VINCENZO RAPONI Lighting designer Laurea: Psicologia Lingue: Inglese, Spagnolo Indirizzo: Via Gaspare Finali,7 - 00179 Roma Tel. +39 06 7840404 Mob. +39 3927515375 Indirizzo di posta elettronica: [email protected] Web: www.vincenzoraponi.com I was born in Latina, I graduated in Psychology and I started working in the theater 16 years in the company "Il Baule". Until 1996 I worked in prose and then in opera debut as a lighting designer. Since 2000 I designed the lights for the Maestro Pier Luigi Pizzi, ranging from classical to modern and contemporary. I worked with Werner Herzog Master in Die Zauberflöte, Der Fliegende Holländer and I due Foscari. With Maestro Giorgio Marini I designed the lights for The Capulets and the Montagues and prose for Happy Eyes and The Twins. With Maestro De Simone I inaugurated the reopening of the Petruzzelli theater with Turandot. In the dance I designed the lights for Kitonb, for the Argonauts, for the shows of Luke Veggetti and for some performances by Roberto Bolle. I light the Madonna dei Pellegrini by Caravaggio and various exhibitions in Rome, Rimini and Forli. With architect Caputo, I realized original creations such as the "Panteon Veneto", the Luzzatti Sala, the exhibition of the artist Zhong Biao and the lighting of the Hotel Ca 'Sagredo on the Grand Canal in Venice. I designed and implemented the new lighting of the Immaculate Conception Church in Via Veneto in Rome and St. Stephen fresco in Martellago. In 2016 I made several jobs: directed by Lorenzo Amato and the scenes by Ezio Frigerio I realized the lights for Norma at the San Carlo in Naples and Butterfly in Astana. Also in the San Carlo I light Butterfly directed by Pippo Delbono and Aida by Franco Dragone. In Naples, directed by Amos Gitai, with the scenes of Dante Ferretti and costumes by Gabriella Pescucci, I light Otello by Rossini. Directed by Deda Colonna I light Didone Abbandonata in Florence. I Light the exhibition J.P. Velly in Palazzo Poli in Rome. From this year I teach Linghting Design at the Academy of Art in Rome RUFA. I live in Rome with my wife Michela, the eldest son Filippo and the twins Marta and Gabriele. .