Fiametta Baldiserri

(lighting designer)

EDUCATION AND WORK
Fiametta Baldiserri studied geophysics in Bologna and later lighting engineering at the Teatro Regio in Parma. After graduating in 1987, she started working as a lighting technician and console operator. She educated herself further by assisting esteemed professionals, such as Sergio Rossi, Guido Levi, Giuseppe di Iorio and AJ Weissbard. In 2002, she debuted as a lighting designer for “La traviata” staged by Franco Zeffirelli. Her later collaborations include Andrea Cigni, Jacopo Spirei, Roberto Catalano, Silvia Paoli, Arnaud Bernard, Pierfrancesco Maestrini, Italo Nunziata, Fabio Ceresa, Aleksandr Sokurov, Giorgio Albertazzi, Stefania Bonfadelli, Carmelo Rifici, Leonardo Lidi, Alan Alpenfeld, Lorenzo Beloved and others.
Fiametta Baldiserri has taught Theatrical Lighting courses in the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna (2007–2017). For over 10 years she has been responsible for the lighting of the installations of the annual exhibitions of the San Domenico Museums in Forlì.

LIGHTING DESIGNS
Verdi’s “Il trovatore” (Verdi Theatre in Bussetto, 2005; Vigoleno Castle, 2007; Municipal Theatre in Piacenza, 2009; Nuovo Teatro Comunale in Sassari, 2019; Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, 2021)
Verdi’s “Il battaglio di Legnano” (Municipal Theatre in Piacenza, 2005)
Leoncavallo’s “Pagliacci” / Mascagni’s “Il cavalleria rusticana” (Municipal Theatre in Piacenza, 2005)
Verdi’s “Falstaff” (Verdi Theatre in Bussetto, 2006; Verdi Festival in Parma, 2017; Teatro Sociale in Como, 2018; Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, 2019)
Verdi’s “Otello” (San Carlo Theatre in Naples, 2006; Pavarotti Theatre in Modena, 2013; Luglio Musicale Trapanese, 2019; Teatro Verdi in Trieste, 2022)
Verdi’s “I due Foscari” (Municipal Theatre in Piacenza, 2006)
Donizetti’s “L’elisir d’amore” (Social Theatre in Mantua, 2006; Rimini, 2012; Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, 2021)
Verdi’s “Rigoletto” (Municipal Theatre in Piacenza, 2008; Teatro Fraschini in Pavia, 2017; Auditorium Paganini in Parma, 2020)
Gluck’s “Paride ed Elena” (Verdi Theatre in Bussetto, 2008; Opéra Royal de Wallonie, 2008)
Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” (Bellini Theatre in Catania, 2008)
Verdi’s “Nabucco” (Vigoleno Castle, 2008; Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, 2014; Teatro Regio in Torino, 2020)
Puccini’s “Gianni Schicchi” / Menotti’s “The Medium” (Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, 2008)
Verdi’s “Ernani” (Municipal Theatre in Piacenza, 2009; Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, 2012)
Donizetti’s “La figlia del reggimento” (Teatro Sociale in Como, 2009)
Gounod’s “Romeo and Juliet” (Il Conto Theatre in Pisa, 2010; Teatro Grande in Brescia, 2011; New Municipal Theatre in Sassari, 2012)
Verdi’s “La traviata” (AsLiCo, 2010; Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, 2018; Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava, 2021)
Puccini’s “Tosca” (AsLiCo, 2010; Teatro Grande in Brescia, 2018; Opera National de Lorraine, 2022)
Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro” (AsLiCo, 2011; Teatro Bonci in Cesena, 2016)
Bellini’s “I puritani” (Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, 2011)
Purcell’s “Dido and Aeneas” (Bonci Theatre in Cesena, 2012)
Donizetti’s “Don Pasquale” (Clermont Ferrant Theatre, 2013; Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, 2015)
Mozart’s “Così fan tutte” (Ente Marialisa de Carolis in Sassari, 2013; Pafos Aphrodite Festival, 2014)
Rossini’s “La cambiale di matrimonio” (Teatro Regio in Parma, 2013)
Rossini’s “L’italiana in Algeri” (Maribor Theatre in Slovenia, 2014)
Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia” (Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2014; Teatro Sociale in Como and AsLiCo in Sant Cugat, 2017)
Bizet’s “Carmen” (Nuovo Teatro Comunale in Sassari, 2014; Teatro Coccia in Novara, 2017; Zagreb National Opera, 2020)
Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” (Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, 2015; Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2015; Teatro Nazionale in Zagreb, 2019; Grand Théâtre in Angers, 2022)
Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” (Muscat Opera House, 2015)
Gluck’s “Orfeo ed Euridice” (Bonci Theatre in Cesena, 2015)
Mozart’s “La clemenza di Tito” (Akzent Theatre in Vienna, 2016)
Bellini’s “La straniera” (Teatro Bellini in Catania, 2017)
Donizetti’s “Lucia di Lammermoor” (Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, 2017; Teatro Massimo in Palermo, 2021)
Strauss’ “Elektra” (Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, 2017)
Monteverdi’s “Orfeo” (Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, 2017)
Ballet “Alice in Wonderland” by Gianluca Schiavoni (Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, 2017)
Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” (Teatro Nuovo in Spoleto and Teatro Coccia in Novara, 2017)
Verdi’s “Un ballo in maschera” (Harbin-Tianjin in China, 2017)
Puccini’s “La bohème” (Harbin-Tianjin in China, 2017)
Puccini’s “Turandot” (Muscat Opera House, 2017)
Ponchielli’s “La gioconda” (Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, 2018; Maribor Theatre in Slovenia, 2022)
Verdi’s “La forza del destino” (Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, 2019)
Rossini’s “William Tell” (Teatro Sociale in Como, 2019)
Verdi’s “Aida” (Verdi Festival in Parma, 2019)
Cimarosa’s “Il matrimonio segreto” (Auditorium Tenerife, 2021)
Donizetti’s “La favorita” (Teatro Municipale in Piacenza, 2022)
Puccini’s “La fanciulla del West” (Teatro Grande in Brescia, 2021)
Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” (Teatro Comunale Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, 2022)
Rossini’s “La scala di seta” (Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, 2022)
Gluck’s “Iphigénie en Tauride” (Opera National de la Lorraine, 2023)
Busoni’s “Doktor Faust” (Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, 2023)
Poulenc’s “Dialogues des Carmelites” (Opéra Royal de Wallonie, 2023)