Pietro Metastasio’s Melodrama, the Primacy of the Text. An essay by Luca Lupoli between history, music, and poetic words. An essential work for scholars and enthusiasts. Published in 2024 by Pagine Editore, Luca Lupoli’s Il Melodrama di Pietro Metastasio, the Primacy of the Text stands out as one of the most significant and recent contributions […]
The story of dark Italy by criminologist Romeo in “Odio Innocente”
A powerful noir is released on the disturbing fragile border between ideology, violence and lost identities Rome, June 20th, 2025 – It is called “Odio Innocente” (Innocent hate), the new novel by writer and criminologist Domenico Romeo, to be released in June 2025. A literary noir full of historical and psychic tension, which transports the […]
The cult of the Madonna dell’Arco of Sant’Anastasia
On June 16th, 1995, the “Centro studi per la Religiosità Popolare” (Study Center for Popular Religiosity) was inaugurated, custodian and propagator of the cult of the Madonna dell’Arco di Sant’Anastasia. To celebrate its 30 years of activity, we decided to publish some moments behind the scenes of the volume “I Miracoli della Madonna dell’Arco”, in […]
“Sono Napoletano”: the stadium chant becomes a generational anthem
Napoli, June 9th, 2025 – From the stadium chants of the Maradona curves to the top of the digital charts, the song “Sono Napoletano”(I am Neapolitan) immediately entered the hearts of Neapolitans and is now also conquering large slices of the Italian public. A result born from the mix of passion, identity and music that […]
Festa del Merlo XXX edition – By Officina Mirabilis
Mario Persico’s Janara desnuda (naked Janara)(Janara=witch in Neapolitan language) with a visionary Merlo del Paradiso (Blackbird of Paradise) on her shoulder is the icon of the XXX edition of the Festa del Merlo (Blackbird Fest).🖤 Thirty years of festive militancy enclosed in a poster reconstructed from an unrealized dream: Mario Persico was unable to finish […]
The Guardian of Tropea’s Soul
Dario Godano receives recognition for cultural preservation at Mediterranean Cocktail of Art II – By P. Johnson In the sun-drenched coastal town of Tropea, where cobblestone streets wind between whitewashed buildings and the Tyrrhenian Sea sparkles below dramatic cliffs, a young archaeologist is breathing new life into ancient stories. Dario Godano, born and raised in […]
Salerno – Cupid makes a breach in the hearts of the jurors
A veritable avalanche of works for the various sections into which the artistic-literary competition “Amore è…” (Love is…)is divided has reached the editorial office. The aim is to highlight the value of love in its various shades. Also in this 2nd edition, many have participated with works full of great value, truly worthy of praise […]
When the impossible becomes achievable
Enrico Fagnano on ‘Gli anni impossibili’ his new book – By N. Yakova ‘Gli anni impossibili’ (The Impossible Years) tells of a period during which, in Napoli, there were people who, despite belonging to different political currents, followed all the same direction, that one toward the growth, reaching the impossible. A phenomenon that lasted just […]
Sold Out at Teatro di San Carlo in Naples
Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata has won over the warm Neapolitan audience. Delivery of the essay on Pietro Metastasio at the library of the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory. Article by Maria Cuono After the presentation, at Maschio Angioino, of the books by tenor Luca Lupoli and journalist and writer Maria Cuono, “Il Melodramma di Pietro […]
“The Melodrama of Pietro Metastasio” and the primacy of the text, in the new essay by Luca Lupoli
The essay by Luca Lupoli is coming out: “The Melodrama of Pietro Metastasio, the Primacy of the Text” Naples, May 30th, 2024 – The publication of the new essay by Maestro Luca Lupoli, entitled “The Melodrama of Pietro Metastasio, the Primacy of the Text”, published by the publishing house “Pagine”, is expected in mid-June. A […]
From Soviet to Nazi – Photo collection from Soviet to German architecture – The book
An important document on Soviet and German architecture in Iran. The transformative architecture of the Pahlavi era has rich historical support: because skilled engineers from Russia and Germany made changes to the architectural space of Iran, and after years similar examples of this type of buildings are not seen. The book features photographs of […]
Reflections of a young thinker
An emergency call to human awareness For a long time he had been circling this decision. Finally, after the high school exam he decided to publish his first book: Il Silenzio delle Masse – Il riscatto della terra which is available on Amazon. Luca De Cario comes from the neighborhood of Scampia, north-east of Napoli, […]
Cultures and Territories volume II is out.
The volume Cultures and Territories / Quaderni di environmental and social themes II, published by Disvelare edizioni, is now out. «Per un’ecologia integrale»(For an integral ecology). This is the opening of the second volume of Culture e Territori / Quaderni di tematiche ambientali e sociali (Cultures and Territories / Quaderni series on environmental and social […]
CONTAMINARSI – Artistic contamination.
Interview with Antonio Conte and Lucia Longo. You might remember him as The Artist of People featured on Napulitanamente issue from August 31st 2020. He is also the author of the painting published on last issue’s magazine cover. Beside his activity as an artist he does many other things like managing a business, organizing art […]
‘O Nnapulitano – The Neapolitan language.
I Lazzari is an association for social promotion aimed to protect the territory, history and culture of Southern Italy. It is a project that finds its roots in the meaning of the word “Lazzaro” and in the choice to reevaluate its use and value. The word Lazzaro was used centuries ago in a derogatory way […]