Arturo Brachetti
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Arturo Brachetti (Italian pronunciation:
Early life
Brachetti was born in Turin. His career covers a wide artistic range and has made him an international name. The change from one costume to another is performed in a matter of seconds, often by throwing a sheet up and completely changing the costume by the time it falls. In the current show, Brachetti performs 80 characters in one evening. His skills also include shadowgraphy[2][3] and sand painting.[4]
As a child, he frequented a seminary, where he met a young priest, Silvio Mantelli, with the hobby of magic. Spending most of his time in the magical warehouse of the priest, Brachetti learnt all kinds of magic tricks. At the age of 15, using costumes borrowed from the seminary's theatre, he invented and performed his first quick-change act, an art introduced to the world by Leopoldo Fregoli (1867–1936).[5]
Career
His professional career began in 1978 in France at the Parisian cabaret
On his return to Italy, he participated as the guest star in 10 episodes of the television show
He returned to London to perform in Tony Harrison's production of "Square Rounds" at the National Theatre. In 1989 and 1990 he was also a regular performer on The Best of Magic for Thames Television. Then off to Disneyland Paris where, with Mickey Mouse, he co-hosted the show A Night of Magic, which was transmitted internationally.
From 1995, with the Italian production company Compagnia Della Rancia and the director Saverio Marconi, Brachetti continued to concentrate on creating and developing musicals for the Italian audience. His original musical "Fregoli" won the Biglietto D'Oro (Golden Ticket Award) for the best-selling show in a season (280,000 tickets). His popularity continued with the production of "Brachetti in Technicolor" and "Midsummer Night's Dream".
In the opera field, he played the storyteller in Stravinsky's "
His appearance on a live episode of The Drew Carey Show in 1999 gave him a "pick of the day" title on the program Access Hollywood. He also played a role in the Warner sitcom Nikki.[8][9]
In 1999 he presented his new show in
In 2006, Brachetti's show reached the proportion of a big musical production with over 1000 performances completed and over 1.5 million tickets sold.
Brachetti directed several shows from 1994 onwards. In Germany: "Fantasissimo" and "1000 Nachte" at the
In 2008 he created and toured the show "Gran Varietà Brachetti" a big production involving 25 artists and celebrating the world of
On 26 October 2009, Just for Laughs presented Brachetti in a new production by
In 2008 he presented the One Man Show directed by Serge Denoncourt dedicated to the world of Cinema, playing more than 80 characters.[5]
In 2006 he received the diploma
In 2013 and 2014 he was a judge in the French TV show The Best broadcast by TF1.[14]
An animated statue of Brachetti, Prague, Montreux and Montreal.
References
- ^ The most prolific quick change illusion artist in Guinness World Records [1]
- Thames TV, 1989 [2]
- ^ Arturo Brachetti, Le ombre cinesi
- ^ Sand painting performance on italian national tv Rai2, Made in Sud, 22 aprile 2014 [3]
- ^ ISBN 978-8831795999.
- ^ Pierino e il lupo
- ^ Rai for Allegro un po' troppo
- ^ Nikki cast in tv.com
- ^ Arturo Brachetti profile on Tv.com
- ^ Intervies with Jeffery Deaver
- ^ French Culture web page, La chanson, la scène et la télévision à l’honneur, 15 December 2011 [4]
- ^ "Speech of French Culture Minister". Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ^ Una croce per Arturo il trasformista, Repubblica Torino, 3 giugno 2014
- ^ The judge Arturo Brachetti in The Best show page Archived 8 August 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Arturo Brachetti’s web page in Musée Grévin web site [5]
- ^ È Arturo Brachetti o una statua di cera?, Repubblica.it
- ^ Parigi celebra Arturo Brachetti: l'artista nel museo delle cere Grévin, Affari italiani, 4 dicembre 2013 [6]
External links
- Arturo Brachetti's official web site
- Brachetti's record in the Guinness Book web site
- Interview with Jeaffrey Deaver
- Arturo Brachetti in Vaudeville old&new an encyclopedia of variety performances by Frank Cullen, Florence Hackman, Donald McNeilly
- Arturo Brachetti in Magicpedia [7]
- Arturo Brachetti at IMDb
- Interview (French) with Arturo Brachetti, Dans le repair turinois d'Arturo Brachetti, Le Monde, 28 September 2013
- Arturo Brachetti gives London a quick change, The Times, 20 October 2009
- Interview (Italian) with Arturo Brachetti about his career, 2013
- Interview (Italian) with Arturo Brachetti, Brachetti: "La magia è tornare bambini", Avvenire, 25 March 2013
- Interview (in German) with Arturo Brachetti, Hamburg 1981
- Interview as Honorary member of Accademia Apulia 2009
- Interview (Italian) with Corriere della Sera, 22 August 2014.
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