Mario Trevi

{{Short description|Italian singer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}} {{Expand Italian|topic=bio|Mario Trevi (cantante)|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Mario Trevi | image = Mario Trevi 2010.jpg | caption = | alias = | birth_name = Agostino Capozzi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|11|02|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Melito di Napoli]], [[Metropolitan City of Naples]], Kingdom of Italy | death_date = | origin = [[Naples]], Italy | genre = {{flatlist| *[[Pop music|Pop]] *''[[canzone napoletana]]'' *[[turbo-folk]] }} | occupation = {{flatlist| *Singer *actor }} | years_active = 1955–present | label = {{flatlist| *Durium *Royal *RCA *[[:it:King (casa discografica)|King Universal]] *Zeus Record }} | website = {{url|mariotrevi.com}} }}

'''Agostino Capozzi''' (born 2 November 1941), known professionally as '''Mario Trevi''', is an Italian singer and actor.

== Biography == Trevi was born in [[Melito di Napoli]], Metropolitan City of Naples, on 2 November 1941. He is the son of Domenico and Maddalena Capozzi Ciletti and the first of nine children. Mario is the head of a family set in the melodic song in the heart of Naples, Italy. He is the brother of Lino Capozzi, Stefano Fany, and Franco Moreno. He is also the uncle of Salvatore Capozzi and Mimmo Moreno and grandfather of Tony Mariano.<ref>{{YouTube|Z1fzyUSi5QE}}</ref> Mario Trevi spent his childhood in poverty during Italy's post-war. At a young age he began working as a bricklayer, and some evenings he sang for free in the basement of a local puppet theatre where he entratained small audiences.<ref>{{YouTube|LwL6kxjSSQo|Interview with Mario Trevi}}</ref> Agostino, in art known as Mario Trevi, soon changed job from a bricklayer to a fabric cutter in a fabric shop at Piazza Nicola Amore in Naples, but did not give up singing. Instead his passion for singing grew, and he soon became a fan of [[Sergio Bruni]], a well-known Neapolitan singer. At the age 14, he took on singing lessons with Maestro Attilio Staffelli, a professor at the [[Music conservatories of Naples|Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella]]. Soon, Mario's voice was heard in one of [[Galleria Umberto I]], thanks to one of his uncles. At that event, Vincenzo Acampora noticed Mario's talent and proposed him to sing at the [[Piedigrotta]] Festival, a well-known local show. Mario started his career at the age of 17, when he sang ''Nuvole D'Ammore''. That night, he shared the stage with famous artists such as [[Giacomo Rondinella]], [[Tecla Scarano]] and Nicla Di Bruno. Soon, his fame started to build as he performed with famous singers Gennaro Pasquariello and [[Claudio Villa]] in [[Porta Capuana]]. In 1961, Mario Trevi was invited to [[Totò]]'s house, a well-known comedian, in Rome, who asked him to sing ''Malafemmena'', a famous song written by Totò himself. In that same year Trevi married Titina Spagnolo, the daughter of a Neapolitan record dealer. In 1965, two days after the birth of their second child, Titina died of [[aneurysm]]. Among many who honored her at her funeral was Sergio Bruni. In 1967, despite family opposition, Trevi married Titina's younger sister, Teresa, with whom he had two more daughters.<ref>"Indifferentemente Trevi, la voce di Piedigrotta" ''Il Mattino'', 17 aprile 2005, pag. 51</ref>

== Career == During his career, Mario Trevi has recorded more than eight hundred songs and has participated in ten [[Festival of Naples]]. In 1959, he recorded the first series of 78's with the Royal records. Among Mario Trevi's famous songs several have become classics, such as ''Indifferentemente'' (1963), ''Mare Verde'' (1961, written by Giuseppe Marotta), ''Me Parlano 'e Te'' (1964, written by the poet Salvatore Palomba and music by Antonio Vian), ''Settembre Cu' Mme' '' (1962, written by Renato flowers and music by Antonio Vian), and ''Cara Busciarda'' (1969, directed by Eduardo Alfieri). Because of his successful career, Mario Trevi was appointed to the ''Encyclopedia of the Neapolitan song'' by Ettore De Mura.

