Le Sorelle Marinetti

Theatre company

The timeless charm of swing and close-harmony singing

Le Sorelle Marinetti are an Italian vocal and theatrical trio created from an idea by producer and author Giorgio Umberto Bozzo. Conceived as three “improbable daughters” of the glorious E.I.A.R. era (the radio broadcaster of the 1930s and 1940s), the Marinettis are played by three actors and singers who step into the shoes of the “singing sisters”: Nicola Olivieri (Turbina), Marco Lugli (Scintilla) and Andrea Allione (Mercuria).

The project was born with a precise aim: to revive and celebrate the extraordinary repertoire of Italian “syncopated song” and swing. Under the rigorous and gifted artistic direction of Maestro Christian Schmitz – curator of all the arrangements and philological transcriptions – the trio brings back the magic of the legendary Trio Lescano and the great performers of the time (Silvana Fioresi, Maria Jottini, Alberto Rabagliati, Natalino Otto).

Their trademark is the demanding and fascinating style of “close-harmony singing” (canto armonizzato), performed with a technical precision and theatrical verve that are unique on the contemporary scene.

Debut and Theatrical Success

The official debut took place at Teatro Ciak in Milan in March 2008 with the musical show Non ce ne importa niente, which met with immediate success with audiences and critics. From that moment on, the trio’s theatre career has never paused, taking them to the stages of the most prestigious Italian and international theatres and festivals.

Over the years their style has evolved, combining music and prose in full-blown musical comedies of great success, including:

Risate sotto le bombe (2013): written by Giorgio Bozzo and Gianni Fantoni, set in 1943 during an air-raid alarm.
La Famiglia Canterina (2015): an ensemble show recalling the historic collaborations between the Trio Lescano and the finest voices of the era.

Sanremo and Major Collaborations

National fame was consolidated thanks to prestigious forays into the world of pop and contemporary singer-songwriters, and to frequent television and radio appearances:

Sanremo Festival (2010): they accompany singer Arisa on the stage of the Ariston with the song Malamoreno, definitively winning over the television audience.
Vinicio Capossela (2011): they lend their voices to the backing vocals of the single Pryntyl (from the album Marinai, profeti e balene) and take part in the singer-songwriter’s following summer tour.
Simone Cristicchi (2012): they duet on the song Torpedo blu at the Premio Caruso on Rai 1, a partnership that turns into the successful summer tour of the swing show Poker d’Assi.

Throughout their career, Le Sorelle Marinetti have worked steadily, in the studio and live, with the Orchestra Maniscalchi, a refined ten-piece ensemble specialising in vintage swing repertoire.

Main Discography

2008 – Non ce ne importa niente (P-Nuts)
2009 – Note di Natale (E.P. – P-Nuts)
2010 – Signorine Novecento (Atlantic/Warner)
2013 – Risate sotto le bombe (O.S.T. – P-Nuts)
2017 – La Famiglia Canterina
2018 – Parole d’amore

With a perfect balance of nostalgia, philological rigour, irony and great entertainment, Le Sorelle Marinetti continue to enchant audiences, restoring freshness to one of the happiest and most sophisticated seasons of Italian music.

The artists

Andrea AllioneActor / singerA dancer, singer and actor, Andrea Allione has an eclectic artistic career that began in 1987 with the study of dance and led him, ten years later, to make his debut as a professional dancer in various productions and television programmes for Rai and Mediaset. Alongside dance he honed his vocal technique and deepened his study of acting, graduating from the “Quelli di Grock” school in Milan. In 2008 he was one of the founders of the en travesti trio Le Sorelle Marinetti, playing the character of Mercuria Marinetti and also taking care of the choreography for their shows. With the group he has trodden the stages of Italy’s leading theatres and taken part in major events, including the Sanremo…

Marco LugliActor / singerAn actor, singer and artistic founder of theatrical and musical projects, Marco Lugli studied acting and singing between Milan and London, complementing his training with intense work as a voice-over artist, announcer and performer in musicals and straight plays. In 2008 he was one of the creators and founding partners, together with the producer Giorgio Bozzo, of the celebrated en travesti trio Le Sorelle Marinetti. Within the group he plays Scintilla Marinetti (the eldest sister, falsetto/soprano vocal register), for whom he has also looked after, from the very beginning, stage coordination, diction and theatrical presence. With the Sorelle Marinetti he has enjoyed a decade-long career in Italy’s most prestigious theatres, taking part in key moments in the group’s history such…

