Pier Luigi Pizzi

Pier Luigi Pizzi (June 15, 1930 – ) is an Italian opera director, set designer, and costume designer. Pizzi was born in Milan, Italy, and earned a degree in architecture at the Politecnico in Milan. Against the will of his skeptical father, he started working in the theater in 1951 with Giorgio Strehler, and then at the Teatro Tommaseo in Genova, which he soon brought together with Giorgio De Lullo and his theater troupe Compagnia dei Giovani. La... more

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