In 1973 Trevi devoted himself to a new musical genre known as "songs of the underworld," and to the [[Music of Naples#The Sceneggiata|sceneggiata]]. Among many of his plays, '' 'A Paggella'', brought so much success that was filmed in 1980 and directed by Ninì Grassia, starring Mario Trevi, [[Marc Porel]], [[Rosalia Maggio]], Beniamino Maggio, Marzio Onorato, Marisa Laurito. In 1981 he was scheduled to play in another movie, '' 'O Carabiniere'', but he ended up turning down the opportunity and his character was played by [[Fabio Testi]]. In 1978, Mario Trevi took on tours to the U.S. and Canada. In New York, he sang at the [[Madison Square Garden]], at the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] and at the Kenkiol Theatre. He also participated in a tour in Europe and worked side by side with other Italian artists such as, [[Luciano Tajoli]], [[Nilla Pizzi]], and Claudio Villa. In 1995 he recorded an album with [[:it:Zeus Record|Zeus Record]], a record making company, where he sang [[Pino Daniele]]'s songs. In 1997 he was invited by [[Paolo Limiti]] in the show ''Ci vediamo in Tv''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mario+trevi+paolo+limiti+ci+vediamo+in+tv&search_type=&aq=f "Ci vediamo in TV"]</ref> and in 2001, [[Piero Chiambretti]] and [[Fabio Fazio]] invited him to the [[Festival della canzone italiana]] to represent the Neapolitan song genre. Mario Trevi also participated in television shows such as ''[[Canzonissima]]'', ''Napoli Contro Tutti'', ''Scala Reale'',<ref>{{YouTube|LTg4uBiaYc0|Mario Trevi, ''Indifferentemente'', ''Scala Reale''(1966)}}</ref> ''Canzoni alla Finestra'', ''4 Passi Tra Le Note'', ''Il Paroliere'', ''Questo Sconosciuto'', ''15 Minuti Con ...'', ''La Fiera dei Sogni'', ''Senza Rete'', ''Napoli Prima e Dopo'',<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=mario+trevi+napoli+prima+e+dopo&aq=f ''Napoli prima e dopo'']</ref> ''Viva Napoli'', ''Domenica In'',<ref>{{YouTube|oWPd5D_WulU|''Domenica In''}}</ref> ''Mezzogiorno in Famiglia'',<ref>{{YouTube|LwL6kxjSSQo|alla trasmissione ''Mezzogiorno in famiglia'', interview with Mario Trevi, Carla Boni and Narciso Parigi}}</ref> ''La vita in diretta''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=trevi+merola+vita+in+diretta ''La vita in diretta'']</ref>

On 26 November 2005 Mario Trevi was appointed, [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta|Knight of Malta]], together with [[Bruno Venturini]] and [[Mario Merola (singer)|Mario Merola]].<ref>"I Cavalieri Crociati approdano al Gran Hotel La Sonrisa" ''La Repubblica'', 29 novembre 2005, pag. 14</ref> [[File:Mario Trevi.jpg|thumb|Mario Trevi in 2005]]

On 22 September 2009 Mario Trevi inaugurated its official website and entered the world of YouTube.<ref>{{YouTube|KFE1BJhjLzc}}</ref> On 24 September 2009 he participated in the ''Premio Carosone 2009'', held at the [[Mostra d'Oltremare#Arena Flegrea|Arena Flegrea]], [[Mostra d'Oltremare]] in Naples, where he sang ''Indifferentemente'', ''Scalinatella'' and ''Giacca Rossa 'e Russetto''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mario+trevi+premio+carosone&search_type=&aq=f ''Premio Carosone 2009'']</ref> On 4 November, Mario participated in the show ''Omaggio a Sergio Bruni'' (''Tribute to Sergio Bruni'')<ref>{{YouTube|5tjz5OQFaLM|interview}}</ref> where he sang the songs ''Lusingame''<ref>{{YouTube|7PXuDeKlk6c|''Lusingame'', ''Omaggio a Sergio Bruni''}}</ref> and ''Carmela'',<ref>{{YouTube|z1OnAq8iHdk|''Carmela'', ''Omaggio a Sergio Bruni''}}</ref> and paired with [[Enzo Gragnaniello]] in singing ''Indifferentemente''.<ref>{{YouTube|NZ-S_yCmHH4|''Indifferentemente'', Mario Trevi – Enzo Gragnaniello, ''Omaggio a Sergio Bruni''}}</ref> On 17 April 2010 Mario Trevi starred a new beginning with Luna Bianca,<ref>[http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs449.ash1/24717_1361943739420_1556384201_904431_2645290_n.jpg Poster of the show] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723124906/http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs449.ash1/24717_1361943739420_1556384201_904431_2645290_n.jpg |date=23 July 2011 }}</ref> a live concert created to tour Italy. In Luna Bianca, Trevi is accompanied by six young members of the Orchestra Luna Bianca and two young voices, performing the revisiting classic Neapolitan songs with new music arrangements consisting of accelerated rhythms combined with the folklore of the Neapolitan song, a remake Turbo-folk genre.<ref>{{YouTube|id=kSlBkQfVlZ8&list=PL6AC0754F55778448&index=1|''MARIO TREVI Luna Bianca, Special''}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=mario+trevi+luna+bianca&aq=0 Show ''MARIO TREVI Luna Bianca in concerto'']</ref><ref>{{YouTube|id=e9EJJdDl3vg&list=PL3484E93216464C71&index=1&feature=plcp|title=''MARIO TREVI Lunabianca in concerto''}}</ref>

