Anna Cuticchio

Anna Leone (Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3)

Ed. by Jo Ann Cavallo, Columbia University
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.6.1: Italian Writing and Culture, 453-present.
Vol. editors: Carla Bregman (Independent Scholar - North America), Jo Ann Cavallo (Columbia University), Nicole Kennedy (University of Newcastle)

Dates

Born 21 Feb 1945
Activity 1980-ongoing

Places

Born in Italy
Active in Italy

Activities

Primary

Puppeteer

Other

Playwright / Dramatist

Resources

Cuticchio's Works

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Anna Cuticchio was the first, and until now the only, woman

oprante

in Palermo (in this city, the

oprante

is the person who directs the theatre, the company and the shows of the

opera dei pupi

, the Sicilian rod marionette theatre, recognized as an intangible cultural heritage by UNESCO). She performed all the tasks that usually fell to men. In addition to directing a theater, a company and her shows, she wrote the texts, maneuvered the

pupi

and did what no woman had ever done before at the

opera dei pupi

of Palermo: she played all the voices in her shows, both feminine and masculine.

Anna Cuticchio was born in 1945 in Palermo, on the puppet theatre boards of her father, Giacomo Cuticchio (1917-1985), and mother, Pina Patti (1926-2013). Giacomo Cuticchio had trained as a puppeteer in the

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Citation: Leone, Anna. "Anna Cuticchio". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 18 March 2025 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=15056, accessed 26 March 2025.]