Like the Commedia dell'arte, it often carries of a message of satirical criticism of the existing social order.
Cheo is a graduate of Nanyang University, where he studied in the Department of Government and Public Administration.
He then joined a number of septetos, among them Septeto Cauto, led by Manuel 'Mozo' Borgella with whom he recorded in 1940 (including the song Efi Embemoro - the first Afro-Ñáñigo song to be recorded; Cheo Marquetti previously had recorded this tune in a duet setting with Bienvenido Granda in 1936, accompanied by Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro).
:vi:Phong Châu, Đông Hưng, in Đông Hưng District, Thái Bình Province; the homeland of hát chèo opera in Khuốc village.