Alberto Bona
Encyclopedia
Alberto Bona is an Italian
actor
, playwright
and film director
.
in Italy
, before moving to London
, where he began a new career within theatre
and independent film
productions. He wrote and starred in the surrealistic play
Salvador! staged at the Barons Court Theatre
in 2004, where he played the eccentric surrealist
Salvador Dalí
. After the play, the photographer Marco Sanges
asked Bona to pose for a series of portraits: it began a creative collaboration which culminated with the art film
Circumstances, awarded as 'Best Art Film' at the Portobello Film Festival
in 2008. With Sanges, Bona co-directed Pondering of a lonely wonderer and La Sonnambula. Together, they have also worked at the Hackney Empire
devicing the surrealistic art exhibition Big Scenes.
In 2011, Bona wrote and starred in the play "Tremamondo
- The Angel of Fencing", directed by Giampaolo Zennaro
, staged at the Teatro Carlo Goldoni in Livorno
.
, both as his assistant and a video artist. Together they staged La fanciulla del West
in Limoges
, Rigoletto
in Almeria
, Cavalleria Rusticana
and Traviata in Livorno
. Classical music has also inspired him to make documentaries. After releasing Story of a Luthier, about the timeless craft of violin making, Bona worked with cellist Jamie Walton, and The Bach Choir
.
He has recently directed the music video for the song "Meet me in Winter". The track and the video have been produced by Ian Dean, who has previously worked with former Beatles producer George Martin
, Paul McCartney
, Evelyn Glennie
and Dire Straits
' Mark Knopfler
.
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
.
Biography
Alberto Bona started his career as a cartoonistCartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, before moving to London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, where he began a new career within theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
and independent film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
productions. He wrote and starred in the surrealistic play
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...
Salvador! staged at the Barons Court Theatre
Barons Court Theatre
Barons Court Theatre is a small theatre of only 57 cinema style seats located in the basement of The Curtains Up public house in Comeragh Road in West London...
in 2004, where he played the eccentric surrealist
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
. After the play, the photographer Marco Sanges
Marco Sanges
Marco Sanges is a photographer from Ostia, Rome. He has worked for Vogue Italia, Dolce&Gabbana, and published on several art and fashion magazines such as Sunday Telegraph.-Biography:...
asked Bona to pose for a series of portraits: it began a creative collaboration which culminated with the art film
Art film
An art film is the result of filmmaking which is typically a serious, independent film aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience...
Circumstances, awarded as 'Best Art Film' at the Portobello Film Festival
Portobello Film Festival
The Portobello Film Festival is an independent international film festival based in London, which annually premiers over 700 new films, including features, shorts, documentaries, music films and animation. Additionally, workshops and talks with top film directors are also featured. Admission to...
in 2008. With Sanges, Bona co-directed Pondering of a lonely wonderer and La Sonnambula. Together, they have also worked at the Hackney Empire
Hackney Empire
The Hackney Empire is a theatre on Mare Street, in the London Borough of Hackney, built in 1901 as a music hall.-History:Hackney Empire is a grade II* listed building...
devicing the surrealistic art exhibition Big Scenes.
In 2011, Bona wrote and starred in the play "Tremamondo
Domenico Angelo
Domenico Angelo , fencing master, was born in Leghorn, Italy, as Angelo Domenico Malevolti Tremamondo.According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Angelo was the first to emphasize fencing as a means of developing health, poise, and grace...
- The Angel of Fencing", directed by Giampaolo Zennaro
Giampaolo Zennaro
Giampaolo Zennaro is an Italian Opera director and stage designer.-Biography:Zennaro started working with Teatri Emiliani ATER in 1967, following his apprenticeship with Gianrico Becher...
, staged at the Teatro Carlo Goldoni in Livorno
Livorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
.
Opera, documentaries and music videos
Bona has worked with opera director Giampaolo ZennaroGiampaolo Zennaro
Giampaolo Zennaro is an Italian Opera director and stage designer.-Biography:Zennaro started working with Teatri Emiliani ATER in 1967, following his apprenticeship with Gianrico Becher...
, both as his assistant and a video artist. Together they staged La fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West
La fanciulla del West is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini, based on the play The Girl of the Golden West by the American author David Belasco. Its highly-publicised premiere occurred in New York City in 1910...
in Limoges
Limoges
Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
, Rigoletto
Rigoletto
Rigoletto is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. It was first performed at La Fenice in Venice on March 11, 1851...
in Almeria
Almería
Almería is a city in Andalusia, Spain, on the Mediterranean Sea. It is the capital of the province of the same name.-Toponym:Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: "The Mirror", comparing it to "The Mirror of the Sea"...
, Cavalleria Rusticana
Cavalleria rusticana
Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story. Considered one of the classic verismo operas, it premiered on May 17, 1890 at the Teatro...
and Traviata in Livorno
Livorno
Livorno , traditionally Leghorn , is a port city on the Tyrrhenian Sea on the western edge of Tuscany, Italy. It is the capital of the Province of Livorno, having a population of approximately 160,000 residents in 2009.- History :...
. Classical music has also inspired him to make documentaries. After releasing Story of a Luthier, about the timeless craft of violin making, Bona worked with cellist Jamie Walton, and The Bach Choir
The Bach Choir
The Bach Choir is a large chorus, based in London, England. It has around 220 active members. The choir's musical director is David Hill and previous musical directors have included Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Reginald Jacques and Sir David Willcocks.The Bach Choir is an...
.
He has recently directed the music video for the song "Meet me in Winter". The track and the video have been produced by Ian Dean, who has previously worked with former Beatles producer George Martin
George Martin
Sir George Henry Martin CBE is an English record producer, arranger, composer and musician. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"— a title that he often describes as "nonsense," but the fact remains that he served as producer on all but one of The Beatles' original albums...
, Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
, Evelyn Glennie
Evelyn Glennie
Dame Evelyn Elizabeth Ann Glennie, DBE is a Scottish virtuoso percussionist. She was the first full-time solo percussionist in 20th-century western society.-Early life:Glennie was born and raised in Aberdeenshire...
and Dire Straits
Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band active from 1977 to 1995, composed of Mark Knopfler , his younger brother David Knopfler , John Illsley , and Pick Withers .Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, blues, and came closest...
' Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler
Mark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
.
Actor
- Agatha and the storm (Agata e la tempesta) (2004)
- Dermo sluchaetsa (2006)
- Cat's smack (2007)
- The scrupulous torment of the polite man (L'uomo garbato) (2008)
- Pondering of a lonely wonderer (Pensieri di un viandante solitario) (2008)
- Circumstances (2008)
Director
- The scrupulous torment of the polite man (L'uomo garbato) (2008)
- Pondering of a lonely wonderer (Pensieri di un viandante solitario) (2008)
- The sleepwalking girl (La sonnambula) (2009)
- Story of a luthier (Storia di un liutaio) (2009)
- So in Love (2010)
- Elgar Cello Concerto (2011)
- Meet me in Winter (2011)