Viviana Zarbo
Viviana Zarbo : I am not Marilyn
Live At Zédel
20 Sherwood St
Sep 27, 2019
7:00 PM GMT+1
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Andy Warhol's silkscreen paintings, the cheeky song for JFK's birthday, white skirt billowing over a New York City subway grating.
The foundation of Marilyn's icon was her unique blend of childlike innocence and provocative feminine sexuality. Despite her indisputable fame of "bombshell", and one of the world's famous actresses of her time, Marilyn largely contributed to set the standards of the Jazz and Swing golden age in the 1940s/50s. Her breathy brassy voice singing My Heart Belongs to Daddy, I'm Through With Love or Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend are history.
Today, 57 years after her death, having premiered to sold out houses, and gained excellent reviews in its 2019 Edinburgh Fringe Festival season, Viviana Zarbo reinterprets her songs - masterpieces composed by geniuses such as Cole Porter and Irving Berlin - in a personal way, devoid of clichés surrounded by amazing jazz musicians, Chris Neill on piano and Stephanie Legg on saxophone.
Viviana creates an atmosphere in which some tales of Marilyn's life are intertwined with tales from the singer's own life, and Marilyn's role as an artistic model which shaped Viviana's career is recounted through the great diva's songs.
"Viviana Zarbo very much knows how to hold an audience imagination… the audience could not keep their eyes from the stage" - The Jazz UK
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- The Southside Advertiser - "Slickly paced with a nice vintage jazz feel...that natural ability for singing and performing is something that Viviana shares with Marilyn"
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️- Edinburgh Guide - "Viviana brings a sensuous, soulful mood and manner to her own modern interpretations...Ms Zarbo exudes vintage glamour as she relates Marilyn’s short, tragic life-story with charming humour, heartfelt emotion and exuberant vivacity."
Marilyn Remembered fan Club Est.1982: - "Marilyn herself once said: I won't be satisfied until people want to hear me sing without looking at me" so I like to think that Monroe would definitely give this show her approval!"
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Viviana Zarbo Biography
Charming and strong, a velvet voice with a true passion for the storytelling, VIVIANA ZARBO very much knows how to hold an audience imagination, is definitely THE REAL DEAL........ the audience could not keep their eyes from the stage .... www.thejazz.co.uk
Singer and actress, Viviana was born in Italy (Sicily). She has been based in London where she has graduated at The American Musical Theatre Academy of London and thanks to her great versatility, she has approached the world of jazz, researching common features between jazz music and musicals, and taking this stunning experience of contamination as a starting point, she has developed an innovative repertoire of music and songs somehow recalling the music from the American Songs Real Book which she endeavours to re-interpret by drawing inspiration from great female singers like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'day, Sarah Vaughan, and the theatrical verve of actress-singers like Julie London, Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland; she also likes to venture into other genres that suit her voice and style, like Bossa Nova, Pop, Italian Classics, Musical theatre and Waltz musette.
She is performing at great venues in London like: The Pheasantry (Pizza Express Chelsea), Royal Albert hall Verdi's room, Ronnie Scott's Upstairs, Toulouse Lautrec jazz bar, Oliver jazz club, Hilton Bankside, Crown Plaza Westminster, The Boisdale, Primo Bar Park Plaza Westminster, Caffè Concerto and many others.
In Italy, she is performing in "Musiche in Miniatura" (Miniature Music) a musical tour in the smallest, cozy and beautiful historical Italian theatres such as Teatro Belloni (MI), Teatro della Concordia (PG), Teatro Salvini (IM), Teatro Arrigoni (PN), Teatro Civico (T0), Teatro Petrella (FC), Teatrino di Vetriano (LU), Teatro Flora (MC), Teatro Accademico (TV).
Her stage credits in Uk include: "Twelve Angry Jurors", "Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queen", "Sweet Charity", "The Loner".
She has performed in different musicals and plays such as "Evita", "Cleopatra", "L'angelo e la fiammiferaia", "Signori si va in scena"; "Funny Love", "Il cielo è sempre più blu", "Nostos" and in an international tour (Italy, New York, Berlin and São Paulo) in the musical "The Dreamboat".
Read MoreSinger and actress, Viviana was born in Italy (Sicily). She has been based in London where she has graduated at The American Musical Theatre Academy of London and thanks to her great versatility, she has approached the world of jazz, researching common features between jazz music and musicals, and taking this stunning experience of contamination as a starting point, she has developed an innovative repertoire of music and songs somehow recalling the music from the American Songs Real Book which she endeavours to re-interpret by drawing inspiration from great female singers like Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Anita O'day, Sarah Vaughan, and the theatrical verve of actress-singers like Julie London, Marilyn Monroe and Judy Garland; she also likes to venture into other genres that suit her voice and style, like Bossa Nova, Pop, Italian Classics, Musical theatre and Waltz musette.
She is performing at great venues in London like: The Pheasantry (Pizza Express Chelsea), Royal Albert hall Verdi's room, Ronnie Scott's Upstairs, Toulouse Lautrec jazz bar, Oliver jazz club, Hilton Bankside, Crown Plaza Westminster, The Boisdale, Primo Bar Park Plaza Westminster, Caffè Concerto and many others.
In Italy, she is performing in "Musiche in Miniatura" (Miniature Music) a musical tour in the smallest, cozy and beautiful historical Italian theatres such as Teatro Belloni (MI), Teatro della Concordia (PG), Teatro Salvini (IM), Teatro Arrigoni (PN), Teatro Civico (T0), Teatro Petrella (FC), Teatrino di Vetriano (LU), Teatro Flora (MC), Teatro Accademico (TV).
Her stage credits in Uk include: "Twelve Angry Jurors", "Elegies for Angels Punks and Raging Queen", "Sweet Charity", "The Loner".
She has performed in different musicals and plays such as "Evita", "Cleopatra", "L'angelo e la fiammiferaia", "Signori si va in scena"; "Funny Love", "Il cielo è sempre più blu", "Nostos" and in an international tour (Italy, New York, Berlin and São Paulo) in the musical "The Dreamboat".
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