PAOLO
BARILLARI
Singer, Actor, Theatrical Performer, Author of Scripts and Music for Theater and Musicals
He was born in Milan in 1980.
He has always divided his artistic activity between that of singer, actor and theatrical performer and that of author and composer of Musicals and Pop songs.
Theatrical career
He made his debut in 2004 with a tribute to Giorgio Gaber entitled “La Parola al Signor G.”
In 2006 and 2007 he is Pietro Bernardone in the musical Forza Venite Gente New Generation.
In 2009, 2010 and 2011 he plays Brit in the musical We Will Rock You.
In 2011 and 2012 he is the Black Corsair in the musical Pirates with Luisa Corna.
In 2014 and 2015 he is in the cast of The Divine Comedy: Dante’s Musical and in Gli SPosi Promessi Show.
In 2014 he narrates and presents the BBC Earth concerts.
He is singer and guitarist in the band of the show Caveman and in Mario Luzzato Fegiz‘s monologue Io Odio I Talent Show.
In 2015, he is author and director of the musical Diglielo A Tutti.
In 2017 and 2018, he plays Emperor Altoum in the musical La Regina di Ghiaccio with Lorella Cuccarini. In the same year, he returned to work in the musical We Will Rock You, this time as the villainous Commander Khashoggi, a role he will keep throughout the 2019, 2020, and 2024 seasons.
Since 2021 he has permanently dressed the role of Friar Balbi in Red Canzian‘s show Casanova Opera Pop.
In 2024 he plays Colonel Parker in the show Elvis the Musical.
In 2025 he will be Morino the Lifeguard in the new show Sapore di Mare.
Author's career
In 2004 he signed the lyrics to FC Internazionale’s famous anthem Pazza Inter, a song universally recognized as one of the most successful sports anthems.
In 2006 his debut single Sara Spara was released, which would be used for the international tour of the recital Europa che Passione and translated into 6 different European languages.
In 2014 his song La Crisi won the Area Sanremo competition.
In 2017 he signs the lyrics of the song Fine for Elodie, together with Emma Marrone.
In the world of Italian theater, he is known for his collaboration with director Maurizio Colombi, for whom he composed – together with Davide Magnabosco and Alex Procacci – some of the most recent Italian musicals. Among the main ones are Rapunzel (2014), Diglielo A Tutti (2015), La Regina di Ghiaccio (2016) and Aladin il Musical Geniale (2019).