Franco Dragone Children: Did Franco Dragone Have Kids?

Franco Dragone, an Italian-born Belgian theatre director was not known to have children at the time he died. Born on 12 December 1952, Dragone died from a heart attack in Cairo, Egypt, on 30 September 2022 at the age of 69.

Dragone was the founder and artistic director of Dragone, a creative company which specialized in the creation of large-scale theatre shows.

Aside that, he was known for his work with Cirque du Soleil and Celine Dion.

In 2003, Dragone created A New Day… starring Céline Dion at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and when A New Day ended its run in 2007, Billboard reported it as the highest-grossing residency of all time.

In 2005, Dragone debuted his fourth production on the Las Vegas Strip with the opening of Le Rêve at the Wynn Las Vegas.

For this show he used performers mainly from disciplines related to gymnastics.

It was synonymous with his 1998 show O for Cirque du Soleil, Le Rêve where he made extensive use of a custom-designed water stage.

In 2007, he directed a new musical based on Prosper Mérimée’s novella Carmen, which premiered at the La Jolla Playhouse.

He also worked on an adaption of the Divine Comedy with composer Ennio Morricone.

CNN said that Dragone was “one of the key architects of Cirque du Soleil’s theatrical style”, and that “while Cirque du Soleil’s signature was contemporary circus, Dragone’s solo work embodies more theater, dance — and, of course, water” through the use of his “trademark” aquatic stages.