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Rafa Casette

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Rafa Casette
Rafa Casette at Sitges Film Festival 2012
Born (1965-08-20) August 20, 1965 (age 59)
Zaragoza, Spain
NationalitySpanish
Occupation(s)Actor and singer
Years active1995–present

Rafa Casette (born August 20, 1965) is a Spanish actor and singer. His career began aged 30 in a Spanish zarzuela called La Verbena de la Paloma in 1995. After his participation in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim in 2009 at the Teatro Español de Madrid,[1] he has been involved continuously in audiovisual projects, including his first lead role in the upcoming film La mujer que hablaba con los muertos (The woman who talked to the dead) by director César del Álamo.[2]

Career

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Casette began singing at a young age. After finishing high school he decided to become a lawyer and started his studies at Autonomous University of Madrid,[3] while singing as a hobby in several amateur choirs of progressive quality, performing in international tours (France, Italy, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland, Poland). He abandoned his law studies due to financial difficulties and over the years he worked as a burger cook, insurance salesman, Internet webmaster, telemarketer, electronic music composer, CGI designer, and comics illustrator.

He made his acting debut in 1995 in the Spanish zarzuela called La Verbena de la Paloma (The Fair of the Dove), filling in for a choir member at the Teatro Calderón de Madrid company of director José Luis Moreno. He first appeared as a chorus singer and support actor, with roles of increasing importance owing to the support of director José Tamayo and his acclaimed international show Antología de la Zarzuela and other zarzuela Spanish directors. In the following years he studied Music and Acting at several public and private schools.

In 2008, he was selected from a cast of 1,200 to play Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the musical thriller by Stephen Sondheim in 2009 at Teatro Español de Madrid.[1] Taking advantage of free time between rehearsals and plays, he shot his first homemade videobook and enrolled in several talent agencies, starting a continuous audiovisual career; it includes a wide variety of short movies, TV series, international TV commercials,[4] radio broadcast acting[5] and host,[6] and his first lead role in the upcoming film La mujer que hablaba con los muertos (The woman who talked to the dead) by director César del Álamo,[7] which will be released in May 2014 at Nocturna, Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival.[8]

Nominations

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  • Premios Max (2013) — Best Supporting Actor for Pocahontas, El Musical[9]

Filmography

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Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2009 Tarifa 3 (Third Fare) Pelayo Short. ESCAC – Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (Catalonia Film and Media Arts School). Filmed in Barcelona during the Sweeney Todd tour
2010 Sofía Survivor Short
Cambio de sentido (Changing Direction) Doctor Feature film
El visitante (The visitor)[10] The Smoking Man Short
Pepita Montes Journalist Short
2011 Los Hombres Caballo (The Horse Men) Fruit Seller Short. Notodofilmfest online festival
In Extremis Juanjo Short. ECAM – Escuela de Cinematografía y del Audiovisual de la Comunidad de Madrid (Madrid Film and Media Arts School)
Amor Sacro (Sacred Love) Priest Short. Released at 44 Sitges Film Festival
2012 Estrellita (Little Star)[11] Homeless Short. Notodofilmfest online festival
Tus gritos me dan risa (Your screams make me laugh)[12] Alejandro Short. Released at 45 Sitges Film Festival
2013 Última Transmisión (Last Transmission)[13] Eduardo Notodofilmfest online festival. There is an extended version Última Transmisión 2.0 (Director's cut) released in theatres
Funcionarios (Civil Servants) Paco Notodofilmfest online festival. In 2014 will be released its web series version
María & Marta[14] Deformed Man Notodofilmfest online festival. Prosthetic makeup by David Ambit (Spanish [REC] series)
El día del padre Feature film.
#Sequence Paco Feature film. Collective work coordinated by Montxo Armendariz. Prosthetic makeup by David Ambit
2014 Vigilantes Paco Notodofilmfest online festival. Prosthetic makeup by David Ambit
La mujer que hablaba con los muertos (The woman who talked to the dead)[15] Carlos Feature film. Release in May 2014 at Nocturna, Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival

