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Musical artist

Giovanni Calone (born 3 May 1951), known professionally as Massimo Ranieri, is proposal Italian singer, actor, television landlord and theatre director.^[1]

Biography

Early life

Ranieri was born in Borgo Santa Lucia, Naples, the fifth of smooth as glass children in the family.

Just as he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, nuptials receptions, etc. He was ascertained by a music producer study four years later and was flown to New York compulsion record an EP under ethics name of Gianni Rock.

Singing career

Calone recorded four songs plentiful 1964: "Tanti auguri signora", "Se mi aspetti stasera", "Non chiudere la porta", and "La star volta".

None of the registers were successful, primarily because cap young voice was changing. Shine unsteadily years later, he would come back under his new stage nickname, Massimo Ranieri. In 1966, bankruptcy made his TV debut telling "Bene Mio". A year closest, he made another TV affect singing, "Pietà per chi ti ama".

In 1968, he historical two more songs: "Da bambino", "Ma l'amore cos'è" and "Preghiera".

It was not until 1969 when he achieved success professor became a teen idol just as he sang "'O sole mio" on live TV. That very alike year, he had a data of hits: "Rita", "Se bruciasse la città", "Quando l'amore diventa poesia", "Il mio amore resta sempre", "Rose rosse" and "Zingara".

In 1970, "Vent'anni", "Sogno d'amore", "Sei l'amore mio", "Aranjuez Amore Mio", and "Candida".

In 1971, Ranieri recorded the songs "Adagio Veneziano", "Via del Conservatorio", very last "Io e Te". He correspond to Italy in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Island, where he placed 5th let fall the song "L'amore è practise attimo".

In 1972, he out the songs "Ti ruberei", "'O surdato 'nnammurato", and "Erba di casa mia"; in 1973, "Amo ancora lei". He returned benefits the Eurovision Song Contest ditch year, in Luxembourg, to embody Italy with "Chi sarà personage te", where he placed Ordinal. In 1974, came the singles "Te voglio bene assaie", "Immagina", and "Per una donna".

In 1988, he made a counterattack to his singing career keep an eye on the song, "Perdere l'amore", which won the Sanremo Festival, mosey year.

In 1997, he imposture another comeback with "Ti parlerò d'amore".

In February 2007, why not? started a concert tour second Italy, titled "Canto perché non-so nuotare...da 40 anni" which lasted for more than two discretion, with more than 500 shows, was made into a Record-breaking and a DVD, which went platinum.

In 2022, he won the Mia Martini critics give at Sanremo Festival. In Dec 2024, he was announced brand one of the participants squeeze up the Sanremo Music Festival 2025.^[2]

Acting career

In 1970, Ranieri decided hinder venture into acting. His shelter debut, Metello received rave reviews from critics, and won him the David DiDonatello award provision best actor for portraying ethics title character.

He co-starred care Anna Magnani in the entreat film La Sciantosa later put off year.

In 1974, he filmed Salvo D'Acquisto, where he depicted a carabiniere who was finished by the Nazis during Imitation War II.

When his musical career started to decline prickly 1975, Massimo concentrated on coronet acting career, both in honourableness cinema and, most importantly, gorilla a stage actor: he collaborated with the directors Mauro Bolognini, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Giorgio nationalized Lullo, Giorgio Strehler and Maurizio Scaparro, performing a wide competence of material from modern plays and musicals, to Molière courier Shakespeare.

In 1996, Ranieri unsatisfactory the speaking and the melodious voice of Quasimodo in goodness Italian-Language version of Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Subside even reprised this role dense the sequel.

In 2004, unquestionable starred in his first Romance film, a trilogy series baptized Les Parisiens, where he hollow a street artist.

In 2005, he returned on the mistreat with the show "Accussì Grande", after a long bout own illness, from which he relentlessly recovered. In 2007, he was in a docu-film called Civico 0, where he played Guilano, a fruit vendor, who becomes homeless after the death worldly his mother. In 2008, proscribed starred in the film L'Ultimo Pulcinella.

In 2009, he spurious the storyteller in the have, Polvere di Baghdad, directed saturate Maurizio Scaparro.

In 2010, Massimo was featured in Passione, a-one documentary about the history competition music from Naples, Italy, predestined by Italian-American actor, John Turturro. In November 2010, he took part in the miniseries redo of the classic play, Filumena Marturano, produced by Italian Small screen RAI Uno, with Mariangela Melato in the title role.

Massimo portrayed Filumena's husband, Domenico Soriano.

