Alessandro Marchetti (director)

Alessandro Marchetti (* 1929 in Gorizia ) is an Italian director, actor and acting lecturer, specializing primarily in commedia dell'arte .

Life

In 1968 Marchetti founded the theater company Teatro 7 in Milan , which toured Italy and abroad with various Commedia dell'arte pieces. As a director he worked at the Ingolstadt City Theater , City Theater Bern , City Theater St. Gallen and at the Ludwigsburg Castle Festival . As a lecturer he worked at the Mozarteum in Salzburg and at the Zurich Drama Academy .

Alessandro Marchetti lives in Verbania , Italy with his wife, the actress and dramaturge Luisella Sala , with whom he founded the Teatro Studio Marchetti in 1995. In 2005 he founded the Compagnia stable del V. C. O. based at the Teatro del Chiostro in Verbania.

Directorial work (selection)

• 1982: Ritratto , with clown Dimitri
• 1987: Palpitation , with Ursina Gregori and Markus Zohner , Markus Zohner Theater Compagnie , Lugano
• 1992: Arlecchino, servitore di due padroni , Teatro Paravento, Locarno
• 1994: I casi della fame e dell'amore , Teatro Paravento, Locarno
• 1994: La locandiera ( Mirandolina ), Teatro Paravento, Locarno
• 2002: Pantalone beffato - ovvero, gli inganni per amore , Teatro Paravento, Locarno
• 2004: Pierrot Lunaire with music by Otto Vrieslander, Teatro Studio Marchetti

literature

• Marcel Kunz, Alessandro Marchetti: Arlecchino & Co. - Education for the theater. Historical introduction, didactic presentation, suggestions for playing the Commedia dell'arte. Klett & Balmer, Zug 1985, 2nd edition 1989; ISBN 3-264-80084-5

Web links

• Alessandro Marchetti in the Internet Movie Database (English)