Roberto De Simone
Italian theatre director, composer and musicologist (1933-2025) · Italy · On the map · Musicians · Died at 91
Roberto De Simone was an Italian stage director, academic teacher, playwright, composer and ethnomusicologist. Beginning as a harpsichordist, he turned to research of early Italian music and co-founded the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare to perform it.
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Vittorio De Sica Directed After the Fox (1966)
Luigi Zampa Directed A Question of Honour (1966)
Giacomo Furia Also in Suonno d'ammore and The Thieves
Tecla Scarano Also in A Question of Honour (1966)
Nino Vingelli Also in After the Fox (1966)
Ettore Scola Directed Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)- Sergio Corbucci Directed Suonno d'ammore (1955)
Bernard Blier Also in Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)
Alberto Lattuada Directed Don Juan in Sicily (1967)
Ken Annakin Directed The Biggest Bundle of Them All (1968)
Lando Buzzanca Also in Don Juan in Sicily and After the Fox
Paola Borboni Also in La ragazzola (1965)
Nicoletta Machiavelli Also in A Question of Honour (1966)
Carlo Croccolo Also in After the Fox (1966)
John Bryan Produced After the Fox (1966)
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About this person
The musical La Gatta Cenerentola, which he authored, composed and directed, was first performed at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto in 1976 and received international recognition. He directed the San Carlo Theatre from 1981 to 1987, and was stage director of operas at La Scala in Milan from 1986. He was director of the Conservatorio San Pietro a Majella from 1995 to 2000.
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In the same film or series as Roberto
Francesco De GregoriAlso in La divina cometa (2023)
Giovanna RalliAlso in The Thieves (1959)
Ghena DimitrovaAlso in Nabucco (1986)
Erika BlancAlso in Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? (1968)Timothy BatesonAlso in After the Fox (1966)
Lucien RaimbourgAlso in A Matter of Honor (1966)