== Discography == *1961: ''Senti Napoli e poi...'' *1961: ''Naples – Today'' ([[London Records]]) *1964: ''Indifferentemente'' *1964: ''Mario Trevi con la orquesta de E.Alfieri'' (Ronde de Venezuela) *1965: ''Canzoni napoletane classiche'' *1966: ''Canzoni napoletane moderne'' *1970: ''Mario Trevi & Mirna Doris, Ammore 'e Napule'' (Fiesta record company) *1974: ''Le disque d'or des Chansons Napolitanes – Mario Trevi'' ([[Pickwick Records]]) *1975: ''Mario Trevi – vol.1'' *1975: ''Mario Trevi – vol.2'' *1975: ''Mario Trevi – vol.3'' *1975: ''Mario Trevi'' *1975: ''Si me sonno Napule'' *1975: ''Papà'' *1975: '' 'Nu telegramma'' *1975: ''Mario Trevi'' *1976: ''Mario Trevi recita le sue sceneggiate nel ruolo di 1° attore'' *1976: '' 'O presepio'' *1977: '' 'A paggella'' *1977: ''Senti Napoli e poi...'' (Sicamericana Sacifi) *1978: '' 'A befana'' *1978: ''Mario Trevi – 12° volume'' *1979: ''La sceneggiata napoletana'' *1979: '' 'E candeline'' *1979: ''Canzoni di Napoli'' (Music Hall) *1981: ''Mario Trevi – 14° volume'' *1982: ''Mario Trevi – 15° volume'' *1983: ''Mario Trevi – 18° volume'' *1984: ''Mario Trevi – 19° volume'' *1985: '' 'Nfizzo 'nfizzo'' *1986: ''Nun è 'nu tradimento'' *1986: ''Ancora io'' *1989: ''I miei successi di ieri... cantati oggi'' *1991: ''Tu si importante'' *1992: ''Cento canzoni da ricordare – vol.1'' *1992: ''Cento canzoni da ricordare – vol.2'' *1992: ''Cento canzoni da ricordare – vol.3'' *1992: ''Cento canzoni da ricordare – vol.4'' *1994: ''Cento canzoni da ricordare – vol.5'' *1994: ''Cento canzoni da ricordare – vol.6'' *1994: ''Carezze d'autore'' *1995: ''...Pecché te voglio bene'' *1995: ''...Niente – Trevi canta Daniele'' *1996: ''Nustalgia'' *2008: ''Il capitano e il marinaio'' *2011: ''Napoli Turbo Folk''

== Filmography == *1980 – ''[[La pagella]]'' *2025 - ''Indiffentemente... Mario Trevi''<ref>[https://www.lagazzettadellospettacolo.it/costume/122410-mario-trevi-docufilm-carriera/ Mario Trevi: 65 Anni di Canzone Napoletana in un docufilm]</ref><ref>[https://napolimagazine.com/cultura-gossip/articolo/musica-indifferentemente-mario-trevi-un-docufilm-di-salvatore-architravo-02-04-2025 MUSICA - "Indifferentemente... Mario Trevi", un docufilm di Salvatore Architravo]</ref><ref>[https://www.mariotrevi.com/tef_.html Mariotrevi.com]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGIqmWYq-EM&t=10s INDIFFERENTEMENTE... MARIO TREVI (Docufilm 2025)]</ref><ref>[https://www.primevideo.com/-/it/detail/Indifferentemente-Mario-Trevi/0GSZUSZDVBYER8L3W3YVNWF9SR Indifferentemente... Mario Trevi]</ref>

