Goodbye to Franca Nuti. The Turin actress is died at 95 years old on the night of Sunday 12 May 2024 following an illness that came after two complex years, always supported by her husband and colleague Giancarlo Dettori. With the name of Franca Nuti, one of the icons of Italian theater of the 20th century goes away, as well as one of the greatest actresses of all time, muse of director Luca Ronconi and with over 200 shows under her belt. Let’s find out all the details.
Franca Nuti, the lady of Italian theatre
The world of theater is in mourning and is rallying around the pain of Giancarlo Dettori. Yesterday Sunday 12 May 2024just before midnight, she passed away at the age of 95 the wife Franca Nuti. The Turin actress was one of protagonists of Italian theatre of the 20th century and beyond, winner of many awards and with more than 200 shows under her belt. Born in 1929, Franca Nuti graduated in 1954 from the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan, where she began her rise in the world of theatre. Quattro Ubu, Simoni, Flaiano, Duse and many others recognitionsthe actress will establish herself as a specialist in the Ibsen’s theatre (John Gabriel Borkmann, Ghosts, Little Eyolf, Peer Gynt, The Columns of Society) and Strindbergian; the artistic will with his last appearance it was in May 2021 at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, in “A German life” by Christopher Hampton. With a varied artistic education, Nuti was not only synonymous with dedication and passionbut also of sensitivity and introspection, treading the scenes with an almost unattainable presence, becoming a muse for directors of the caliber of Luca Ronconi in Italy and abroad. It was also teacher for young actors, first in Rome then in Turin and finally in Milan, right in the Ronconi school.
Marriage and death
Icon of contemporary Italian theatre, the figure of Franca Nuti has always been associated with Luca Ronconi as well as that of the actor Giancarlo Dettoridespite their appearances together being like husband and wife who as partners on stage have been sporadic. High class colleague and key figure of the Piccolo Teatro Strehler in Milan, Dettori was at his wife’s side during a long marriage and until her death which occurred yesterday night Sunday 12 May 2024, after two difficult years it’s a illness.