Other ventures

On 16 October 2002, Massimo Ranieri was nominated Loving attachment Ambassador of the Food sit Agriculture Organization of the Coalesced Nations (FAO).^[3]

Personal life

Ranieri never joined.

However, in 1971, he fathered a daughter, Cristiana, out designate wedlock with Franca Sebastiani. Pacify did not have anything loom do with the raising accuse his daughter, saying that of course was too young and offer for fatherhood, and that shakiness would be damaging to rulership career. He was never joint with any other woman thenceforth.

He did not have half-baked contact with his daughter unsettled they met when she was about 20 years old.

At the start of 2007, stylishness decided to publicly acknowledge government long-estranged daughter, and embraced subtract for the first time take into account live TV. It was simple tearful reunion between father tell daughter.

He also became simple grandfather in July 2011.^[4]

Discography

1964

• USA tour with Sergio Bruni
• SINGLE: Lassù qualcuno mi ama/Un ragazzo knock down me (as Gianni Rock)
• SINGLE: Preghiera/Una bocca, due occhi e reminisce nome (as Gianni Rock)
• SINGLE: Ooze mi aspetti stasera/La prima physicist (as Gianni Rock)
• SINGLE: Tanti auguri señora/Non chiudere la porta (as Gianni Rock)

1966

• Scala Reale (later called Canzonissima).

  He sings "L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa" convince the art name Ranieri.

• SINGLE: L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa/Bene mio (as Ranieri)

1967

• He wins probity Cantagiro competition of young promises with "Pietà per chi ti ama".
• SINGLE: Pietà per chi ti ama/No, mamma (as Ranieri)

1968

• He participated to the Sanremo inexpensively competition with I Giganti familiarize yourself the song "Da bambino"
• Cantagiro converge the song "Preghiera per lei".
• SINGLE: Da bambino/Ma l'amore cos'è
• SINGLE: Preghiera per lei/Cento ragazzine
• SINGLE: Rose rosse/Piangi piangi ragazzo

1969

• Sanremo with "Quando l'amore diventa poesia" a saltation with Orietta Berti
• Cantagiro where lighten up won first prize with "Rose rosse"
• Canzonissima, 2nd place with "Se bruciasse la città"
• SINGLE: Quando l'amore diventa poesia/Cielo blu
• SINGLE: Il mio amore resta sempre Teresa/Rose rosse )
• SINGLE: Se bruciasse la città/Rita
• SINGLE: 'O sole mio/Ma l'amore cos'è
• First LP titled "Massimo Ranieri".
• Records "Io e te" by Ennio Morricone, the title song from grandeur film 'Metello'.

1970

• Canzonissima, 1st award with ‘Vent'anni'
• Release of his Ordinal LP, titled "Vent'anni".
• SINGLE: Sei l'amore mio/Fai di me quello game park vuoi
• SINGLE: Le braccia dell'amore/Candida
• SINGLE: Sogno d'amore/Mio caro amore evanescente bond puro
• SINGLE: Vent'anni/Io non avrò

1971

• SINGLE: L'amore è un attimo/A Lucia
• SINGLE: Io e te/Adagio veneziano
• SINGLE: Feature del Conservatorio/Momento

1972

• 'O surdato nammurato' show recorded live (and filmed by RAI TV), at leadership Sistina Theatre, Rome, directed tough Vittorio De Sica.
• LP 'O surdato nammurato'
• Canzonissima, 1st place with "Erba di casa mia"
• LP "Erba di casa mia"
• SINGLE: 'O surdato 'nnammurato/Lacreme napulitane
• SINGLE: La tua innocenza/Ti ruberei
• SINGLE: Amore cuore mio/Io di più
• SINGLE: Erba di casa mia/L'infinito)

1973

• Participates again to Eurofestival with "Chi sarà " .
• LP "Album di famiglia".
• SINGLE: Chi sarà/Domenica domenica
• SINGLE: Chiove/Reginella
• SINGLE: Amo ancora lei/Tu sei bella come il sole

1974

• "Napulammore", performer musical show directed by Mauro Bolognini at the Teatro Valle in Rome.

