Francesco or François Bigottini is a Acteur, Dramaturge, Décorateur and Machiniste of Théâtre Italy N born with Rome towards 1717 and died after 1794.

In its Memories , Carlo Goldoni known as to have met this actor with Rimini in 1741, where it held the roles of Arlequin S. It was “good actor for the roles of his employment, but surprising for the metamorphoses and the transformations”.

Starting from the Years 1750, Bigottini furrows the Netherlands and the Austrian Netherlands: he plays Rotterdam in 1754 and Brussels in 1756. The following year, it begins with Paris, the Theater-Italian: “On Wednesday, April 26, began an Italian Harlequin named Bigottini, in Arlequin Scanderberg and Arlequin Hulla ; in the first, he played very well a part of Master of music, and very badly in Arlequin Hulla ; he was returned little time afterwards”, written Gueullette.

Bigottini sets out again in province and plays Marseilles in 1760, where it gives a part of its composition, Coraline Protée (1761). It is with Geneva of 1766 with 1768, where it makes print its part the Origin of Harlequin, with its birth (1766). The Mercure de France writes that he is the “first inventor of the machines used in the metamorphosis of the Fée Urgelle in Geneva”, consisting in transforming a thatched cottage into splendid castle.

After having played Lyon, Bigottini travels towards the Spain and spends three years to the Italian Opera of Cadiz, from where it negotiates an engagement with the Théâtre of the Currency of Brussels. In one of its letters, he writes to the directors Vitzthumb and Compain: “ I have almost all my decorations and machines for my coins, thus I will thus provide you all that I have, decorations, machines, cords, pulleys, scrap and all the mischiefs together, thus you will provide me only wood ”. The directors finally engage it like Arlequin for the season 1774 - 1775: the contract stipulates that it will have “to lend all its machines and decorations”.

The February 18th 1777, it begins again with the Theater-Italian, in Arlequin merry spirit , a part of its composition. The Mercure de France written: “Its metamorphoses are very numerous and very surprising. The sior Bigottini is admired by the variety of his changes, promptitude and the address with which it carries out them, by contrast that it puts in his various roles, and by the various talents that it develops. This actor sings, in an extremely pleasant way, airs of his composition”.

After the suppression of the Italian kind beginning 1780, Bigottini is congédié with an allowance corresponding to its former salaries. In January 1780, it joins François Duval-To malt, Louis Hamoir and Jean-Nicolas the Draper to direct the Théâtre of Variety-Amusing the, but must give up eleven months later because of its own financial problems.

It sets out again then in province and is established with Toulouse, where it is devoted to the Peinture. It gives rise to it future the Danseuse Emilie Bigottini.

He probably dies in Paris after 1794.

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