Margarita Musto Explained

Margarita Musto
Birth Date:16 November 1955
Birth Place:Montevideo, Uruguay
Occupation:Actress, theater director, translator, teacher
Spouse:Héctor Manuel Vidal
Children:María Vidal Musto
Alma Mater:Margarita Xirgu Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art

Margarita Musto (born 16 November 1955) is a Uruguayan actress, theater director, translator, teacher, and general and artistic director of the .[1] [2]

Biography

Margarita Musto graduated in 1982 from the Margarita Xirgu Multidisciplinary School of Dramatic Art (EMAD). She has worked under directors such as Carlos Aguilera, Jorge Curi, Mario Morgan, Omar Varela, China Zorrilla, David Hammond, and Valentin Tepliakov. She participated in works by classic authors such as Chekhov, Shakespeare, and Federico García Lorca.

She worked on the television series Los Tres. In cinema, she played the leading role in , under the direction of Beatriz Flores Silva.[3] For this role she received awards at the Guadalajara International Film Festival and the 12th Cinematographic Festival of Uruguay.[4] In 2008, Flores Silva directed her again in . She has participated in other films such as (1997) by Manane Rodríguez, and (2002) and (2002) by Luis Nieto.[5]

As a theater actress, one of Musto's most relevant works was Breaking the Code by Hugh Whitemore, about the life of Alan Turing. Directed by Héctor Manuel Vidal, the play ran for four years and more than 300 showings, as of 1994.[6] Other important interpretations in her career were , Una relación pornográfica, Frozen, Sonata de otoño (directed by Omar Varela), Madre Coraje, Closer, and An Inspector Calls (for China Zorrilla).

Her play En honor al mérito, based on the investigation of the murder of Zelmar Michelini,[7] and in which she also acted, was released in 2000 at theater. Thanks to this work, she won the 2001 in the best national author text category,[8] and the first dramaturgy prize of the . In 2011 she again received the Florencio for best direction and the best theatrical show of the season for Blackbird by Scottish dramatist David Harrower.[9] Another of her successes as a director was Top Girls by the English playwright Caryl Churchill.[10]

Muasto has translated plays from French and English into Spanish. She teaches at EMAD and the, as well as holding acting workshops.[6] From 2 January 2013 to 2016, she served as director general and artistic director of the Comedia Nacional, being the first woman to hold that position.[2] [11]

In 2004 the Uruguayan branch of B'nai B'rith presented her with the Fraternity Award for her theatrical career.[12] [13]

She was the wife of theater director Héctor Manuel Vidal, who died in 2014.[14] Her daughter María Vidal Musto is a theater actress.[15]

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. News: Hacer vivo el teatro es el desafío . Making the Theater Live is the Challenge . Reyes . Carlos . . Spanish . 4 January 2013 . 13 December 2017.
  2. Web site: Nueva directora . New Director . Comedia Nacional . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202103551/http://www.comedianacional.com.uy/mvdcms/uc_508_1.html . 2 February 2014 . dead . 14 December 2017.
  3. News: La actriz que fue Pepita . The Actress Who Was Pepita . Solomita . Mariángel . . Spanish . 27 August 2011 . 14 December 2017.
  4. News: 50 mujeres uruguayas influyentes . 50 Influential Uruguayan Women . . Spanish . 8 March 2013 . 14 December 2017.
  5. News: 'Blackbird': un tabú en el Teatro Victoria . 'Blackbird': A Taboo at the Victoria Theater . Bentancor . Federico . . Spanish . 19 January 2012 . 14 December 2017.
  6. Web site: Margarita Musto: A 20 años de 'Pepita la Pistolera' . Margarita Musto: 20 Years of 'Pepita la Pistolera' . Nochetti . Amilcar . Semanario Voces . Spanish . 13 December 2013 . 14 December 2017.
  7. News: Culpables, inocentes y falsas promesas en el estreno de En honor al mérito . Guilty, Innocent, and False Promises at the Premiere of En honor al mérito . . Spanish . 8 May 2012 . 14 December 2017.
  8. Web site: 'Copenhague' cosechó anoche el Florencio a la mejor obra teatral . 'Copenhague' Harvests the Florencio for Best Play Last Night . LaRed21 . Spanish . 12 December 2001 . 14 December 2017.
  9. Web site: 49a Edición de los Premios Florencio . 49th Edition of the Florencio Awards . Uruguay Association of Theater Critics . Spanish . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201195623/http://criticosteatralesdeluruguay.com/premios11.html . 1 February 2014 . dead . 14 December 2017.
  10. News: El sabor agridulce de las victorias femeninas . The Bittersweet Taste of Women's Victories . . Spanish . 4 January 2013 . 14 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140219132718/http://www.elobservador.com.uy/noticia/240706/el-sabor-agridulce-de-las-victorias-femeninas-/ . 19 February 2014 . dead .
  11. News: Margarita Musto suplantará a Mario Ferreira al frente del elenco . Margarita Musto Will Supplant Mario Ferreira at the Front of the Cast . Primera Hora . Spanish . 28 December 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160410222510/http://www.primerahora.com.uy/7494-margarita-musto-suplantara-a-mario-ferreira-al-frente-del-elenco.html . 10 April 2016 . dead . 14 December 2017.
  12. News: Margarita a la fraternidad . . Spanish . 9 December 2004 . 14 December 2017.
  13. Web site: Premio Fraternidad y Premio Candelabro de oro . B'nai B'rith Uruguay . Spanish . 14 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151024122020/http://bnaibrith.org.uy/categorias/actos-centrales/contenidos/premio-fraternidad-y-premio-candelabro-de-oro . 24 October 2015 . dead .
  14. News: Ante la muerte de un enorme director . Before the Death of a Huge Director . Abbondanza . Jorge . . Spanish . 13 January 2004 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091834/http://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/fallecio-hector-manuel-vidal.html . 4 March 2016 . dead . 14 December 2017.
  15. News: María Vidal, con toda una carrera por delante . María Vidal, With a Whole Career Ahead . Reyes . Carlos . . Spanish . 15 June 2010 . 14 December 2017.

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