Biography
Jacopo studied set design at the Academy of fine Arts of Florence, meanwhile he worked as lighting designer in some of the most important theatres around the world including the Sydney Opera House with Giancarlo del Monaco for Luisa Miller. At the NCPA of Beijing with Giancarlo del Monaco for L’Italiana in Algeri and in the Royal Opera House Covent Garden of London for the new lighting design of the ballet Manon of Sir Kenneth MacMillan. In the Teatro San Carlo of Naples with Fabio Sparvoli for Les Pêcheurs de Perles. At the Teatro Massimo of Palermo for the ballet Corsaro with the set design of Francesco Zito. With Marcia Haydée and Jordi Roig for the Berlin Staatsballet for Sleeping Beauty. At the New Mariinsky Theater of Saint Petersburg lighting Carmina Burana of Shen Wei. For the Royal Opera House of Muscat with Caracalla dance Company. At the Théâtre du Capitole of Toulouse with Anne Delbée for Viol de Lucrèce. Jacopo worked with the great set designer Ezio Frigerio for many opera and ballet productions at The Astana Opera House, such as Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Carmen, Don Quixote, L’Elisir d’Amore and many more. He lit the grand re-opening of the Opera of Budapest with the ballet Mayerling of Sir Kenneth MacMillan and worked at the Bunka Kaikan of Tokyo with Alessandro Talevi for Tosca and at the Seoul Arts Center for Rigoletto. In Seoul Jacopo also worked with Renato Zanella for the Ballet Mata Hari and with Arnaud Bernard for the opera Samson et Dalila. For the San Francisco ballet he relit Song of the Earth of Sir Kenneth MacMillan. With a broad portfolio ranging from opera to drama and ballet, Jacopo Pantani continues to bring visionary lighting design to stages around the world.