Rafa Casette


Rafa Casette 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, he has been involved continuously in audiovisual projects, including his first lead role in the upcoming film La mujer que hablaba con los muertos 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, while singing as a hobby in several amateur choirs of progressive quality, performing in international tours. 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 , 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. 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 by director César del Álamo, which will be released in May 2014 at Nocturna, Madrid International Fantastic Film Festival.

Nominations

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996KatiuskaFarmerTheatre play recording TV released
1996El Barberillo de Lavapiés ManTheatre play recording TV released
2009Doctor MateoPostman
2009Sin tetas no hay paraíso Invitado
2010SupercharlyTranseunte
2010Cuarto milenio – Operación 23 Paco Padrón
2011Cuarto milenio – La casa Hinsdale Alex the Medium
2011Los Quién Editor
2011Cuarto milenio – El monstruo de Florencia Monster
2011Hoy quiero confesar Paquirri's Assistant
2011Cuarto milenio – La muerte de Carolina Antonio Romero
2013Gran Hotel Executioner
2013Poli&Cía SotoTV pilot
2013Cosas de Sofá FernandoTV pilot
2013Cuarto milenio – Hospital Adentro Doctor-

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:
YearTitleRoleNotes and awards
1998–1999El gran teatro del mundo Choir
2008–2009Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetChoirEleven Gran Vía Musical Theatre Awards in 2009, including Best Public Musical and Best Theatre Director for Mario Gas
2009–2010Mónica Naranjo Adagio TourChoir
2010Qué más quisiera yo Nando
2010Antología de Musicales Monsieur Thénardier
2011–2012Pocahontas, el musical Christopher NewportNominated – Premios Max Award for Best Supporting Actor
2012La venganza de la Petra Tufitos / Jesús
2013VillanuevaPuritos
2013ViceversaJob interviewerMicrotheatre