Mario Corradi completed his studies at the University of Milan and Yale University. He acted as an assistant director to Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and to Ken Russell. He made his debut in 1982 and since that time has directed in Opera Houses all over the world (except Australia, but he has not given up hope). He has worked with notable artists such as Frederica von Stade, Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli, Denyce Graves, Vladimir Galouzine, Renato Bruson, Lucia Valentini Terrani and Daniela Dessi. Mario Corradi often gives master classes for young singers. His repertoire spans from Monteverdi to contemporary composers. In the past he has taught at the University of Notre Dame, Yale University and the Catholic University of Milan.
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Mario Corradi began his theatrical career with the Yale University Theatre where, between 1970 and 1974, acted in and directed a wide range of plays while completing his doctoral studies in Philosophy.
Upon his return to Milan he began teaching Philosophy (especially Greek and Contemporary) at the Catholic University of Milan. He retired from teaching in November 2010. In 1977 he met Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and started working as his assistant until he made his debut as stage director with Il Matrimonio Segreto, Palermo, February 1982. Since his debut he has also worked as an assistant of Ken Russell for the Charleston and Spoleto's Madama Butterfly in 1983.
Mario Corradi has worked in:
Aachen, Athens, Baalbek Festival, Bad Hersfeld, Belo Horizonte, Bergamo, Berlin, Cagliari, Charleston, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Genova, Hamburg, Hiroshima, Jesi, Kiev, Madrid, Malta, Marseilles, Montecarlo, Munich, Opera Pacific, Palermo, Palm Beach, Parma, Rio de Janeiro, St. Gallen, Seoul, Spoleto, Tokyo, Torre del Lago Festival, Trapani, Valencia, Yerevan
Operas he has directed include, among others:
Aida, Amelia al Ballo, Andrea Chenier, L’Assedio di Corinto, Attila, Un Ballo in Maschera, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Bohème, Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, La Cenerentola, Così Fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Don Pasquale, L'Elisir d’Amore, Falstaff, La Fanciulla del West, Faust, Gianni Schicchi, Il Maestro di Cappella, La Serva padrona, La Gioconda, L'Italiana in Algeri, Lucia di Lammermoor, Luisa Miller, Die Lustige Witwe, Macbeth, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Il Matrimonio Inaspettato, Il Matrimonio Segreto, Maria Golovin, Nabucco, Norma, Nozze di Figaro, Orfeo ed Euridice,Otello, Pagliacci, I Puritani, El Retablo de Maese Pedro, Rigoletto, Rita, Romeo et Juliette, Il Signor Bruschino, Simon Boccanegra, La Sonnambula, Tannhüaser, Il Teseo Riconosciuto, Il Trittico (integrale), Tosca, La Traviata, Turandot, Werther.
As a member of the Giuseppe di Stefano International Competition (Trapani, Sicily), from 1994 until 2007 Mario Corradi, together with the late Magda Olivero, gave Master Classes in acting to the young Competition winners. The competition was aimed at finding singers for an Opera. The prize was the role. The winners had to go through a series of master classes: Magda Olivero was teaching voice, Mario Corradi was teaching acting. After the initial training, regular rehearsals began and the operas were performed during a Summer Festival.
His latest productions include: Il Trittico, Tannhäuser, Die lustige Witwe, Nozze di Figaro for Aachen and Fanciulla del West for Detroit
