Theatre Director, Teacher
Lives in Montpellier (France)

Toni Cafiero studied drama at the Ecole Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris and set design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna.

He is recognised for his work as a director in several countries, and as a lecturer at conservatoires and universities (Institut del Teatre Barcelona, Tearo Stabile di Torino e Piccolo di Milano, Ecole Nationale de Chaillot, New York University, Real Escuela de Madrid, Accademia Teatrale di Udine e Venezia…).

As a director, he has produced works for both theatre and opera.

Opera – direction, stage design and choreography:

Orfeo e Euridice by Gluck Festival Valle d’Itria, Pulcinelle by Igor Stravinsky, The Barber of Seville by G. Rossini, Opera National de Montpellier, The Magic Flute, Teatro Storchi de Modena, Brundibar by Hans Krasa, The Little Stonecutter by Tibor Harsanyi, Medium Opera National de Nancy et Montpellier.

Theatre – direction and set design

Internationally:

National Theatres of Rijeka, Pula (Croatia), Dona Maria National Theatre of Lisbon (Portugal), Venice Biennale, Teatro Stabile of Venice, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Teatro Stabile di Torino, Teatro del Parco Treviso (Italy), Barcelona Mercat de las Flors Theatre (Spain), Théâtre National de Rabat, Instituts culturels français (Morocco), La Mama Festival de New York (USA), Wuk Theater Center de Wien (Austria), Théâtre National d’Alger (Algeria), Théâtre de Almada Lisbonne (Portugal) Théâtre de Novosibirsk, et Voronech (Russia)

In France:

Scène Nationale de Narbonne (La vie est un Songe by Caldéron De La Barca, Les Géants de la Montagne by L.Pirandello), Scene Conventionée de Bretigny (Trilogie de Belgrade by Bjliana Sbriljanovic), Théâtre Jaques Coeur de Lattes (Julius Caesar by Shakespeare, Avis aux Intéressés by Daniel Keene, En attendant le Révizor after Nicolas Gogol), Théâtre Jean Vilar de Montpellier (Arsenic by J. Kesserling, Les Valets by C.Goldoni, Dakota by Jordi Galceran, L’Avare by Moliere), Théâtre de Perpignan ( Le Mouton et la Baleine by Amed Ghazali, Le Gris by H. Haber, Les deux tibias by Daniel Keene, Inconnu a cet adresse by Kressmann Taylor), Scène Nationale Phenix (Amitié by E. De Filippo, La noce by A. Tcheckov), Festival Printemps de Comédiens de Montpellier (En pleine mer by S.Mrozek, Le plus fort by A. Strindberg, Celle La by Daniel Danis, Le chien la nuit et le couteau by Marius Von Mayenburg, Ivan et le chiens by Hattie Naylor, Carmen opus1#, Delinquentes : d’apres Carmen Medee, Cassandre, Caresse by Sergi Belbel), Nature mort dans un fossé by Fausto Paravidino, Théâtres de Perpignan, Chai du Terral et Jean Vilar, Theatre d’O de Montpellier (Kvetch by Berkoff)

E-mail: tonicafiero@tmail.com