Biography of Lella Costa
Our Queen of the monologue
September 30, 1952Gabriella Costa, known exclusively as Lella Costa, was born in Milan, on 30 September 1952. Important Italian actress, known to the general public for some television appearances, is one of the most important interpreters of the National Theatre, most famous for his monologues. Voice actress, worked very well for radio with radio technology. He took part also to some interesting cinematic experiences and is very active in the non-profit world, promoting the activities of Emergency by Gino Strada, an organization of which he is spokesman. Committed strenuously defending civil rights, has for years been the voice of Peacereporter, interpreter of national commercials.
By 2010 appears frequently on Mediaset for the comic format Zelig, much later. After the years of childhood, the future artist attends the liceo classico Giosuè Carducci in Milan and a passion for literature, he enrolled at the Faculty of letters. He completed all exams without earning a degree: the love for the theatre, in fact, is already strong in this age, much to induce her to leave his studies and joined the Accademia dei Filodrammatici, where he graduated a few years later, complete with a gold medal. The artistic beginnings are with Massimo Rossi. His debut is a monologue, in which will Excel pretty soon, and is dated 1980. It is a writing of Stella Leonetti and is titled "repertoire, that is, the orphan and the garter belt."
Lella Costa launches from now in contemporary theatre and art started attending authors such as the aforementioned Leonetti, Renzo Rosso and Slawomir Mrozek, Polish writer and avant-garde, satirical style. Lands in radio, his other great passion, where it makes the bones. At the same time, facing the so-called theatre-cabaret. Write another monologue, dated 1985, together with Patrizia B. March of 1987, and, in his debut with the first show of which he is also the author, entitled "Adlib". In 1988 is staged with "Coincidences" and began working on his first experience in cinema, where he debuted a year later, in 1989, with the film "Ladri di saponette". The film has a clear reference to the plot of the most famous "bicycle thieves" and is signed by Maurizio Nichetti, who is also actor of this film inspired by Neorealist, starring as well as Lella Costa, also features actors like Caterina Sylos Labini and Federico Rizzo.
The young and talented Lella is also submits on the small screen, where it lands in recent years. He took part in "The girls", cult TV program of the era, and a format like "play your game", "Ottantanonpiùottanta", "the game of the nine" and others. Becomes a regular guest and welcomed the "Maurizio Costanzo Show", talk show host widely followed in those years, and earns another part to the movies, to Francesco Calogero, "private visions", dated 1990.
In February of that year Lella Costa back on the scene, with what is his third self-produced monologue, entitled "Malsottile", a sort of ironic and poetic reflection on a theme dear to her, like memory. In January 1992 the actress goes to the bookstore, for types of Feltrinelli, with the book "the dagger in loden", which collects a bit all his theatrical production created until 1991. In the same year, goes to the theatre with the only outside the main building of the monologue, entitled "Two". Between 1994 and 1995 returns with theatrical monologues, producing respectively "Magoni", with the original music of the great musician Ivano Fossati, and "dagger in loden", which gets a great success at the Teatro Studio in Milan from 27 October to 5 November. In January 1996 he wrote with Alessandro Baricco "tired of war," back on stage at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan a year later, in February 1997.
In March of 1998 is employed by Gabriele Vacis, Director of "another story". In December of that year the House Feltrinelli publishes its new theatre collection, entitled "do do"; a year later, already in January, is on Italy 1, the format "Comedians", presented by Serena Dandini. A great success the same year collects his experience in radio, on Radio 3: the actress reads "orcs" French author Daniel Pennac, interpreting the text and ndolo in a series of twenty episodes. In 2000 back to the Piccolo in Milan, always with Director Vacis, for a reduction from Othello, entitled "words". At the same time, she took part in the famous Italian staging of "the Vagina Monologues", written by Eve Ensler, for Salon Pierlombardo in Milan, in October 2001.
A year later she published again for Feltrinelli collecting "on tour" and, also in 2002, gives voice to the show "eyes" Written ", written and directed by Francesco Cavalli and Landon Davis. In October 2002, Lella Costa carries around his own version of "Traviata" directed by Gabriele Vacis and national debut at the Arena Del Sole in Bologna. The tour resumes also on Rai 2. In February 2004 the actress milanese takes part in "Nobel of literature and theater" at the Teatro dell'archivolto in Genoa, where he gives voice to text Jarhead author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombian Nobel Prize with his work "The incredible and sad history of Candida Alanna and her grandmother distorted", accompanied by the music of Aquaragia Drom, directed by Giorgio Gallione. In December of that year, shares the stage with Arnoldo Foà, in recital "the thousand and one nights. Sherazade ".
One of the best works by Lella Costa arrives in January 2005, with "Alice, a marvel of Country", directed by Giorgio Gallione, with original music by Stefano Bollani, great Italian pianist and composer, jazz artist beloved. In 2006 back on tv, LA7, "Uma", together with the journalist Marco Travaglio: four episodes that get a good success with audiences and critics. The following year produced "Hamlet", written and performed by her, together with Massimo Cirri and Giorgio Gallione, of which he also directed. Between 2010 and 2012 takes part in some episodes of the television format Zelig, for the conduct of Claudio Bisio.
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