Franca Squarciapino
Rome, Lazio, Italy

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.

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Swan Lake - Filmed for IMAX (2024)
Costume Design
The Metropolitan Opera: La Rondine (2024)
Costume Design
Don Carlo (2023)
Costume Design
The Metropolitan Opera: Francesca da Rimini (2013)
Costume Designer
Vivaldi, the Red Priest (2009)
Costume Design
The Metropolitan Opera: Puccini's La Rondine (2009)
Costume Designer
La forza del destino - Giuseppe Verdi (2007)
Costume Design
Aida (2006)
Costume Designer
The Horseman on the Roof (1995)
Costume Design
Colonel Chabert (1994)
Costume Design
Louis, the Child King (1993)
Costume Design
The House of Bernarda Alba (1991)
Costume Design
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
Costume Design
Il Trovatore (1988)
Costume Design | Costume Designer
Galileo (1968)
Assistant Costume Designer