HESPERUS
BIOGRAPHY
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Silvano Adami, born on 26 July 1945 in Modigliana, moved with his family to Florence in 1949 where he followed all his studies until graduating from the Leonardo da Vinci industrial technical institute as an industrial expert. After completing his military service as a reserve officer, he started some odd jobs and then worked in a factory for six years; Having won the competition, he was hired at the Court of Florence where he worked until 2005 when he retired.
He has always had a passion for writing since he was a boy. In his youth he wrote some poems and some songs but never published, only after retirement did he commit to writing his first book, the plot of which he had already had in his mind for some time; in addition to this he wrote another book and various stories and poems which he collected in a book. In addition to writing, he has a passion for singing and acting and, although late in life, he joined the parish choir with which he participated in the "Christmas Concert" in 2013, he was also part of the choir formed by the parishes of Florence in occasion of the Pope's mass in the city stadium.
He is part of the "LA FIABA" theater company of the Parish with which he has participated in various shows:
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GESÙ: COLPEVOLE O INNOCENTE? - March 2013
Sacred representation taken from "PROCESSO A GESÙ" by Diego Fabbri where a group of Jewish actors try to retrace the phases of the trial that led to Jesus' condemnation, wondering if it was a fair trial in which he played the part of Joseph
CENA MEDIOEVALE - L’ACONITE … Ovvero MISTERIOSO DELITTO AL CASTELLO– June 2014
Dinner show with crime set in a medieval castle where a crime is perpetrated and during the dinner the public is invited to follow the investigations and try to guess how the events unfold; he played the part of the medieval cleric Sylvester
LE NONNE SQUILLO - March 2015
Brilliant comedy by Dory Cei, a group of "grandmothers" receives a villa as an inheritance, not knowing that it was a house of call girls and everything takes place amid hilarious misunderstandings; he played the part of councilor Stradella
FIORENTINI A VIAREGGIO - March 2016
Brilliant comedy by Dory Cei which takes place in a boarding house in Viareggio amidst misunderstandings and bickering; he played the part of the banker Vittorio Vannocchi
I BARROCCINI DI VIA DELL’ARIENTO – March 2018
Drilling comedy by Dory Cei takes place in an apartment among the owners of the "barroccini" stalls located in via dell'Ariento in Florence; he played the part of Osvaldo
NON TUTTI I LADRI VENGONO PER NUOCERE – February 2019
Single act by Dario Fo intrigues and misunderstandings in an apartment visited by thieves; he played the part of the thief Amedeo
He also participated in RECITALS and MUSICALS:
UNO COME TANTI ALTRI - December 2012 (three other performances in two parishes and at the Sollicciano prison) (Group "Noi insieme a tanti altri") Representation of the life of Jesus with songs and scenography in which he was part of the choir and was one of the voices narrators
ALEGRIA - March 2014 (Group "Musical ... mente")
Musical show with songs and dances in which he was part of the choir
CAFFÈ TABARIN - 2015 (Group "Musical ... mente")
Variety show with songs, ballets and skits in which he played the sketch of "Gastone", the character created by Ettore Pratolini
SISTER ACT 1 and 2 – March, April 2017 (Company "FIABA")
Show freely based on the Syster Act films in which he played the character of spy agent Tate in the first part and the administrator Mr. Crisp in the second part