Nicola Fanucchi

Nicola Fanucchi (born 29 December 1964 in Lucca) is an Italian stage actor and director.

Life and career Fanucchi has appeared on stage since he was a child.

In 2000 he made his debut as a professional in productions for the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca, directing "Histoire du Soldat" and in 2001 he starred in the melodrama "Enoch Arden", in which he also starred. Since then he has alternated acting and directing in various Italian and foreign theaters, devoting much time to musical theater as well.

In 2011 he began his collaboration with the Peccioli Teatro company directed by Andrea Buscemi, with whom he performed in theatrical tours in co-starring roles. In 2017 he began a collaboration with the Fondazione Sipario Toscana onlus for children.

Since 2017 he has also intensified his activity as an opera director, in Italy and abroad, often in synergy with director Cataldo Russo. His was the first direction of Giacomo Puccini's "Suor Angelica" in the Vicopelago convent where the Lucchese composer's sister was mother superior. In 2018 the two conducted Gaetano Donizetti's "L'elisir d'amore" at the Sejong Art Center in Seoul.

For the Geneva Chamber Opera, in 2019 he co-directed with Cataldo Russo, “Così fan tutte”. and, in 2022, with Gioacchino Rossini's "La cambiale di matrimonio".

In 2023, he signs two productions for the Fondazione Teatro Goldoni in Livorno: “La traviata” by Giuseppe Verdi and “Suor Angelica” by Giacomo Puccini.

In 2024, he played the role of Gianfranco Lenzi, a supporting character in the episode La girata of the eleventh season of the series "I delitti del BarLume", directed by Milena Cocozza. He began an artistic partnership with Ubaldo Pantani, whick led to him directing two productions: Bartali in 2024 and Inimitabile in 2025. Also in 2025, as an opera director, in addition to various productions in Italy, he directed Pietro Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana for the Sibiu Opera Festival in Romania.

Theater

2000 “Histoire du soldat” by Charles Ferdinand Ramuz (director and actor), conductor Stefano Addabbo 2001 "Enoch Arden" by Alfred Tennysson (director and actor) with Eros Pagni (actor) with Mario Ancillotti, Simone Soldati, Susanna Rigacci 2012 "The merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare (actor), director Andrea Buscemi 2013 "L'avare" by Molière (actor), director Andrea Buscemi 2014 "La Mandragola" by Niccolò Machiavelli (actor), director Andrea Buscemi 2014 "Il malato immaginario" by Molière (actor) dicrector Andrea Buscemi 2016 "Sciailoc" from "The merchant of Venice" by William Shakespeare (director) 2017 "Secondo Marco" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright, director and actor) with Piero Perelli 2017 "Abbasso i bulli" by Francesco Tammacco (director) 2018 "Linda e un sacco di cose da fare" by Livia Castellana (director) 2018 "Mafalda e il suo cagnolino" by Martina Benedetti (director) 2018 "Faber per Tenco" by Fabrizio De André and Luigi Tenco (director) 2018 "Pasolini lives" by Antonio Pavolini (director and actor) 2018 "Processo a Francesco Burlamacchi" by Riccardo Nencini (director) 2019 "L'allenatore e la ballerina" by Erno Erbstein and Susanna Egri (playwright and director) 2019 "Macerie" by Domenico Sartori (director) 2019 "Bauhaus" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright and director) 2021 "La scelta" by Antonio Pavolini (director and actor) 2022 "Peer Gynt" by Henrik Ibsen - music by Edvard Grieg. Orchestra Nuove Assonanze directed by Svilen Simeonov (actor) 2022 "WAW We are women" by Nicola Fanucchi (playwright and director) 2023 "L'avaro" by Molière (actor) 2023 "La musica e i luoghi - Lucca Classica Music Festival" (actor) 2023 "Preacher and Dreaming Eagles" by Garth Ennis - Festival Lucca Comics & Games 2023 Lucca - (voice actor) 2023 "Le stagioni in città. Giuseppe Cederna racconta Marcovaldo" (director) 2023 "La fanciulla del west" by David Belasco (director) 2024 "Lucca, Vienna, Madrid, in viaggio con Luigi Boccherini" (director and actor) 2024 "La donna che svelò Van Gogh" by Federico Giannini (actor) 2024 "RSPP" by Morena Rossi (actor) 2024 "Bartali" by and with Ubaldo Pantani (director) 2024 "An Opportunity" by Andrea Benedetti (actor) 2024 "Abbracciatevi moltitudini" by Simone Soldati e Sandro Cappelletto (actor) 2025 "Inimitabile" by and with Ubaldo Pantani (director)

Opera

2002 "Le nozze di Figaro" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo 2003 "La serva padrona" by Battista Pergolesi (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo 2003 "La voix humaine" by Jean Cocteau (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo 2005 "Il segreto di Susanna" by Ermanno Wolf Ferrari (director), conductor Stefano Adabbo 2017 "Carmen" by Bizet (assistant director), conductor Mario Menicagli 2017 "Turandot" by Giacomo Puccini (assistant director), Beseto Opera Seoul, conductor Franco Trinca with Walter Fraccaro, Irina Vaschenko, Hye-Myung Kang 2018 "Suor Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini (director), with Silvana Froli 2018 "L'elisir d'amore" by Gaetano Donizetti (co-director), Scm Seoul, conductor Marco Boemi with Bianca Tognocchi Opéra de chambre de Genève, conductor Franco Trinca 2022 "La cambiale di matrimonio" by Gioacchino Rossini (co-director), Opéra de chambre de Genève, conductor Franco Trinca 2022 "Tosca, l'ora è fuggita" by Giacomo Puccini (director), Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Quintetto Lucensis 2023 "Madama Butterly" by Giacomo Puccini (co-director), Teatro Luca Ronconi di Gubbio 2023 "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi (director), Teatro Goldoni di Livorno 2023 "La Traviata immersiva" by Giuseppe Verdi (director) 2023 "Suor Angelica" by Giacomo Puccini (director) 2023 "From Puccini with love" from Giacomo Puccini (regista) 2024 "Scudetto in casa Paisiello" by Oliviero Lacagnina and Mario Menicagli (director) 2024 "La Traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi (director) 2025 "Don Pasquale" by Gaetano Donizetti (co-director)

Filmography

2006 – Salty air (actor), director Alessandro Angelini with Giorgio Pasotti 2008 – Puccini (actor), director Mario Capitani with Alessio Boni 2011 – Johnny T. (actor), director Tommaso Landucci with Alberto Paradossi 2020 – Come pesci rossi sul divano (actor), director Cristina Puccinelli 2020 – Pepsi's Saz O Surood. Ma Akhtar, Shabhaiman. (Music video stage director) with Mashal Arman 2024 - I delitti del BarLume - Ep. 11x23 "La girata"

Awards and acknowledgments

1993 – Mecenate d’oro, "Best supporting actor award" in "Hello Dolly" 1997 – Eurako, "Best actor in leading role award" in "Rumori fuori scena" 1998 – Castello di Gorizia, "Best supporting actor award" in "Rumori fuori scena" 2001 – Festival nazionale d'Arte Drammatica, "Best actor award" in "La lettera di mamma" 2011 – Festival Nazionale Imperia, "Best actor award" in Nove mele per Eva"