Silvia Costa (born 1984 in Treviso) is an Italian artist, director and performer. She studied Visual and Performing Arts at the IUAV University of Venice. Between 2006 and 2019, she has contributed as an actress and artistic collaborator to most of
Romeo Castellucci's creations for theater and opera. At the same time she carried on her own artistic projects, developing since 2007 a visual and poetic theater nourished by a deep reflection on images. Alternating roles as author, director, performer or set designer, this protean artist crosses different aesthetic fields in a personal exploration of Theatre. She has created theatre works, performances, installations and multimedia projects, and developped projects that have definitely expanded to the musical and operatic world, collaborating with the Ensemble Intercontemporain for the mise en espace of
Hièrophanie by Claude Vivier, and
Intérieur , composed by Joan Macrané Figuera, followed by
Così fan tutte by Mozart. She also directed the operas
Juditha Triumphans by Vivaldi, and
Combattimento, or the Black Swann's theory , based on the works of Monteverdi and his contemporaries,
Freitag aus Licht by Karlheinz Stockhausen,
Noah's Ark by Benjamin Britten,
Like flesh, chamber opera composed by Sivan Eldar, libretto by Cordelia Lynn, with the ensemble Le Balcon,
JULIE by Philippe Boesmans,
Harawi, Chant d'amour et de mort by Messiaen, and
L'autre Voyage , tableaux lyriques from the unfinished works of Franz Schubert with Raphael Pichon and his ensemble Pygmalion. Her productions and mise en espace were presented at Opéra Nationale de Lorraine, Opéra de Lille, Philharmonie de Paris, Opéra Comique Paris, Opéra de Lyon, Cité de la Musique Paris, Staatsoper Stuttgart, Landestheater Vorarlberg Bregenz, Hannover Staatsoper, Théâtre du Chatelet Paris, Comédie Française Paris, Palau de Les Arts Reina Sofía in Valencia, Festival d'Automne à Paris, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Festival dei Due Mondi Spoleto. She was associated artist at Teatro dell'Arte/Milan Triennale (2017-2019), at the Centre Dramatique National in Angers (2019). Since 2020, she has been part of the artistic ensemble of the Comédie de Valence. In 2022 she was awarded the title of Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture.
