He married in love with another man and for a DNA the singer knew who his father was

when the puppet began to sing the happy birthday, his innocent laugh became a seed that would germinate in his heart. Today, the joy of that 6 -year -old girl remains intact in this 83 woman who talks to Clarion. A scene of Magia She is the director of the Titiriteros group of the San Martín theater, in addition to director of the Workshop-school of Titiriteros Ariel Bufano, created in 1987. She is also an actress and pianist. But the arbitrary algorithm of Internet search engines is usually located as Vicentico’s mother, the singer of the fabulous Cadillacs.

Adelaida Mangani arrives at the interview scheduled at the San Martín Theater (which she considers her second home) with a suitcase with wheel where she has one of her most precious puppets. When he takes it out to pose in the photos, he presents it: “She is Bimba,” he says.

It refers to neither more nor less than the puppet that represents her. It was the puppet that was used in the work Girl (nickname his uncle put him when he was a child), a biodram of Mariana Díaz that occurred in San Martín. Clarifies that on stage the puppet looked another look, but that for the production of Clarion He decided to make a change. “I put a bag, so we are both with the same wave,” he says.

“Mariana Díaz told me: ‘Your life is interesting to be told’, but it would never have occurred to me. He recorded me many hours of interviews for four years. And it shaped shape Girla biodrama that had two seasons and will soon be replenished. It is a very well received show, and even the theater staff celebrated it, which excited me a lot. I have worked at San Martín for 48 yearsin the group of puppeteers I am the only person who is from day one, ”he says.

Mangani says that two puppet works are currently being tested: Alejandra and the worldsdirected by Analía Fedra García; and The dresswith the direction of Ana Alvarado.

The person responsible for sowing that seed of passion for puppets was his uncle, the teacher Juan Francisco Giacobbe (Poet, musicologist, composer, director, playwright, philosopher, scientist and trainer of generations of artists), who in that 6 -year birthday birthday, invited his puppeteer friends to offer a special function in the dining room of that house of Caballito.

At 21, Mangani met Ariel Buffano, a fundamental figure in the development of puppets in Argentina. They met when Adelaida began working as a teacher at the Manuel José de Labardén Vocational Institute.

Until that time, she had been an actress. From 10 to 14 years old he was directed by his uncle: he made a miniseries on Channel 7 on television The blue bird; He also worked in theater (among his works is a version of Bernarda Alba’s house). He was received as a pianist at the Manuel de Falla Superior Conservatory and that allowed him to compose the music of several shows of his career.

Between puppets, music and admiration, mangani and bufano They cultivated a relationship of deep and furtive love. The problem was that Adelaida was a girlfriend and was about to marry; And Ariel was already married and had three children.

Adelaida says: “We fell in love, but I still married. Ariel asked me: ‘Is it true that you are going to get married?’

In 1969, Adelaida and Ariel went to live together. She was 29 years old. They opened a theater school in Flores and in 1974 they debuted as puppeteers with the play A tear of Mary.

When he talks about his son, Adelaida always refers to Gabriel, although his friends call him Gaby, and throughout Argentina and several countries in the world know him as Vicentico.

The singer’s birth certificate (born on July 24, 1964 at the Italian hospital) indicates that his parents are Adelaida Mangani and Manuel Fernández Capello.

One of the few times he referred to the subject, Vicentico said: “It is strange the story. My mother was married to Fernández Capello, and in turn she was in love with Ariel Buffano. At thirty -one years I learned that she didn’t know which of the two I was a son. The same, with Fernández Capello they got along very badly and separated after I was born. ”

In this report, Vicentico added: “When we went to live with a bufano, my old woman told me: ‘He is uncle Ariel’. I remember perfectly that I would be five years old, I said: ‘Che, can I tell you dad? If we are all living together ‘. ‘Yes, of course, tell me dad’. But when I was eight years old I started asking my old woman: ‘But how is it? Uncle, dad? Is my dad or not my dad? ‘, And my old woman:’ Yes, son, it’s your dad ‘. But there was something strange. ”

In 1995, when Vicentico was 31 years old and a newborn son (Florianproduct of her relationship with actress Valeria Bertuccelli), I didn’t know what last name put. Then he investigated the whereabouts of Manuel Fernández Capello, who lived in Spain. They underwent a DNA test and turned out that their father was a buffan. Even so, Florián received the last name Fernández Capello, like his brother Vicente, born in 2007.

Ariel Buffano died at age 61, when the fabulous Cadillacs were in full disk fever The lion (Now the emblematic band announced a tour that will take them through Europe, the United States and several Latin American countries. In addition, Sony will publish a live album in the Zocalo of Mexico, two years after that historic presentation).

When he talks about his children, the celestial eyes of Adelaida Mangani illuminate. He says that since they were children, a guitar teacher was going to clarify to his house.

He states: “It was already noted that Gabriel had a special talent. He, in addition to guitar, studied piano. But then he grabs a saxo and plays, or a violin and touches. I cannot believe it, because that is not easy for any musician. That gift brings it by birth.”

-And in a moment, for many you became better known for being Vicentico’s mother …

-Yes (laughs). As a singer I didn’t have it. I didn’t know that he was the band leader. One day I asked him and he told me that since none wanted to do it, he did it … he started when he was 18. I didn’t even know what ska music was. He told me: “Mom, last night we were playing with the group and came a guy (Carlos Rodríguez Ares) who said he is interested in what we do and that he will produce.” The band was called Cadillacs 57, and that producer suggested that they had to call “the fabulous Cadillacs.”

-Where did you see them live for the first time?

-In the Astros theater. They were already well known, but I ignored it. Then I started going to all his recitals.

-Do you like your son’s songs?

-I love them, especially those of their solo stage. I like what writes and composes. He also made the music of many of my shows.

-How do you take with Valeria? (Bertuccelli, his daughter -in -law)?

-Very well, we have a beautiful relationship. She is super affectionate.

-Tus grandchildren also make music …

-Yes, all. Florián (30) took out his own solo albums (he is currently guitarist of the fabulous Cadillacs). Jano (27), Ariadna’s son, my other daughter, is a drummer and in fact participated in the work Girl; and Vicente (18) is more inclined to the guitar. With Gabriel we say that my uncle’s spirit, Juan Francisco Giacobbe, was an influence for the whole family.

Adelaida Mangani directed 18 puppet works, plus the 68 shows he supervised by the group of puppeteers he directs. He says that the puppet is an object moved in a dramatic function. Explain in a didactic tone that it can be anthropomorphic, like a little person, or it can be anything else.

-Do you get up with puppets?

-I’m not fetishist, although I recognize that they are very beautiful plastic objects. According to the shows that I am riding, some characters like more. For example, Lulu’s, which is from an Eduardo Rovner’s work called Teodoro and the Moon. I have that puppet at home. Also Helena, who is the protagonist of the work El Rayo Verde, by Julio Verne. And now I love Bimba, which is “my double” (with which he posed in the photos).

-Do you treasure? How many do you have?

-In my house I have enough puppets, almost forty. There are some that are manufactured in the theater and are especially delicate, if they go to the deposit they can be ruined, then I sign a paper and take them (because they are owned by San Martín). In my house there are two bedrooms: in which I do not use, the plaches are full of puppets. Then I have a huge pocket to put the glove puppets, which are easier to keep.

-Do you are leaving a legacy?

-This, at my life, I am glad to have formed creators who already write and direct their own works. My greatest satisfaction was to pass them the torch of passion for puppet theater.