Italian stage director and a member of a large family of the Jewish diaspora with significant presence in Europe. He was active during the first post-war decades in opera houses in Spain, Italy and England, among others. Indicatively, he directed the operas Carmen and Prokofiev’s the Fiery Angel at the Trieste Opera (1959/60), the operas Don Giovanni, La bohéme and Lucia di Lammermoor at the Royal Opera House London (1956/57), Tosca, starring Franco Corelli and Maria Caniglia in Turin (1954/55), Un ballo in maschera, Don Pasquale, Ernani, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Lucia di Lammermoor,Les pêcheurs de perles and La bohéme in Bilbao (ABAO, Association of the Friends of the Bilbao Opera, 1958). He collaborated repeatedly with the GNO during the period 1958/73, directing the operas Aida, Carmen, Rigoletto, Simon Boccanegra, Il trovatore and Manon. His direction of the opera Aida was performed on the night of the grand opening of the new Olympia theatre (1957/58). At the GNO he also directed the premieres of the operas Il trovatore (1957/58) and Simon Boccanegra (1962/63). // Last update of the biography: March 2026 - The list of productions below is complete.