Claudio Longhi was born in Bologna in 1966. Under the
supervision of Professor Ezio Raimondi he got his degree in Italian
Literature at the University of Bologna, where currently he is
Confirmed Associate Professor in Performing Arts. In 1996 he
published the critical edition of Orlando furioso. Un
travestimento ariostesco by Edoardo Sanguineti, between
1997 and 1998 he edited the theatrical subject “books” of
Encyclomedia – Guida multimediale alla storia della civiltà
europea directed by Umberto Eco (sections: Il
Cinquecento, Il Settecento and L'Ottocento). With
the publisher Pacini he published: La drammaturgia del
Novecento. Tra romanzo e montaggio(1999) and Tra moderno e
postmoderno. La drammaturgia del Novecento (2001). With the
publisher Gedit he published the volume Scrittura per la scena e
metafisica. Livelli di realtà o realtà dei livelli? Il dramma della
scienza prima nel teatro del Novecento (2004). With Ets of Pisa
he published L'«Orlando furioso» di Ariosto-Sanguineti per Luca
Ronconi (2006). With Rizzoli, in collaboration with Federico
Condello, he edited the collection of theatrical translations from
classics by Edoardo Sanguineti Teatro antico. Traduzioni e
ricordi (2006). In May 2010 he published with the publisher «Le
Lettere» of Firenze his most recent monograph: Marisa Fabbri.
Lungo viaggio attraverso il teatro di regia. Since 2008 he has
contributed to the AMAtI (Archivio Multimediale Attori Italiani,
Italian Actors Multimedia Archive), created and directed by
Professor Siro Ferrone. For AMAtI he wrote the items about Marisa
Fabbri, Franco Branciaroli and Cesco Baseggio. He also published
many articles in reviews and collections, concerning basically the
study of modern and contemporary drama (as Italian as foreigner)
and the problem of the origin and development of the direction,
focusing more on history of Italian critical direction. Among his
recent essays: Storia del ‘Signor Puntila' per Aldo Trionfo:
note sul varietà, sul nuovo ruolo della regia e sul teatro politico
oggi (2011), «Verbum caro factum est»: una “Moscheta” per
Franco Branciaroli (2012), Storie felsinee: «Postkarten» da
Bologna (2012), La tentazione del «Portrait», ovvero la
scena della memoria secondo Lagarce (2013), Fin de partie.
Massimo Castri (21 gennaio 2013, settant'anni) (2013) and
«Un uomo come un popolo come un'epoca»: Boccaccio e l'utopia del
teatro popolare (2013). Since 2010 he is part of the editorial
board of the online magazine «Antropologia e Teatro». Between 2011
and 2012 he participated in the editorial board of the online
magazine «Prospero European Review», and in 2012 he has joined the
editorial board of «Drammaturgia» (paper and digital).
Regarding his participation in colleges PhD, it should be noted
that between the academic years 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 he was part
of the Academic Board of the PhD Ca ' Foscari/Iuav in History of
Arts, while since the academic year 2012/2013 he has joined the
College PhD in Cinema, Music and Theatre of the Department of
Arts – Visual, Performing, Media at the University of Bologna. He
has a frequent attendance at conferences and study days as creator
and presenter. In this regard it should be noted that recently he
took part in the international study day Comédiens-auteurs,
comédiens-poètes (Angleterre, Espagne, Italie, France, 16e-17e
siècles) (Paris, 2012), at the conference Per una nuova
enciclopedia dello spettacolo italiano (Naples, 2012), at the
international conference Luigi Squarzina. Studioso, drammaturgo
e regista teatrale (Venice 2012), at the international
conference Boccaccio e i suoi lettori. Una lunga ricezione
(Bologna , 2012) and at the international conference Le Théâtre
et ses publics: the création partagée (Liège, 2012), that he
also organized as part of his participation in the Project
Prospero.
Longhi matches his research work with his active theatrical
commitment: between 1993 and 1995 he worked as assistant with Pier
Luigi Pizzi and with Graham Vick; between 1995 and 2002 he steadily
collaborated with Luca Ronconi, at the beginning as assistant and
later as assistant director. Since 1999 he has also directed his
own theatre productions for Teatro di Roma, Teatro de Gli
Incamminati, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, Teatro Stabile di Torino,
Teatro Due di Parma, Istituto Nazionale del Dramma Antico and for
Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione. Among his recent theatre
productions: La resistibile ascesa di Arturo Ui (2011, ANCT
award as Italian show of the year), Prometeo (2012), Il
ratto d'Europa (2013; Ubu 2013 special award).
Between the academic years 2005-2006 and 2012-2013 he taught
History of Theatre at «Scuola del Piccolo Teatro di Milano» for the
training of young actors. He currently directs the course of higher
education «Raccontare il territorio» for Emilia Romagna Teatro
Fondazione.
Between 2011 and 2013 he was part of the group of Rechercheurs
of the Prospero Project as a representative of Emilia Romagna
Teatro Fondazione. Since 2011 he is member of the “great readers”
committee for Pordenonelegge.it's “ranks”. In 2011 he also joined
the jury of the 51st edition of Premio Riccione per il Teatro,
presided by Umberto Orsini. In march 2013 he was confirmed in this
jury for the 52nd edition of Premio Riccione.
