A Cabaret, Marco Calliari style

His second album, Mia Dolce Vita, takes us on a historical journey down memory lane, full of cross-mixing of musical styles. “With Mia Dolce Vita, I wanted to pay tribute to the songs that had inspired me from the start,” the Montreal singer explains.

Without a doubt, Calliari succeeded in choosing songs that constitute surprising rediscoveries of time-tested classics, adding new nuances of inspiration to the sounds of O Solo Mio, Caruso, Bella Ciao, or Cosa Nostra, the latter coming from the mythical Francis Ford Coppola Godfather trilogy. As well, he shares with us traditional choir singing in La Montanara, born in the Trentino district of Italy from where his father originated.

When not pushing his favourite opera excerpt Recitar, Marco Calliari brings to our attention the birth-promoting policies of the Mussolini era, with I Due Fannuloni, which can be literally translated as ‘The Two Good-For-Nothings’, referring to Mussolini and Hitler.

Backing the Italo-Quebecer crooner-rocker are Carlos Arraya (drums), Lysandre Champagne (trumpet), Frédéric Péloquin (accordion), and a musician to be announced (bass). This, a preview of the bigger orchestras that will attack the upcoming summer festivals throughout Quebec.