Marco Filibeck

Marco Filibeck (born May 11, 1957) is an Italian lighting designer.

Biography His father was the painter Gilberto Filibeck. Marco starts his career as lighting consolle operator, working on over two hundred live concert for Vasco Rossi between 1979 and 1984. He collaborates with different artists from the Italian music scene, like Enzo Jannacci ("Ci vuole orecchio" tour, 1981) and Loredana Bertè ("E la luna bussò" tour, 1980) .

In 1983, Filibeck obtains a qualification as light technician at Bologna's Teatro Comunale. Two years later he's hired at Teatro alla Scala in Milan. From 1996, Filibeck is lighting designer at Teatro alla Scala and in 2009 he's appointed as Resident Lighting Designer and Lighting manager , working in this role until 2022.

During his career Filibeck has worked with the most important Italian and foreign directors, such as Franco Zeffirelli, Luca Ronconi, Liliana Cavani, Gabriele Salvatores, Àlex Ollé (La Fura dels Baus) .

Marco Filibeck designed, starting from 2008, the lights for Roberto Bolle & Friends ballet .

In 2023, it is published Marco Filibeck - Lighting Designer (The Scenographer) .

Works

Opera

Teatro alla Scala 2009

Il viaggio a Reims, by Luca Ronconi and Gae Aulenti Le convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali, by Antonio Albanese and Leila Fteita

2010

L'occasione fa il ladro, by Jean Pierre Ponnelle Faust, by Eimuntas and Marius Nekrosius Simon Boccanegra, by Federico Tiezzi

2011

La donna del lago, by Luis Pasqual and Ezio Frigerio Der Rosenkavalier, by Herbert Wernicke Attila, by Gabriele Lavia and Alessandro Camera Quartett, by Àlex Ollé - La Fura dels Baus

2012

La bohème, by Franco Zeffirelli

2013

Aida, by Franco Zeffirelli and Maurizio Millenotti Lo spazzacamino, di Lorenza Cantini e Angelo Sala Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, by Mario Martone and Sergio Tramonti

2014

Il trovatore, by Hugo de Ana Così fan tutte, by Claus Guth

2015

Wozzeck, by Jürgen Flimm

2016

Rigoletto, by Gilbert Deflò and Ezio Frigerio

2017

La gazza ladra, by Gabriele Salvatores La traviata, by Liliana Cavani, Dante Ferretti and Gabriella Pescucci Der Freischütz, by Matthias Hartmann and Raimund Voigt Hänsel und Gretel, by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and Julian Crouch Die Entführung aus dem Serail, GiorgioStrehler and Ezio Frigerio

2018

Ernani, by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and Julian Crouch Alì Babà e i 40 ladroni, by Liliana Cavani and Leila Fteita

2019

La cenerentola, by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle Ariadne auf Naxos, by Frederic Wake-Walker Prima la musica poi le parole, by Grischa Asagaroff and Luigi Perego 2020 A riveder le stelle..., by Davide Livermore, Giò Forma, D-Wok 2021

Così fan tutte, directed by Michael Hampe, Mauro Pagano L'italiana in Algeri, by Jean Pierre Ponnelle Le nozze di Figaro, by Giorgio Strehler and Ezio Frigerio 2022

I Capuleti e i Montecchi, by Adrian Noble e Tobias Hoheisel Un ballo in maschera by Marco Arturo Marelli 2023 L'amore dei tre re, by Àlex Ollé 2024 La rondine, by Irina Brook 2025 Falstaff, by Giorgio Strehler (revival director Marina Bianchi) Other opera productions 1998

Carillon, by Giorgio Marini and Lauro Crisman (Teatro Strehler, Milan) Il re pastore, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Giovanni da Udine, Udine) Il furioso all'isola di San Domingo, by Micha Van Hoecke and Gheorghe Iancu (Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo; Teatro Strehler, Milan)

1999

Madama Butterfly, by Mietta Corli (Cortile della Pilotta, Parma; Castello Sforzesco, Milano; Teatro Sào Carlos, Lisbon)

2000

Otello, by Mietta Corli (Villa Pallavicino, Busseto) La traviata, by Mietta Corli (Villa Pallavicino, Busseto) La bohème, by Mietta Corli and Marina Bianchi (Teatro San Carlo, Naples)

2001

Il trovatore, by Mietta Corli (Castello di Vigoleno, Piacenza)

2002

Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio, by Pier'Alli (Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan) Tosca, by Mietta Corli (Castello di Vigoleno, Piacenza) Le nozze di Figaro, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Coliseu, Porto)

2003

Passage, by Micha Van Hoecke and Luciana Savignano (Teatro Strehler, Milan) Ugo, Conte di Parigi, by Guido de Monticelli and Angelo Sala (Teatro Donizetti, Bergamo; Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan; Teatro Bellini, Catania) Carmina Burana, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Coliseu, Porto; Castello di Vigoleno, Piacenza) Vita, by Giorgio Gallione (Teatro Studio, Milan)

2004

L'arlesiana, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Rendano, Cosenza) La traviata, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro Grande, Brescia; Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa) Cavalleria rusticana - La vida breve, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro Carlo Goldoni, Livorno)

2005

L'italiana in Algeri, by Marco Gandini and Lucia Goj (Teatro Comunale, Treviso) Il flauto magico, by Mietta Corli (Teatro Coliseu, Porto) Carmen, by Amedeo Amodio and Luisa Spinatelli (Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan) La finta semplice, by Marco Gandini (Teatro Malibran, Venice)

2006

Pagliacci, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro Verdi, Sassari) Così fan tutte, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro Municipale, Piacenza) Il flauto magico, by Marco Gandini and Lucia Goj (Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza)