== Theater == *''Cunfiette 'e sposa'' (1969) *''Sulitario'' (1970) *'''O carabiniere'' (1972) *'''A mano nera'' (1973) *'''O cammurrista'' (1973) *''Cella 17'' (1974) *'''O mariuolo'' (1975) *'''O fuggiasco'' (1975) *'''O rre d'è magliare'' (1976) *'''Nu telegramma'' (1976) *'''O presepio'' (1976) *'''O professore'' (1977) *'''A paggella'' (1977) *'''A Befana'' (1978) *'''O metronotte'' (1979) *'''O diario'' (1979) *''Papà'' (1980) *''Astrignete 'a 'mme'' (1980) *'''O tesoro'' (1981) *'''O carabiniere'' (1981)

== Bibliography == *Ettore De Mura, ''Enciclopedia della Canzone Napoletana'', Napoli, Il Torchio, 1969 (''Trevi Mario'', p. 380). *Pietro Gargano – Gianni Cesarini, ''La Canzone Napoletana'', Milano, [[RCS MediaGroup|Rizzoli]] editore, 1984. *''Annuario del cinema italiano'', editore: Centro studi di cultura, promozione e diffusione del cinema, 1986. *''Annuario del cinema italiano'', editore: Centro studi di cultura, promozione e diffusione del cinema, 1990. * Gino Castaldo, ''Dizionario della canzone italiana'', Armando Curcio Editore, 1990. *Vittorio Paliotti, ''Storia della canzone napoletana: i primi canti popolari, le antiche villanelle, le melodie celebri in tutto il mondo...'', Newton Compton, 1992. *Pino Farinotti, ''Dizionario degli attori, tutti gli attori e i loro film'', Varese, Sugarco Edizioni, 1993. *Salvatore Tolino, ''Mostra storica permanente della Poesia, del Teatro e della Canzone Napoletana'', Istituto Grafico Editoriale Italiano, 1999. *Joe Vitale, ''Viaggio nell'etnomusica: Manuale di musica popolare'', ILA Palma, 2000. *Giovanni Alfano, ''Napule è 'na canzone, Antologia della canzone napoletana'', Salerno, Palladio Editrice, 2001. *Dario Salvatori, ''Dizionario della canzoni italiane'', Roma, Elle U Multimedia, 2001. *Pasquale Scialò, ''La Sceneggiata, rappresentazione di un genere popolare'', Napoli, Guida, 2002. *Mario Merola – Geo Nocchetti, ''Napoli solo andata...il mio lungo viaggio'', Sperling & Kupfer, 2005. *Enrico Careri – Pasquale Scialò, ''Studi sulla canzone napoletana classica'', Libreria musicale italiana, 2008. *Tiziano Tarli e Pierpaolo De Iulis, ''Vesuvio Pop, la nuova canzone melodica napoletana'', Rome, Arcana Editore, 2009. *Salvatore Palomba – Stefano Fedele, ''Le Canzoni di Napoli'', Napoli, ''L'Ancora del Mediterraneo'', 2009. *Pasquale Scialò, ''Storie di musica'', Napoli, Guida, 2010. *Antonio Sciotti, ''Cantanapoli. Enciclopedia del Festival della Canzone Napoletana 1952–1981'', Napoli, Luca Torre editore, 2011. *Pietro Gargano, ''Nuova Enciclopedia Illustrata della Canzone Napoletana vol. VII'', Napoli, ed. Magmata, 2015.

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == {{Commonscat}} *{{IMDb name|id=0872382}} *[http://www.mariotrevi.com/ Official website] (Italian) *[https://www.youtube.com/user/MarioTreviUfficiale Official YouTube channel] *[https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mario-Trevi/183484763131?ref=hl Official Facebook page] *[https://music.apple.com/it/artist/mario-trevi/76154502?ign-mpt=uo%3D4 Mario Trevi on iTunes]

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