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Fabio Barettin Lighting designer
© Max Liva
Biography
Born in Venice in 1961, Fabio Barettin studied lighting technique and design and joined the technical team of La Fenice in Venice in 1992. He has collaborated with various Venetian theatres as well as with the Royal Ballet and Opera and RAI (Italian Radio and Television). His work has taken him to major international stages including La Scala in Milan, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Bunkamura Orchard Hall in Tokyo, the Opéra de Marseille, and the Grand Théâtre de Genève.
He has worked with stage directors such as Roberto De Simone, Maurizio Scaparro, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Michele Placido, Ermanno Olmi, Jürgen Flimm, Paul Curran, Damiano Michieletto, and Francesco Micheli. He has designed lighting for operas including Ariadne auf Naxos, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Der Rosenkavalier, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Le nozze di Figaro, Così fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Falstaff, Madama Butterfly, Otello, Parsifal, Roméo et Juliette, Simon Boccanegra, La traviata, Werther, Un ballo in maschera, and Lucia di Lammermoor.
Since March 2010, he has taught lighting technique and design at the Venice Academy of Fine Arts. In the 2026–2027 season, he will design lighting for, among other productions, La vita nuda at the Rome Opera.
At the Paris Opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia (2014).
Currently in
- Opéra Bastille
- from 12 September to 05 November 2026
