Rafa Casette (born August 20, 1965) is a Spanish actor and singer. His career began aged 30 in a Spanish

zarzuela () is a Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that alternates between spoken and sung scenes, the latter incorporating operatic and popular songs, as well as dance. The etymology of the name is uncertain, but some propose it may derive from the name of ...

called ''

La Verbena de la Paloma ' (''The Fair of the Virgin of la Paloma'') —subtitled ''El boticario y las chulapas y celos mal reprimidos''— is an 1894 zarzuela with a libretto by and music by Tomás Bretón. It premiered on 17 February 1894 in Teatro Apolo, Madrid. It ...

'' in 1995. After his participation in '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' by

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in 2009 at the Teatro Español de Madrid, 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.

Career

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 The Autonomous University of Madrid ( es, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; UAM), commonly known as simply la Autónoma, is a Spanish public university located in Madrid, Spain. The university was founded in 1968 alongside the Autonomous Universi ...

, 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 ''

'' called ''

(The Fair of the Dove)'', filling in for a choir member at the '' Teatro Calderón de Madrid'' company of director

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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

in 2009 at Teatro Español de Madrid. 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, radio broadcast acting and host, 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, which will be released in May 2014 at Nocturna, Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival.

Nominations

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Premios Max The Max Awards for the Performing Arts (Los Premios Max de las Artes Escénicas, ), commonly known as the Premios Max, are presented annually to honour professionals and organisations in Spain for their contributions to the performing arts. The a ...

'' (2013) — Best Supporting Actor for ''Pocahontas, El Musical''

Filmography

Television

Theatre

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. He has a repertoire of over fifty zarzuelas, opera and operetta. He has also participated in the following plays:

References

External links

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Rafa Casette Youtube Channel

{{DEFAULTSORT:Casette, Rafa 1965 births Male actors from Madrid Spanish male film actors Spanish male musical theatre actors 20th-century Spanish male actors 21st-century Spanish male actors Spanish male voice actors Autonomous University of Madrid alumni Living people