Giorgio Gaber

Musician

Italian singer-songwriter and theatre author, pioneer of teatro-canzone, active from the 1950s until 2003.

Frequent collaborator with Sandro Luporini; created the teatro-canzone format combining songs and monologues; widely praised for political and social critique; canonized in Italian music and theatre circles.

DeBaser's reviews present Giorgio Gaber as a pioneering Italian singer-songwriter and creator of teatro-canzone. Critics highlight his political satire, theatrical monologues and moral lucidity. Recurring themes: freedom, communism, bourgeoisie and generational disillusion.

For:Fans of politically engaged singer-songwriters, Italian theatre-song and social satire

The killer inside is like an injection, you can’t stop it and it spares no one, no one escapes the deadline.
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If I were God... and I could very well be, otherwise I don’t see who!
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Gaber, who was a Communist, recalls what Communism was, admitting, even with obedient and humble mea culpas and with his incomparable irony, what the former wanted to be and what 'communism' has transformed into error. Or horror.
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