Piacenti, Maurizio

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 29/08/2018, 23:04

Maurizio Piacenti in the TV mini series ...e la vita continua (1984)

Here I present Maurizio Piacenti, a professional opera singer who had a second career appearing in movies.
He has a credited role in the opera movie La Traviata (1967) and is also credited in the TV mini series Madame Bovary (1978) where he appears in an opera sequence. His only other credited roles are Il pirata dello sparviero nero (1958) as a pirate and in the TV-mini series I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (1984) as an old neighbor, but he also appears many, many times as a generico - especially in the 1980s.
Filmography

1958

Il pirata dello sparviero nero .... Red Pirate (credited)

1967
La Traviata .... Marquis d'Obigny (credited)

1975
...a tutte le auto della polizia .... Brothel client (uncredited)
L'anatra all'arancia .... Man using public phone (uncredited)

1976
Quelli della calibro 38 .... Journalist (uncredited)
Un amore targato Forlì .... Man in row for the audition (uncredited)

1978
Madame Bovary (TV mini-series) .... Edgardo in the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" (credited)

1981
I carabbimatti .... Party guest (uncredited)

1982
Grand Hotel Excelsior .... Ring announcer (uncredited)
Il paramedico .... Party guest (uncredited)
Tenebre .... Man at the airport bar (uncredited)

1983
Hanna K. .... Judge (uncredited)
Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio .... Audience member at the magic show (uncredited)
Un povero ricco .... Man at the funeral (uncredited)

1984
...e la vita continua (TV mini-series) .... Engineer (uncredited)
I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (TV mini-series) ... Old neighbor (credited)

1986
Grandi Magazzini .... Grandi Magazzini board member (uncredited)

1987
Ternosecco .... Man at the ceremony (uncredited)

1988
Big Man: Polizza droga (TV) .... Representative of Lloyd's of London (uncredited)

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 31/08/2018, 23:51

I first noticed him in the TV mini series I ragazzi di celluloide n. 2 (1984) where he has a credited role as Old neighbor

I then checked the opera movie La Traviata (1967) where he is credited with playing Marquis d'Obigny, and here he is, a lot younger of course

Maurizio is also credited in the sceneggiato Madame Bovary (1978) in another opera role. He plays Edgardo in the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" watched by the protagonists

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 31/08/2018, 23:58

And now some classic generico party guest roles:

First he has his drink stolen by mad Andy Luotto in I carabbimatti (1981)

And here together with Daniela Poggi in Il paramedico (1982)

Grandi Magazzini (1986) as board member

Occhio, malocchio, prezzemolo e finocchio (1983) as audience member at the magic show

Small speaking role in Quelli della calibro 38 (1976) as a journalist

Post by **Johan Melle** » 24/09/2018, 10:35

I've dug up a little bit of information about his professional opera career and have found out he appeared in the opera "Alceste" by C.W. Gluck in 1967. Here's a CD release of this opera and Maurizio is credited on the cover

I also found an entry for him at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma website, showing he appeared there in the operas "Tosca" in 1969 and "Madama Butterfly" in 1974-75: http://archiviostorico.operaroma.it/per ... -piacenti/

He also played the role of Schaunard in "La bohème" at the Teatro Marrucino in 1976: https://frankhamilton.org/gt/gt0.pdf

Post by **Ciavazzaro** » 13/11/2018, 1:06

And a giallo for Maurizio as man in the airport bar in Tenebre (1982)

Post by **Johan Melle** » 14/01/2019, 21:08

Here's finally the credited role from Il pirata dello sparviero nero (1958) as Red Pirate - a fairly minor role, but he does appear in several scenes