Naples Theatre Festival

Neapolitan musicologist Roberto De Simone is a most remarkable person. He was the artistic director of the San Carlo Theater in the late 1980s and was appointed director of the Naples Conservatory in 1995. He has spent his professional life rejuvenating the cultural history of his city. This includes collecting folk tales and music, and reviving a number of seldom- or never-performed pieces from the vast repertoire of 18th-century Neapolitan comic ...

LO VOMMARO A DUELLO by Roberto De Simone directed by Roberto De Simone production Napoli Teatro Festival Italia in cooproduction with Fondazione Teatro San Carlo di Napoli 27th, 28th June 21.00 Mercadante – Teatro Stabile di Napoli First night language Italian duration 165 Roberto De Simone’s new performance is the result of the fusion of Pasquale Starace’s play Lo Vommaro (1742), and Il duello comico, Giovanni Paisiello’s farce in music (1774). The performance develops along two parallel tracks, including scenes played by actors ...