Nicola OlivieriActor / singerAn Italian actor, baritone and vocalist, Nicola Olivieri has a solid training and an eclectic career ranging from straight theatre to opera, musical comedy and teaching. After making his debut at the Piccolo Teatro di Milano under Giorgio Strehler in the production Faust - frammenti, he embarked on an intense artistic career working as a performer and narrator for major institutions and theatre productions. Since 2001 he has collaborated regularly with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, for which he is performer and narrator in numerous shows for children and families within the “Crescendo in Musica” series. Besides his stage performances, he combines his performing career with teaching, running musical-theatre courses and training programmes for young people. Since 2008 he has…

Shows

Appuntamento con lo swing (A Date with Swing)ConcertThree voices, one swing soul: the irony and elegance of harmonised singingSomeone has described the Sorelle Marinetti – with a touch of irony – as "the best female harmony-singing trio in Italy". They have certainly earned plenty of acclaim, if for ten years they have been touring the length of Italy and its finest theatres with their repertoire of syncopated songs from the E.I.A.R. era. In 2010 they were on the stage of the Teatro Ariston with Arisa, in 2011 they went on a summer tour with Simone Cristicchi, and in 2012 Vinicio Capossela wanted them as backing vocalists on his single Pryntyl, from the album Marinai profeti e balene, and for the tour that followed the album’s release. On 16 April 2018 their third studio album, Parole d’amor, was released,

Non ce ne importa niente (We Couldn’t Care Less)Theatre showThe 1930s, swing and plenty of irony: musical theatre by Le Sorelle MarinettiNon ce ne importa niente (“We Don’t Care a Bit”) is not a simple concert but a genuine piece of musical theatre, taking the audience on a journey back in time to the 1930s and 1940s. Those were years of great unease, with dark clouds gathering on the horizon, but also years of longing for escape and carefree fun which – thanks to the stable of authors, singers and conductors of the E.I.A.R. (Ente Italiano Audizioni Radiofoniche, the Italian radio broadcasting body from which, like a phoenix, the RAI would later rise) – produced a repertoire of songs that still lift the spirits today. And to think that in 1925 Mussolini said: “This radio will never work!” Our guides on

Note di Natale (Notes of Christmas)Musical showFrom the EIAR orchestras to the stage: the magic of Christmas by the Sorelle MarinettiA truly special Christmas! Note di Natale (“Christmas Notes”) is an original musical-theatre show that transports the audience to a bygone atmosphere with sketches, choreography and anecdotes about the customs and culture of the 1930s, and lulls them with the beautiful music of the EIAR light orchestras (the forerunner of the RAI). The backdrop is the Italy of sparkling film comedies, elegant dance halls, the radio, radio football commentaries, the Fiat Topolino and the Balilla, the boxer Primo Carnera and the aviator Italo Balbo. The Italy of our grandparents, who managed to find a reason to smile and be carefree in the “songs of the radio” at a time that was anything but easy. Alongside an extensive theatre career, the

Topolini, mici e pinguini innamorati (Mice, Kittens and Penguins in Love)ShowA fantastic zoo in swing time: the social history of an era, told by the Sorelle Marinetti!Topolini, mici e pinguini innamorati (“Mice, Cats and Penguins in Love”) is a show that recounts, in a light-hearted way yet rich in anecdotes and information, the repertoire of the “syncopated song” of the 1930s and 1940s, with particular attention to the “animal strand”: all those songs, penned by the best writers of the day, whose protagonists were animals. An entertaining lesson in social history, enriched by a selection of amusing songs performed by the Sisters Turbina, Scintilla and Mercuria Marinetti (in real life Nicola Olivieri, Marco Lugli and Andrea Allione). Il pinguino innamorato, Il gatto in cantina, La canzone delle mosche, Maramao perché sei morto, La sardina innamorata: all songs that set up a fantastic zoo in the service

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