Leopoldo Fregoli

Leopoldo Fregoli (* 1867 in Rome, † 1936 ) was an Italian quick-change artist.

He changed not only the clothing at an astonishing speed, but also voice, behavior ( habit ) as well as character and also sang soprano.

After he had seen a vision of Alexander Herrmann, he and a friend put together a magic act and stepped on with this along with a spiritualist number after the model of the Brothers Davenport. His first number he developed in 1887 in military service in Africa. There he had to organize the job ideas for the military troops and had, as there were few actors taking multiple roles and play. In 1890 he came back to his native Rome. He said during his performances with 50 different voices, offered constitute imitations and played three different instruments. In 1893 he made ​​a tour through Italy. The success did not materialize.

1896 led his way through Spain, South and North America. On this journey he developed " El Dorado ", an idea with " comic- lyric- dramatic- musical pieces with about 60 transformations ". He celebrated with this piece first great success, which continued in Europe. After his return he entered very successfully in Portugal, France, Germany, England, Russia. In 1897 he came back to Rome. 1925 announced Fregoli end of his career and retired from the stage.

His name lives on in the term Fregoli jacket ( reversible coat ) on. Named after him, the Fregoli syndrome, a kind of paranoia, in which the sufferers are convinced that acquaintances either slip into the body of strangers or dress up as such, or, for example a family member has taken the form of another has.

• Small artist
• Italian
• Born in 1867
• Died in 1936
• Man