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BLOGILKAR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: FABRIZIO RAGGI

After the Sanmarine lyricist Mauro Balestri and the singer Valentina Monetta it's time to have a little chat with the art director Fabrizio Raggi. Read here what he had to say about the whole affair, how he was selected and what he thinks of Valentina and what he plans to do after Eurovision! Also, don't forget the Ralph Siegel interview from Baku 2012 here. This is the original Italian interview, read the edited English one here.

Fabrizio, anzitutto grazie per l'intervista. Raccontaci un po' come sei finito nel team Sammarinese eurovisivo?
Ciao, grazie a te per l’intervista. Sono entrato nel team grazie al mio professionismo e soprattutto a Valentina che mi ha voluto e proposto, grazie poi a SMRTV, Alessandro Capicchioni, e a Ralf Siegel per avere accettato.
Prima di questo hai fatto tante cose diverse; telefilm, soap opera, teatro, film... attore, regista.... Quale é il ruolo che ti inspira di più?
Quando un uomo nasce attore lo sarà per tutta la vita, quindi recitare resta e resterà sempre il mio primo amore; dirigere a teatro è sensuale, recitare sul set è sensuale.
Fai anche docente di recitazione, vocal coach...
Actor coach. Insegnare è una missione, sostenere da una parte la vulnerabilità, e dall’altra suscitare il senso d’urgenza e il rischio di un artista è davvero una missione, insegnare la tecnica e trasmettere un amore. Insegno a San Marino assieme ad altri professionisti abbiamo aperto una scuola di canto e recitazione Voice Academy del Canto e del Teatro (here) e a Roma sono assieme a Francesca Viscardi Leonetti direttore artistico della scuola di recitazione alla Free Mistake Project (here)
Ma torniamo al presente ed Eurovision. Art director. Quanto sei dittatore di tutto :-) dal vestito di Valentina ai capelli e il resto? O ti limiti per il performance?
Mi limito semplicemente a consigliare un immagine, poi assieme ad altri professionisti e alla produzione cerchiamo di realizzare il tutto. Vorrei citare se permettete la stilista degli abiti di Valentina per questo Eurovision, Marilia Reffi, preziosa mente e donna di grande cultura e gusto.
Ci puoi raccontare come lavorate? Immagino che il TV ospitante vi fornisce in anticipo le informazioni per il palco, cioè com'é, le misure, attrezzi.... O come va avanti la cosa?
Innanzi tutto creiamo idee di possibili messe in scene , immagini, colori etc etc..etc, poi chiediamo che tipo di disponibilità abbiamo, come il paese ospitante organizza e cosa ci offre, poi agiamo di conseguenza.
E se caso mai avete delle richieste speciali.... tipo volete quattro ballerini che scendono dal alto.... o loro vi dicono subito quello che è possibile oppure no?
Se danno una risposta positiva alle nostre richieste bene, altrimenti lavoriamo in un'altra direzione, non mi spaventano gli ostacoli, conosco il team, conosco la protagonista e so che assieme creiamo una forza molto forte.
E voi, avete avuto qualche richiesta speciale? So che alcuni delegazioni negli anni precedenti hanno chiesto di tutto immaginabile!
Ogni richiesta viene valutata e se possibile la si realizza altrimenti no.
Cosa ci puoi raccontare del performance di Valentina senza rivelare troppo? :-)
Che dire? Valentina ha uno strumento molto importante: la sua voce, la sua bellezza. Ha tutto quello che serve a una star. In scena non serve tanto quando hai qualità.
Com'é nata tutto? Era facile e subito chiaro come deve essere oppure avevi idee diversi e poi hai scelto quello che vedremo poi a Maggio....
Come per ogni frutto deve avere il suo tempo di maturazione, così da un bozzetto disegnato siamo in attesa di vedere il capolavoro!
So che conosci Eurovision giá da prima. Lo segui ogni anno e hai qualche performance che ricordi che ti ha fatto un colpo? Non la canzone ne la cantante ma proprio il performance e come era fatta sul palco – visto che sul palco d'Eurovision ne abbiamo giá visti tutti i colori!
Riguardando vecchi filmati di Eurovision non posso che non citare la gioia e la spontaneità che avevano gli occhi di Agnetha Fältskog e Anni-Frid Lyngstad, le due donne degli ABBA nel 1974 (quando sono nato)
Cosa ti aspetta dopo Eurovision?
Spero di andare su un isola Greca a rilassarmi!

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