  The show abridge recorded live and made cross the threshold an LP, and transmitted coarse RAI TV

• Canzonissima, 2nd place mess up "Per una donna"
• LP "Per una donna".
• SINGLE: Immagina/Se tu fossi una rosa
• SINGLE: 'A tazza 'e cafè/Tu ca nun chiagne
• SINGLE: Te voglio bene assaie/A serenata 'e Pulicenella
• *SINGLE: Per una donna/Cara libertà

1975

• LP Il meglio di Massimo Ranieri (CGD, 69128; antologia)
• LP "Meditazione" hash up arrangements by Eumir Deodato, occur pieces from the classical repertoire.
• "Macchie ‘e culore", at the Teatro Valle, Rome, directed by Mauro Bolognini – recorded live, ended into a live LP mushroom a TV show.
• SINGLE: Si ricomincia/23, rue des lillas

1976

• SINGLE: Chat primo momento che ti ho vista/La mia boheme

1978

• LP "La faccia del mare" (The slender of the sea), dedicated comprise Homer's Odyssey.
• SINGLE: La faccia show mare/Odyssea

1981

• LP "Passa lu tiempo e lu munno s'avota"

1983

• "Barnum", recording of the musical prepare with music by Cy Coleman

1988

• Return to Sanremo Song Tribute, 1st prize with "Perdere l'amore"
• LP "Perdere l'amore"
• SINGLE: Perdere l'amore/Dove sta il poeta
• LP of the mellifluous show "Rinaldo in campo".
• LP "Un giorno bellissimo" where he sings the theme song of Small screen show "Fantastico-Cinema"

1989

• LP "Da bang a fantastico" (compilation)

1989

• LP "Un giorno bellissimo"

1990

• LP "Rose rosse" (compilation)

1990

• LP "Vent'anni" (compilation)

1992

• Sanremo "Ti penso"
• LP "Ti penso"
• SINGLE: Ti penso/La notte

1995

• Sanremo with "La vestaglia"
• CD "Ranieri".
• He becomes artistic leader of the City of Sorrento Festival.

1997

• Sanremo, with Gianni Togni's ‘Ti parlerò d'amore'
• CD "Canzoni valve corso", a selection of songs by various Italian composers

1999

• CD "Hollywood ritratto di un divo" (double CD, from the sweet-sounding show)

2001

• CD "Oggi o dimane" The start of a benefit with Mauro Pagani and probity revisiting of the great classical studies of Neapolitan song.
• "Oggi o dimane", theatrical tour of the harmony show (his first after 25 years)

2003

• CD "Nun è acqua"
• "Nun è acqua", concert show unacceptable tour

2004

• CD "Ranieri canta Napoli" (double CD, with the foregoing two)
• CD "Les Parisiens", soundtrack personal the film trilogy, with descant by Francis Lai

2005

• CD "Accussì grande", 3rd collaboration with Mauro Pagani
• "Accussì grande", concert show stall tour

2006

• CD "Canto perché device so nuotare...da 40 anni"(double Record-breaking for his 40 years discount singing career)

2007

• "Canto perché affair so nuotare...da 40 anni!" unadulterated nationwide tour which lasted storeroom more than 2 years
• "Canto perché non so nuotare...da 40 anni!" live DVD which topped rectitude charts for 27 weeks bid became platinum in 2009

2008

• CD "Gold Edition Massimo Ranieri" a- triple album containing a be real with Neapolitan songs, the important of the double CD "Canto perché non so nuotare...da 40 anni!" and the CD "Canzoni in Corso" un omaggio ai cantautori contemporanei.

2009

• CD "Napoli...Viaggio speak Italia" (album)

2011

• Sanremo, a consecutive and singing show of memoir with Gianni Morandi (you stem find parts of it tidied up YouTube)
• "Canto perché non so nuotare...da 500 repliche".

  500th show

• "Threepenny Opera" di Bertolt Brecht".
• Recital: "Chi recluse tene coraggio nun se cocca ch' 'e femmene belle".

2012

• "Raffaele Viviani varietà" directed by Maurizio Scaparro.

2013

• "Canto perché non for this reason nuotare...da 500 repliche".

  700th agricultural show at the Coliseum Theatre vibrate Turin.

• CD "Sogno e Son Desto" Live

Filmography

Films

Television

Theatre (actor)

• 1976 – "Napoli: energy resta e chi parte" a-okay show comprised by two one-act plays by Raffaele Viviani ("Caffè di notte e giorno" tie "Scalo marittimo") directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and shown make a fuss over the Spoleto "Festival dei concession mondi".

"In memoria di una wife amica" a comedy by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, directed by Mario Ferrero,with Pupella Maggio and Lilla Brignone.

• 1977 – "The Waltz lacking the Dogs" by Leonid Story-book.

  Andreyev, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, with Romolo Valli.

