Nicola Fanucchi

Nicola Fanucchi, (born 29 December 1964 in Lucca) 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 a 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. From 2017 he began a collaboration with the Fondazione Sipario Toscana onlus for children.

Since 2017 he also intensifies 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".

Theater

 * 2000 “Histoire du soldat” by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (director and actor), conductor Stefano Addabbo
 * 2001 "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennysson (director and actor) with Eros Pagni
 * 2005 "Platero y yo" by Juan Ramon Jimenez (actor) with Saverio Rapezzi
 * 2008 "Pierrot Lunaire" by Arnold Shoenberg (actor), conductor Mario Ancillotti
 * 2011 "Veianio" by Giovanni Pascoli (actor), Ensemble Nuovo Contrappunto conductor Mario Ancillotti with Maddalena Crippa
 * 2011 "Miriam" from "it:In nome della madre" by Erri De Luca (director)
 * 2012 "Ottonovecento strumentale italiano" (actor) with Mario Ancillotti, Simone Soldati, Susanna Rigacci
 * 2012 "The merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare (actor), director Andrea Buscemi
 * 2013 "L'avare" by Molière (actor), director Andrea Buscemi
 * 2014 "La Mandragola" by Niccolò Machiavelli (actor), director Andrea Buscemi
 * 2014 "Il malato immaginario" by Molière (actor) dicrector Andrea Buscemi
 * 2016 "Sciailoc" from "The merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare (director)
 * 2017 "Secondo Marco" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright, director and actor) with Piero Perelli
 * 2017 "Abbasso i bulli" by Francesco Tammacco (director)
 * 2018 "Linda e un sacco di cose da fare" by Livia Castellana (director)
 * 2018 "Mafalda e il suo cagnolino" by Martina Benedetti (director)
 * 2018 "Faber per Tenco" by Fabrizio De André and Luigi Tenco (director)
 * 2018 "Pasolini lives" by Antonio Pavolini (director and actor)
 * 2018 "Processo a Francesco Burlamacchi" by Riccardo Nencini (director)
 * 2019 "L'allenatore e la ballerina" by Erno Erbstein and Susanna Egri (playwright and director)
 * 2019 "Macerie" by Domenico Sartori (director)
 * 2019 "Bauhaus" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright and director)
 * 2021 "La scelta" by Antonio Pavolini (director and actor)
 * 2022 "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen - music by Edvard Grieg. Orchestra Nuove Assonanze directed by Svilen Simeonov (actor)
 * 2022 "WAW We are women" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright and director)
 * 2023 "L'avaro" by Molière (actor)
 * 2023 "La musica e i luoghi - Lucca Classica Music Festival" (actor)

Opera

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

Filmography

 * 2006 – Salty air (actor), director Alessandro Angelini with Giorgio Pasotti
 * 2008 – Puccini (actor), director Mario Capitani with Alessio Boni
 * 2011 – Johnny T. (actor), director Tommaso Landucci with Alberto Paradossi
 * 2020 – Come pesci rossi sul divano (actor), director Cristina Puccinelli
 * 2020 – Pepsi's Saz O Surood. Ma Akhtar, Shabhaiman. (Music video stage director) with Mashal Arman

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"