Tino Carraro

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Tino Carraro (actually Agostino Carraro ; born December 1, 1910 in Milan ; † January 13, 1995 there ) was an Italian actor .

Life

The son of a typesetter initially worked as a representative of foreign car companies, but in the meantime he kept visiting the “Accademia dei Filodrammatici” in his hometown before interrupting it due to the fascist politics of the years. After resuming his education, Carraro made his debut in 1939 as Don Giovanni in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing with the ensemble of the “ Accademia d'Arte Drammatica ” under Silvio D'Amico .

His calm, reserved and persistent manner of presentation - which is why he was sometimes called the “bookkeeper of the theater scene” - showed Carraro almost exclusively on stage, where he belonged to some of the most important groups: that of Evi Maltagliati / Luigi Cimara , that of Sarah Ferrati , the ensemble around Vittorio Gassman and Ernesto Calindri (with whom he played in Adam and in Die Tabakstrasse in 1945 under Luchino Visconti ), that around Diana Torrieri , then again with the company of Maltagliati and finally that of the “Teatro Stabile” in Milan. He not only stayed there for ten years, but remained lifelong with the ensemble and the artistic director Giorgio Strehler . For him, Carraro's way of representing and speaking represented the ideal form of how he imagined his directorial theater: the actor is not the focus, but is a simple employee like everyone else involved. Carraro played his roles in more than 50 productions, from dramas and comedies to classical tragedies and modern grotesques, including those as “Brutus” in Julius Caesar , as the eponymous hero of Coriolanus , as “Lopachin” in Der Kirschgarten , “Togasso” in El nost milan , “Robespierre” in I Giacobini (by Federico Zardi ) and especially in the trilogy of the beautiful holiday season by Carlo Goldoni and the “Mackie Messer” in The Threepenny Opera .

When the title role in The Life of Galilei went to Tino Buazzelli , Carraro left the Stabile in 1965 and joined its sister theater in Rome (where, again under Visconti, he made his debut in a new production of the Kirschgarten s), later played with the “Compagnie dei Quattro” “By Franco Enriquez . In 1972 he signed with the "Piccolo Teatro", again in Milan, where he first appeared in Lulu under Patrice Chéreau . Outstanding work was also produced in later years with Giorgio Strehler: 1972 a King Lear , 1977 in Der Sturm , 1979 in August Strindbergs Wetteruchten , a Faust from 1989 and finally, two years before his death, Die Riesen vom Berge .

In 1952 Carraro had also started a television career with a production of Macbeth , during which he was given the opportunity - especially well into the 1960s - to present his talents to an even larger audience. The "Javert" in Die Elenden 1964 and "Don Abbondio" in I Promessi Sposi 1967 stood out under the direction of Sandro Bolchi . His film career, however, was rather erratic and sporadic, although probably only Gianfranco De Bosio (1963 in Il terrorista ) and Francesco Rosi (inr Die Macht und Ihr Preis 1975) knew how to use Carraro's skills appropriately.

Awards

Carraro's theatrical achievements led to three wins (making him the only actor who succeeded) in the Premio San Genesio for best leading actor: 1956 for The Threepenny Opera , 1962 for Henry IV and 1965 for Il piacere dell'onestà .

In the film, Carraro was nominated for best supporting actor for his portrayal in Die Macht and its 1976 award for a silver ribbon .

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andrea Orbicciani, Article Tino Carraro , in: Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Andrea Orbicciani, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Gli attori. Gremese 1998, pp. 104/105
personal data
SURNAME Carraro, Tino
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carraro, Agostino (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1995
Place of death Milan