Valerio Tiberi
Biography
Born in Spoleto, the city renowned for the Festival of Two Worlds, he began his professional career there and developed his passion for light in all its forms and expressions. Over the course of his extensive career as a lighting designer, he has worked on opera, musical theatre, drama and ballet productions, as well as fashion shows and architectural projects in Italy and around the world. In 2010, he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan with the ballet Immemoria, followed in 2014 by his Broadway debut with the Italian production of the musical Rugantino. In 2023, he made his debut at the Opéra Bastille in Paris with a production of La Vestale. He is also the lighting designer of the musicals Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage and Ghost (West End in the UK, international tour, Mexico and Australia). His major theatre credits include the musicals The Phantom of the Opera (Italy and Madrid), Kinky Boots (Madrid), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Milan), Ghost (Madrid, Milan, Mexico City), Mary Poppins (Milan/Rome), West Side Story (Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa, Florence), Newsies, American Idiot, Young Frankenstein, Cinderella, Happy Days, Cats, Cabaret, A Chorus Line and High School Musical (all in Milan/Rome and on tour throughout Italy). His opera credits include lighting designs for productions of La Gioconda (Teatro di San Carlo, Naples), Siegfried (La Monnaie, Brussels), Andrea Chénier (Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Modena, Toulon), Carmen, Turandot, Ariadne auf Naxos, Fidelio, L’elisir d’amore, La Cenerentola, Die Zauberflöte and Il barbiere di Siviglia (Teatro alla Scala), La fanciulla del West (Korea National Opera), Don Carlos (St. Gallen), Lucia di Lammermoor (Tenerife, Oviedo), Nabucco (Palermo), Idomeneo (Copenhagen), Il viaggio a Reims (Reims, Toulouse, Avignon, Marseille), Il Farnace (Florence), La fille du régiment (Cagliari) and Hamlet (Saint-Étienne). In ballet, he has worked on productions of A Thousand Tales (Dubai Opera), La Valse, L’Histoire de Manon and Giselle (Teatro alla Scala), Beethoven – Immortal Love (Astana), Alice in Wonderland (Tallinn) and Swan Lake (Florence). Since 2014, he has served as technical supervisor and lighting designer for the ballet gala Roberto Bolle & Friends (Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Arena di Verona, and tours in Italy and abroad). From 2009 to 2018, he was Associate Lighting Designer at the Teatro alla Scala. Since 2006, he has taught lighting design at the Accademia Teatro alla Scala. He is a two-time recipient of the Oscar Italiano del Musical for Best Lighting Design, awarded in 2015 for Young Frankenstein and in 2016 for Cabaret, and has also received the Premio Teatro Musical in Madrid for The Phantom of the Opera.