna)
2011
Simon Boccanegra, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (KNO, Seoul)
2012
Il viaggio a Reims, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro del Maggio musicale, Florence)
2013
Fidelio, by Gary Hill (Opéra Lyon, Lyon)
Il barbiere di Siviglia, by Leo Iizuka and Italo Grassi (Art Performing Center, Kobe)
Il prigioniero - Erwartung, by Àlex Ollé and Alfons Flores - La Fura dels Baus (Opéra Lyon, Lyon)
2015
I puritani, by Fabio Ceresa and Tiziano Santi (Teatro del Maggio musicale, Florence)
Pelleas et Melisande by Alex Ollè ( La fura dels baus) and Alfons Flores (Semperoper Dresden)
2016
Madama Butterfly, by Àlex Ollé - La Fura dels Baus (Terme di Caracalla, Rome)
Norma, by Àlex Ollé and Alfons Flores - La Fura dels Baus (Royal Opera House, London)
Le cid, by Guy Joosten and Alfons Flores - La Fura dels Baus (Festspiele, St. Gallen)
2017
Alceste, by Àlex Ollé andAlfons Flores (Opéra Lyon, Lyon)
Il ratto del serraglio, di Giorgio Strehler (Teatro San Carlo, Naples)
Madama Butterfly, by Keita Asari (New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv)
2019
Turandot, by Franc Aleu and Carles Berga - La Fura dels Baus (Teatro Gran Liceu, Barcelona)
2021
Carmen, by Alex Ollè (La fura dels baus) and Alfons Flores (New National Theatre, Tokyo)
2022
La Boheme by Dante Ferretti (Art Performing Center Kobe, Japan)
= Ballet
=Teatro alla Scala
2000
Ondine, by Frederick Ashton
2005
La sylphide, by Pier Lacotte and Aureliè Dupont
2006
Vanitas, by Fabrizio Monteverde
2010
Romeo e Giulietta, by Kenneth MacMillan and Mauro Carosi
2011
Raymonda, by Marius Petipa
L'altro Casanova, by Gianluca Schiavoni and Aurelio Colombo
2012
L'altra metà del cielo, by Martha Clarke and Vasco Rossi
2014
Don Chisciotte, by Rudolf Nureyev and Raffaele del Savio
2015
Excelsior, by Ugo Dell'Ara and Filippo Crivelli
2016
Il giardino degli amanti, by Roberto Bolle, Massimiliano Volpini and Erika Carretta
2018
Lo schiaccianoci, by George Balanchine and Margherita Palli
Le Corsaire, by Anna-Marie Holmes e Maria Luisa Spinatelli
Bolero, di Maurice Bèjart
2022
La Bayadere, di Rudolf Nureyev e Maria Luisa Spinatelli
Other ballet productions
2007
Il mare in catene, by Francesco Ventriglia (Biennale danza, Venice; Teatro Strehler, Milan)
2008
Roberto Bolle & Friends (Colosseum, Rome; Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples; Piazza del Duomo, Milan; Valle dei Templi, Agrigento, Piazza San Marco, Venice)
2010
Don Chisciotte, by Vladimir Derevianko and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Teatro del Maggio musicale, Florence)
2011
Lo schiaccianoci, by Aaron Watkin and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Semperoper, Dresden)
Coppélia, by George Balanchine and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Semperoper, Dresden)
2016
Don Chisciotte, by Aaron Witkins and Patrick Kinmonth (Semperoper, Dresden)
2018
Don Chisciotte, by Victor Ullate and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Staatsballet, Berlin)
= Musical
=2014
La famiglia Addams, by Giorgio Gallione, Guido Fiorato and Stefano Benni (Teatro della Luna, Milan)
= Fashion
=2012 - 2019
Haute couture shows for Dolce & Gabbana (Taormina; Ansaldo Laboratories, Teatro alla Scala, Palazzo Litta, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan)
Awards
2018 - Premio Franco Abbiati - Hänsel und Gretel, directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf
See also
Teatro alla Scala
La Fura dels Baus
Notes and references
External links
Official website
