In his one-hour show he goes through more than fifty costume changes, in front of the audience without hiding behind drapes or screens and without any assistance by stage hands.
His first attempt was a written and staged piece by Daniele Sala, which was about the life of the famous change artist Leopoldo Fregoli at the turn of the century.
In just two weeks, Marchetto created eighteen new characters, including crowd favourites like Queen Elizabeth II, Freddie Mercury, Tina Turner and the Venus de Milo.
[1] In the same year, Granada Television Celebrations produced Paper Marilyn, a one-hour documentary about Marchetto's life and his artistic career.
At the first MTV Europe Music Awards in Berlin the following year, Marchetto joined on stage with some of the same stars from his repertoire, including Prince, George Michael and Björk.
In summer 2001, he was invited to perform at the White Tie and Tiara Ball, an AIDS gala hosted every year by Sir Elton John at his estate in Oxfordshire.
[6] Further guest performances in Germany and Edinburgh followed in 2004, after the première of Marchetto's new show in Amsterdam in the historic Nieuwe de la Mar Theater.
[7] Together with Nancy Sinatra, the New York Dolls, Morrissey and Sparks, he appeared at the Morrissey-launched Meltdown Festival at the Southbank Centre in London.
At the beginning of 2005, the 200th birthday of Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen was celebrated in Copenhagen's Parken Stadium and transmitted on television throughout Europe.
For the occasion, Marchetto performed with specially designed costumes to honour the Anderson in front of the Danish royal family and 40,000 other spectators.
[8] Among the guests were also Olivia Newton-John, Tina Turner, Isabel Allende, Jean Michel Jarre and Sir Roger Moore.
In Paris's Auditorium Saint-Germain, Marchetto premiered with many new French characters and later in the winter season he returned once again to the city to perform at La Cigale.
Marchetto continued to tour all over the world, in the U.S. (Los Angeles, Napa Valley and Austin), Hong Kong, Singapore and Germany (Mannheim, Düsseldorf and Berlin).
Marchetto ended the year with full houses in Rome and a special Christmas programme at the Southbank Centre in London, a show with many new pop icons, including Lily Allen, Boy George as a street sweeper and a crazy Vincent van Gogh in the style of Gnarls Barkley.
In 2010 and 2012, he took part in the Cavalchina Grand Ball at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice to celebrate the Carnival together with Grace Jones and Italian singer Ornella Vanoni.