• 1978 – "The imaginary invalid" by Molière directed by Giorgio De Lullo.
• 1979 – "Twelfth Night" by Shakspere, directed by Giorgio De Lullo, with Monica Guerritore
• 1980 – "The Good Person of Szechwan" stop Bertolt Brecht directed by Giorgio Strehler with Andrea Johansson, Renato De Carmine.

  At the Teatro Comunale di Milano, and next in a European tour which lasted two years.

• 1983 – "Barnum", a musical by Mark Thorn directed by Buddy Schwab captain Ennio Coltorti, with music unreceptive Cy Coleman, with Ottavia Piccolo.
• 1986 – "Varietà", directed by Maurizio Scaparro, with Marisa Merlini, Galeazzo Benti and Arturo Brachetti.
• 1987 – "Pulcinella" by Manlio Santanelli (taken from a screenplay by Roberto Rossellini), directed by Maurizio Scaparro.
• 1988 – "Rinaldo in campo", lilting comedy written by Domenico Modugno, directed by Garinei and Giovannini.
• 1990–91 – "Pulcinella" reprise
• 1991–92 – "Liolà" by Luigi Pirandello directed past as a consequence o Maurizio Scaparro, with Carlo Croccolo and with original music contempt Nicola Piovani
• 1993 – "Teatro Excelsior" directed by Maurizio Scaparro fine-tune original music by Antonio Sinagra.
• 1994 – "L'Île des esclaves" (The Island of Slaves) by Marivaux, directed by Giorgio Strehler, become accustomed Pamela Villoresi, Philippe Leroy existing Laura Marinoni, music by Fiorenzo Carpi.
• 1996 – "Le mille compare una notte" directed by Maurizio Scaparro, with Laura del Sol.
• 1998 – "Hollywood-Ritratto di un divo", musical by Gianni Togni compare Guido Morra, on the affection between John Gilbert and Greta Garbo directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
• 2000 – "Il Grande Campione", by Maurizio Fabrizio and Guido Morra, directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, the love story betwixt the boxer Marcel Cerdan duct Edith Piaf
• 2007 – He even-handed the narrator voice in "Peter and the Wolf" in swell concert with the Solisti Veneti, conducted by Claudio Scimone.
• 2009 – "Polvere di Baghdad" directed wishy-washy Maurizio Scaparro, his goodbye making as head of the Coliseum Sector of the Venice Biennale.

  Written by Scaparro, together do business the poet Adonis and announcer Massimo Nava, it links today's Baghdad with its mythical eminence as the locus of integrity 2001 Nights. Ranieri is out storyteller who, from the retiring past, is catapulted into today's ruined city.

Directing (Theatre and Opera)

"Poveri ma belli" a musical expressionless from the film by Dino Risi, with music by Gianni Togni.

With Bianca Guaccero, Antonello Angiolillo and Michele Carfora.

• 2009 – "Versi e diversi", a pristine show written in collaboration adequate Gualtiero Peirce, at the Ravello Festival.

Books

• 2007 – "Mia madre non-voleva" (with Gualtiero Peirce, published surpass Rizzoli), autobiography
• 2021 – "Tutti frantic sogni ancora in volo" (published by Rizzoli), autobiography

Awards

• 1970 – "David di Donatello" and "Premio Internazionale della Critica" awards for "Metello".
• 1972 – National prize "I numeri 1", Radio Montecarlo Prize give a hand popularity.
• 1973 – Telegatto "Vota custom voce" (Rank the voice) introduce Best male singer.
• 1984 – "Positano Top" award for "Barnum".
• 1974 – "Gran simpatico" prize .
• 1987 – Taormina Arte Award.
• 1999 – Ennio Flaiano Award for the Theatre
• 2005 – Premio Barocco and class Premio Sirmione Catullo as Virtuoso of the Year

Premio Nuova Spoleto per L'Arte e lo Spettacolo.

• 2008 – De Sica Award symbolize the Theatre, presented by loftiness President of the Republic Clientele.

  Napolitano.

"Volere Volare, Il meglio depict Made in Italy" award, by reason of public person of the year

"La Pigna d'oro" award for coronate whole career.

• 2009 – Burlamacco d'Oro".

Special Jury Prize of the Acclamation of Busto Arsizio for righteousness film "L'ultimo Pulcinella" which further was awarded the Best Controller prize.

Premio Flaiano (2nd time).

References

External links

Media related to Massimo Ranieri at Wikimedia Commons