Director

Italian-Argentine director, she was born in Buenos Aires. She has studied dance, acting, drawing and painting. In 1997 she has graduated from the Higher Institute of Art of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

She has staged repertory and contemporary opera, absolute premieres, dance and zarzuela. Her debut in opera was with the staging of “La Serva Padrona” by Pergolesi in 1998, since then her numerous productions include “Werther”, “Rigoletto”, “Madama Butterfly”, “Eugenio Onegin” by Tchaikovsky , “Gianni Schicchi”, “Il Tabarro” by Puccini, “Iphigenié en Tauride” by Gluck, “Lucia di Lammermoor” by Donizetti, “L'Orfeo” by Monteverdi, “Lucio Silla” by Mozart, “Histoire du soldat” by Stravinsky, “La Gran Via”, “Doña Francisquita” by Vives and “El Chaleco Blanco” by F. Chueca, “El Amor Brujo” by Manuel de Falla, “Mozart and Salieri” by R. Korsakov, “A Streecar Named Desire” ” by Andrè Prevín, “La Belle Héléne” by Offenbach, “The Fairy Queen” by Purcell, “Il Barbiere di Siviglia” by Rossini, “Il segreto di Susanna” by W. Ferrari, “Vanitas” by S. Sciarrino, among many others. She has also written and directed shows for children.

Its productions were nominated several times in Argentina (ACE awards) and in Spain (Max awards, Opera XXI awards). Recently winner of Florencio Sanchez award for best production 2023 for “La Belle Hèlene” by Offenbach.

Her productions have led her to direct in large venues such as the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Grand Théâtre in Aix en Provence (France), Teatro An Der Wien (Vienna), Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao, Teatro Real in Madrid, Philharmonie de Paris , KleinesHaus de Basel, Teatro de la Zarzuela, Theâtre du Châtelet de Versailles, Teatro Principal de Alicante, Festival de Peralada, Festival de Santander, Teatro Le Volcan (Normandía), Teatro Solís de Montevideo, Granada International Festival, Teatro de la Maestranza de Sevilla, Festival del Valle D’Itria –Martina Franca (Italia), among others.

She has been artistic coordinator of the Experimentation Center of the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires for ten years (Argentina). She has recently been named Artistic Director of the Real Teatro de Retiro dependent on the Teatro Real de Madrid, whose season and activities is exclusively dedicated to children, youth and family audiences.

She has been invited to join the juries of the lyrical singing competitions of ASAO Sevilla and Internacional de Alcalá de Henares, in addition to the Flamenco Choreography and Dance Competition of the Community of Madrid, for which she has given workshops to choreographers .

She has written articles about theater and opera that have been published in editorials of the Universidad Ceu San Pablo, Cuadernos de Casa de América, Scherzo magazine, among others.

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Rita Cosentino - Directora de Escena

Rita Cosentino
Directora de Escena

Rita Cosentino - Directora de Escena

Rita Cosentino
Directora de Escena

Rita Cosentino - Directora de Escena

Rita Cosentino
Directora de Escena

Rita Cosentino - Directora de Escena

Rita Cosentino
Directora de Escena

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Collaborations

Teatro Colón Buenos Aires, Teatro Real Madrid, Teatro Avenida Buenos Aires, Teatro Argentino La Plata, Teatro Arriaga Bilbao, Teatro Fernán Gómez Madrid, Teatro Principal Alicante, Grand Théâtre Aix en Provence, Theâtre du Châtelet Versailles, Theater Kleineshaus Basel, Theater An der Wien Vienna, Philharmonie Paris, Thèâtre Le Volcan in Le Havre, Teatro la Zarzuela Madrid, Juan March Foundation Madrid, Teatro Auditorio Cuenca, Sala Sec Barcelona, Castell Peralada, Teatros del Canal en Madrid, San Lorenzo del Escorial Auditorium Madrid, University Carlos III Auditorium Madrid, Spain Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, Tres Cantos Main Hall Madrid, International Festival of Santander, Museum of Romanticism Madrid, Teatro Solís in Uruguay, among others.

Rita Cosentino - Directora de Escena
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