At the age of 15, using costumes borrowed from the seminary's theatre, he invented and performed his first quick-change act, an art introduced to the world by Leopoldo Fregoli (1867–1936).

[5] His professional career began in 1978 in France at the Parisian cabaret Paradis Latin, under the direction of Jean Marie Rivière.

In the opera field, he played the storyteller in Stravinsky's "Histoire du soldat", "Peter and the wolf"(2011)[6] and "Allegro un po' troppo" (2013).

[7] His appearance on a live episode of The Drew Carey Show in 1999 gave him a "pick of the day" title on the program Access Hollywood.

In 2006, Brachetti's show reached the proportion of a big musical production with over 1000 performances completed and over 1.5 million tickets sold.

In Germany: "Fantasissimo" and "1000 Nachte" at the Wintergarten Theatre in Berlin; in Italy: "I Corti", "Tel chi el Telun", "Meta fisico metà fa schifo" and the tour of singer Angelo Branduardi.

In 2008 he created and toured the show "Gran Varietà Brachetti" a big production involving 25 artists and celebrating the world of Music Hall.

On 26 October 2009, Just for Laughs presented Brachetti in a new production by Sean Foley titled 'Change' at London's Garrick Theatre due to run through until 3 January 2010.

In 2008 he presented the One Man Show directed by Serge Denoncourt dedicated to the world of Cinema, playing more than 80 characters.

[14] An animated statue of Brachetti,[15] changing costumes every 20 seconds, is displayed at Musée Grevin, the wax museum of Paris,[16][17] Prague, Montreux and Montreal.