Giancarlo Cobelli

Italian actor and director (1929–2012)

Giancarlo Cobelli
Cobelli in 1965
Born	Carl Gerhard Petersen (1929-12-12)12 December 1929 Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Died	16 March 2012(2012-03-16) (aged 83) Rome, Lazio, Italy
Occupation(s)	Actor, director
Years active	1955–1986

Giancarlo Cobelli (12 December 1929 – 16 March 2012) was an Italian actor and stage director. He was considered one of the most important directors of Italian theatre.^[1]

Early life

Born in Milan, Cobelli studied acting at Giorgio Strehler's Piccolo Teatro, then obtained some success as actor and mime, on stage and on television.^[2] Cobelli later was primarily active as theater director,^[1] especially devoting himself to operas alongside names such as Riccardo Muti, Roberto Abbado and Riccardo Chailly.^[2]

Career

He won several UBU Awards as best director.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Teatro: è morto il regista Giancarlo Cobelli". L'Unione Sarda. 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Donatella Codonesu (16 March 2012). "Morto Giancarlo Cobelli, lavorò con Muti , Chailly e Abbado". Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 1 August 2012.