Television

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TV roles
Year Title Role Notes
1996 Katiuska Farmer Theatre play recording TV released
El Barberillo de Lavapiés (Little Barber from Lavapiés) Man Theatre play recording TV released
2009 Doctor Mateo Postman
Sin tetas no hay paraíso (Without Tits There Is No Paradise) Invitado
2010 Supercharly Transeunte
Cuarto milenio – Operación 23 (Operation 23) Paco Padrón
2011 Cuarto milenio – La casa Hinsdale (Hinsdale House) Alex the Medium
Los Quién (The Whos) Editor
Cuarto milenio – El monstruo de Florencia (Monster of Florence) Monster
Hoy quiero confesar (Today I Want To Confess) Paquirri's Assistant
Cuarto milenio – La muerte de Carolina (The Death of Carolina) Antonio Romero
2013 Gran Hotel (Great Hotel) Executioner
Poli&Cía (Cops) Soto TV pilot
Cosas de Sofá (Smart Sofa) Fernando TV pilot
Cuarto milenio – Hospital Adentro (Hospital Indoors) Doctor

Theatre

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Zarzuela being his main activity, Casette has worked throughout Spain over the past eighteen years with many lyric companies including the Teatro de la Zarzuela National Company and the Royal Theatre National Company and he has been involved in the main theater seasons on the Iberian Peninsula.[16] He has a repertoire of over fifty zarzuelas, opera and operetta. He has also participated in the following plays:

Theatre roles
Year Title Role Notes and awards
1998–1999 El gran teatro del mundo (The Great Theatre of the World) Choir
2008–2009 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Choir Eleven Gran Vía Musical Theatre Awards in 2009, including Best Public Musical and Best Theatre Director for Mario Gas[17]
2009–2010 Mónica Naranjo Adagio Tour Choir
2010 Qué más quisiera yo (If only I could) Nando
Antología de Musicales (Musical Theatre Anthology)[18] Monsieur Thénardier
2011–2012 Pocahontas, el musical (Pocahontas the Musical)[19] Christopher Newport Nominated – Premios Max Award for Best Supporting Actor
2012 La venganza de la Petra (Revenge of Petra) Tufitos / Jesús
2013 Villanueva Puritos
Viceversa[20] Job interviewer Microtheatre

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sweeney Todd". todoMUSICALES (in Spanish). October 15, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  2. ^ ""LA MUJER QUE HABLABA CON LOS MUERTOS" TEASER TRAILER". César del Álamo Youtube Channel (in Spanish and English). February 2, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "79 Notable alumni of Autonomous University of Madrid - 67. Rafa Casette". edurank.org. Edurank.org. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  4. ^ "Klinskiy commercial". GateFilms Vimeo Channel (in Russian). Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  5. ^ "La Banda". Elena en el País de los Horrores (in Spanish). Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  6. ^ "Rafa Cassette: El teatro en la época de Eurípides". Onda Cero (in Spanish). August 5, 2012. Archived from the original on August 11, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  7. ^ "La mujer que hablaba con los muertos – entrevista a Rafa Casette" (PDF). Revista Digital Ángulo 13 (in Spanish). May 19, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  8. ^ "LA MUJER QUE HABLABA CON LOS MUERTOS". Nocturna, Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival. Retrieved May 16, 2014.
  9. ^ "Candidatos a la 16ª EDICIÓN (2013) de los Premios Max" (PDF). Junta de Andalucía (in Spanish). December 18, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  10. ^ "EL VISITANTE". El rincón del corto (in Spanish). October 5, 2010. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  11. ^ "ESTRELLITA". El rincón del corto (in Spanish). February 6, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  12. ^ "TUS GRITOS ME DAN RISA – A Short Film By Sergio Morcillo". Horror Cult Films. September 13, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  13. ^ "Sergio Morcillo's LAST TRANSMISSION Competing in JAMESON NOTODO FILMFEST". Horror Cult Films. March 4, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  14. ^ "MARÍA & MARTA". El rincón del corto (in Spanish). March 7, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  15. ^ "Hablando con los muertos – El blog de rodaje de la nueva película de César del Álamo". Blogger.com (in Spanish). Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  16. ^ "El Teatro Arlequín propone un verano de zarzuela con dos espectáculos diferentes". Artez blai (in Spanish). July 24, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  17. ^ "SWEENEY TODD arrasa en los Premios Gran Vía de Teatro Musical 2009". todoMUSICALES (in Spanish). June 2, 2009. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  18. ^ "LA ANTOLOGÍA Y EL MUSICAL DE MUSICALES se estrena en Elche". todoMUSICALES (in Spanish). February 2, 2013. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
  19. ^ "'Pocahontas El Musical' llega al Teatro Coliseum de Madrid". BroadwayWorld Spain (in Spanish). March 4, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
  20. ^ "'El espiritu de Esperanza, tu y yo' y 'Viceversa' microteatro en la sala Fotomatón Bar de Madrid". BroadwayWorld Spain (in Spanish). April 12, 2013. Retrieved November 23, 2013.
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