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Mantovani with Garibaldo in 2019
Falcon Mantovani has been the Brazilian puppeteer of Garibaldo since 2018, replacing Vila Sésamo cast member Fernando Gomes.
Mantovani has appeared as Garibaldo on the game show Os Melhores Anos das Nossas Vidas (2018), on the hidden camera series Programa Silvio Santos (2019), at a live event for classifieds website OLX,[1] and at Bogota, Columbia mall Centro Chía's 2018 Christmas event, which saw the official puppet alongside walk-around costumes in a stage show tour of Columbia.[2]
Outside of appearances as Big Bird's doppelganger, Mantovani is largely a suit actor. In this respect, he has appeared as the Cookie Monster walk-around.[3]
Mantovani's other credits include an ad,[4] costume stage shows Banda do Xaropinho[5] and T.Rex: Um Dinossauro na Amazônia, and as a puppeteer for the kids movie Cine Cocoricó: As Aventuras na Cidade (2009).
He was trained by Martin P. Robinson in 2014.[6]
Sources
- ↑ "Hoje foi demais com o Garibaldo junto com a galera da OLX", Falcon Mantovani on Instagram.
- ↑ "O Garibaldo com minha querida Kelly Guidot", Falcon Mantovani on Instagram. "Vila Sésamo.. com orgulho mais um trabalho realizado com sucesso!!! Espero voltar a Colômbia adorei!!!", Falcon Mantovani on Instagram. "Divulgando na TV Bogotá!!!", Falcon Mantovani on Instagram.
- ↑ "Hoje mais um trabalho realizado com sucesso!!!", Falcon Mantovani on Instagram.
- ↑ "Adorei fazer esse comercial!!!", Falcon Mantovani on Instagram.
- ↑ "Bora trabalhar hehe..", Falcon Mantovani on Instagram.
- ↑ "Um dos melhores presentes que recebi na minha vida.. aprender e fazer parte do Vila Sésamo!" ("One of the best gifts I received in my life .. learn and be part of Vila Sésamo!"), Falcon Mantovani on Facebook.