2007

Un ballo in maschera, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro del Maggio musicale, Florence) Il pirata, by Pier'Alli (Teatro delle Muse, Ancona)

2008

Aida '62, by Franco Zeffirelli (Teatro Massimo, Palermo)

2009

Il mondo alla rovescia, by Marco Gandini and Carlo Centolavigna (Teatro Salieri, Legnago; Teatro Filarmonico, Verona) La bohème, by Franco Zeffirelli and Piero Tosi (New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv)

2010

Madama Butterfly, by Damiano Michieletto (Teatro Regio, Turin) Betulia liberata, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Haus fur Mozart, Salisburgo; Teatro Dante Alighieri, Ravenna)

2011

Simon Boccanegra, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (KNO, Seoul)

2012

Il viaggio a Reims, by Marco Gandini and Italo Grassi (Teatro del Maggio musicale, Florence)

2013

Fidelio, by Gary Hill (Opéra Lyon, Lyon) Il barbiere di Siviglia, by Leo Iizuka and Italo Grassi (Art Performing Center, Kobe) Il prigioniero - Erwartung, by Àlex Ollé and Alfons Flores - La Fura dels Baus (Opéra Lyon, Lyon)

2015

I puritani, by Fabio Ceresa and Tiziano Santi (Teatro del Maggio musicale, Florence) Pelleas et Melisande by Alex Ollè ( La fura dels baus) and Alfons Flores (Semperoper Dresden)

2016

Madama Butterfly, by Àlex Ollé - La Fura dels Baus (Terme di Caracalla, Rome) Norma, by Àlex Ollé and Alfons Flores - La Fura dels Baus (Royal Opera House, London) Le cid, by Guy Joosten and Alfons Flores - La Fura dels Baus (Festspiele, St. Gallen)

2017

Alceste, by Àlex Ollé andAlfons Flores (Opéra Lyon, Lyon) Il ratto del serraglio, di Giorgio Strehler (Teatro San Carlo, Naples) Madama Butterfly, by Keita Asari (New Israeli Opera, Tel Aviv)

2019

Turandot, by Franc Aleu and Carles Berga - La Fura dels Baus (Teatro Gran Liceu, Barcelona) 2021

Carmen, by Alex Ollè (La fura dels baus) and Alfons Flores (New National Theatre, Tokyo) 2022

La Boheme by Dante Ferretti (Art Performing Center Kobe, Japan) 2023 Tosca, by Franco Zeffirelli (revival director Marco Gandini) (Kanagawa Kemmin Hall, Yokohama) 2024 Don Pasquale, by Lorenzo Mariani (Teatro dei Rinnovati, Siena) Macbeth, by Pierre Audi (Verdi Festival, Parma) La battaglia di Legnano, by Valentina Carrasco (Verdi Festival, Parma) Madama Butterfly, by Lorenzo Mariani (Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence) Lucia di Lammermoor, by Lorenzo Mariani (Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa) 2025 Lucrezia Borgia, by Valentina Carrasco (Teatro dell'Opera, Rome) La resurrezione, by Ilaria Lanzino (Caracalla Festival, Rome) 2026 La cecchina, by Daniele Luchetti (Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari) Ballet

Teatro alla Scala 2000

Ondine, by Frederick Ashton

2005

La sylphide, by Pier Lacotte and Aureliè Dupont

2006

Vanitas, by Fabrizio Monteverde

2010

Romeo e Giulietta, by Kenneth MacMillan and Mauro Carosi

2011

Raymonda, by Marius Petipa L'altro Casanova, by Gianluca Schiavoni and Aurelio Colombo

2012

L'altra metà del cielo, by Martha Clarke and Vasco Rossi

2014

Don Chisciotte, by Rudolf Nureyev and Raffaele del Savio

2015

Excelsior, by Ugo Dell'Ara and Filippo Crivelli

2016

Il giardino degli amanti, by Roberto Bolle, Massimiliano Volpini and Erika Carretta

2018

Lo schiaccianoci, by George Balanchine and Margherita Palli Le Corsaire, by Anna-Marie Holmes e Maria Luisa Spinatelli Bolero, di Maurice Bèjart 2019

La bella addormentata nel bosco, by Rudolf Nureyev (revival choreographer Florence Clerc)

2023

Coppelia, by Alexei Ratmansky

2024

La Bayadère, by Rudolf Nureyev e Maria Luisa Spinatelli

Other ballet productions 2007

Il mare in catene, by Francesco Ventriglia (Biennale danza, Venice; Teatro Strehler, Milan)

2008

Roberto Bolle & Friends (Colosseum, Rome; Piazza del Plebiscito, Naples; Piazza del Duomo, Milan; Valle dei Templi, Agrigento, Piazza San Marco, Venice)

2010

Don Chisciotte, by Vladimir Derevianko and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Teatro del Maggio musicale, Florence)

2011

Lo schiaccianoci, by Aaron Watkin and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Semperoper, Dresden) Coppélia, by George Balanchine and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Semperoper, Dresden)

2016

Don Chisciotte, by Aaron Witkins and Patrick Kinmonth (Semperoper, Dresden)

2018

Don Chisciotte, by Victor Ullate and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Staatsballet, Berlin)

Teather 2014

La famiglia Addams, by Giorgio Gallione, Guido Fiorato and Stefano Benni (Teatro della Luna, Milan) 2024

Oliva Denaro, by Giorgio Gallione (Teatro Giuditta Pasta, Saronno)

Fashion 2012 - 2019

Haute couture shows for Dolce & Gabbana (Taormina; Ansaldo Laboratories, Teatro alla Scala, Palazzo Litta, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan)

Awards

2018 - Premio Franco Abbiati - Hänsel und Gretel, directed by Sven-Eric Bechtolf 2025 - LUCE Career Award