Allegra Bernacchioni

Allegra Bernacchioni is an Italian set and costume designer. Graduated with honours in Set Design in 2008 from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan, her education continued at the Academy of Teatro alla Scala, where she spent over two years alongside leading painters, sculptors, and set constructors, acquiring both traditional and avant-garde techniques of Italian Theater.

She embarked on her career as a stage technician, painter-decorator, prop master, and eventually Director of Scenic Productions, Assistant at the Arena di Verona. This diverse skill set, acquired through a 360° immersion in various disciplines, led her to join Maestro Franco Zeffirelli’s creative team in 2010. She worked with him for the next six years until his passing. Turandot and the opening of the Royal Opera House in Muscat, Oman, in 2011, marked her most ambitious project alongside the Maestro. Equally noteworthy were her contributions to Don Giovanni, Il Trovatore, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, all staged at the Arena di Verona, where she designed sets and props for each.

Throughout her journey, she collaborated with notable figures such as Giancarlo Del Monaco, Chiara Muti, Carlo Centolavigna, Stefano Trespidi, Stefano Monti, and Cristian Taraborelli. Memorable productions include: 2012, Macbeth, Teatro Filarmonico di Verona; 2021, Pagliacci at the Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova; 2023, Il Trovatore at the Teatro Municipale di Piacenza.

She has graced prestigious theatres worldwide, including La Maestranza in Seville, the New National Theatre in Tokyo, the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv, Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome, the Euskalduna Theatre in Bilbao, Les Chorégies d’Orange, Comédie de Genève, Teatro Camp Amor in Oviedo, the Arena di Verona, and the Royal Opera House Muscat in Oman. Currently residing in Cape Town, last remarkable past productions include: Suor Angelica and Gianni Schicchi , The Bluebeard’s  Castle and Barber of Seville for Cape Town Opera.