Theatre Director
Manuel Renga
Theatre director, graduated at the Civica Scuola di Teatro Paolo Grassi in Milano. Since 2012 he has directed more than thirty theatrical productions in the biggest Italian theaters.
He was close to two great theater Maestro: in 2015 he is assistant director for Dario Fo’s History of Qu produced by Piccolo Teatro in Milano and in 2019 he is assistant director for Graham Vick’s “Don Giovanni” produced by Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.
In 2019 and 2020 he staged two operas included in the project Opera Domani for young audience: “Elisir d’amore” and “Rigoletto” produced by AsLiCo (Como), Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Opéra de Rouen, Bregenzer Teater Festspiele and Royal Opera House (Muscat).
He started in 2020 a solid collaboration with Teatro Regio di Parma: at the Festival Verdi 2020 he directed “Traviata – Caravan Verdiano” and in 2022 he directed “Rigoletto e la maledizione” in the city theater in Busseto. The work on Donizetti’s masterpieces continues in 2021 with the staging of “Don Pasquale” for the CSA Music Festival in Pescara, in 2022 “Elisir d’amore” included in the project 200.com, a special activity created by Teatro Sociale in Como and “Chiara o Serafina?” for young audience at the Donizetti Festival 2022.
2023 is the year in which Bergamo and Brescia are Culture Capital cities in Italy. He organized, wrote and directed the main institutional ceremony: two theaters, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo have been connected in a big event with the Republic President Sergio Mattarella.
In the next months he is working on “Falstaff, tutto nel mondo è burla”, Festival Verdi 2023 (Teatro di Busseto) and “Lucia di Lammermoor” for young audience at the Donizetti Festival 2023 (Bergamo).
He was close to two great theater Maestro: in 2015 he is assistant director for Dario Fo’s History of Qu produced by Piccolo Teatro in Milano and in 2019 he is assistant director for Graham Vick’s “Don Giovanni” produced by Teatro dell’Opera in Rome.
In 2019 and 2020 he staged two operas included in the project Opera Domani for young audience: “Elisir d’amore” and “Rigoletto” produced by AsLiCo (Como), Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Paris), Opéra de Rouen, Bregenzer Teater Festspiele and Royal Opera House (Muscat).
He started in 2020 a solid collaboration with Teatro Regio di Parma: at the Festival Verdi 2020 he directed “Traviata – Caravan Verdiano” and in 2022 he directed “Rigoletto e la maledizione” in the city theater in Busseto. The work on Donizetti’s masterpieces continues in 2021 with the staging of “Don Pasquale” for the CSA Music Festival in Pescara, in 2022 “Elisir d’amore” included in the project 200.com, a special activity created by Teatro Sociale in Como and “Chiara o Serafina?” for young audience at the Donizetti Festival 2022.
2023 is the year in which Bergamo and Brescia are Culture Capital cities in Italy. He organized, wrote and directed the main institutional ceremony: two theaters, Teatro Grande in Brescia, Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo have been connected in a big event with the Republic President Sergio Mattarella.
In the next months he is working on “Falstaff, tutto nel mondo è burla”, Festival Verdi 2023 (Teatro di Busseto) and “Lucia di Lammermoor” for young audience at the Donizetti Festival 2023 (Bergamo).