Luisa Spinatelli

On the 22nd of June 2017, Amici della Scala celebrated Luisa Spinatelli, Honorary Member and friend for so many years. Amongst the attendees were her closest friends, collaborators and figures from the world of theatre, who followed with enthusiasm the activity of the scenographer and costume designer. Also present were many of her former students as well as representatives from Brancato Atelier, which has created her costumes for decades. The evening culminated with a cake, offered by Hotel Principe di Savoia and decorated with Spinatelli’s drawings from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, staged by La Scala ballet company. However, the real gift was made to Amici della Scala by Spinatelli herself: a wonderful sketch drawn on the occasion, and which was added to a dedication she had previously written in 2006. Spinatelli is also one of the figures interviewed by Anna Crespi in the book Esercizi di conversazione (“Conversational Exercises”, Ponte alle Grazie Publishers).