Stage Director Cecilia Ligorio Joins Crescendi Artists

Stage Directors

We are delighted to welcome Italian stage director Cecilia Ligorio to Crescendi Artists’ roster for general management worldwide.

Driven by a conscious desire to enrich her language and her artistic path, Cecilia Ligorio’s career has developed from the outset in dialogue between performing, dramaturgy, writing, and directing, spanning spoken theatre, dance theatre, and opera.

In the 2022/23 season, Cecilia Ligorio directed La Cenerentola at Oper Köln and Apollo et Hyacinthus at Teatro La Fenice in Venice. She also staged Sweet Silence in Cremona (Scarcella) at Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona. In addition, she was responsible for dramaturgy and artistic coordination for Bastarda (Donizetti Tudor cycle) at La Monnaie, Brussels, directed by O. Fredj. In the 2023/24 season, she worked as Associate Director for Rigoletto at Teatro Massimo, Palermo, conducted by D. Oren, and at Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, in a production conducted by R. Palumbo. She also returned to Teatro La Fenice, Venice, as Stage Director for Turandot under F.I. Ciampa. In the 2024/25 season, Cecilia Ligorio directed Don Giovanni at Oper Köln with Tomáš Netopil conducting, and Il re pastore at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

Her projects in the 2025/26 season include the October premieres of Don Giovanni at Teatro de la Maestranza in Seville and Mitridate, re di Ponto at Teatro Massimo, Palermo, as well as the revival of La Cenerentola at Oper Köln.

Cecilia Ligorio (stage director)
Cecilia Ligorio © Photo by Gustavo Mirabile

Among her announced engagements in the 2026/27 season is the world premiere of Matteo D’Amico’s La vita nuda at Teatro dell’Opera di Roma.

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Cecilia Ligorio
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