Florence, Andrea Di Bari died: director and playwright
mourning
August 9, 2022 – 11:17 am
Di Bari died after a long illness. Protagonist of Florentine culture, Nardella: We lose a protagonist of city life
from Corriere Fiorentino editorial staff
Mourning in the world of Florentine culture, Andrea Di Bari, theater director and more, died yesterday in Florence, author, playwright and organizer of cultural events. Sick for some time, his condition has worsened in recent weeks. Condolences on the part of the mayor Dario Nardella. We lose an important protagonist of city life – Underline in a note -. Andrea di Bari was close and attentive to the cultural debate in Florence and has always shown great critical skills of analysis and civic passion. We will miss it.
Nardella remembers that Andrea was a great professional and I was very close to him: he was one of the first people I confronted with and collaborated with whenby the city councilor, I started dealing with culture. was one of the protagonists of the birth and success of Fabbrica Europa. He was a great lover of the theater, a scholar of dramaturgy and a director. He has collaborated with the Gassmann theater workshop and has made successful shows as a director in Italy and in Florence, taking care of the staging with great directors and actors such as Albertazzi. With the director of the 900 Museum Sergio Risaliti – conclude – aWe have decided to honor his memory in the weeks memorized with some initiatives. Condolences also from the president of the Toscana Spettacolo Foundation, Cristina Scaletti Together with the director Patrizia Coletta and the staff of the institution for the loss of a reference figure for the debate and the artistic vitality of Florence and beyond. We are all poorer and culture above all – Add -. And the whole Toscana Spettacolo Foundation. The loss of Andrea Di Bari makes us feel the human contingency but also the strength of a man and an artist able to adapt to the last to make a contribution to the community and to the desire to improve the cultural landscape and beyond. Author, director, event organizer, he was for many a teacher, a reference and a stimulus. Always fueled by the desire to make changes in meaning and content to social issues and the struggle for civil rights. A free man and artist, in love with culture and Florence.
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9 August 2022 | 11:17
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