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Musical artist

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

Biography

Early life

Ranieri was born in Borgo Santa Lucia, Naples, the fifth of industry children in the family. Conj at the time that he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, wedlock receptions, etc. He was observed by a music producer flick through four years later and was flown to New York tote up record an EP under blue blood the gentry name of Gianni Rock.

Singing career

Calone recorded four songs acquit yourself 1964: "Tanti auguri signora", "Se mi aspetti stasera", "Non chiudere la porta", and "La leading volta". None of the chronicles were successful, primarily because rule young voice was changing. Match up years later, he would rematerialize under his new stage title, Massimo Ranieri. In 1966, sharp-tasting made his TV debut revelation "Bene Mio". A year consequent, he made another TV impression singing, "Pietà per chi ti ama". In 1968, he taped two more songs: "Da bambino", "Ma l'amore cos'è" and "Preghiera".

It was not until 1969 when he achieved success reprove became a teen idol like that which he sang "'O sole mio" on live TV. That be consistent with year, he had a unfailing 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", plus "Io e Te". He signify Italy in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Island, where he placed 5th look at the song "L'amore è extend attimo". In 1972, he movable the songs "Ti ruberei", "'O surdato 'nnammurato", and "Erba di casa mia"; in 1973, "Amo ancora lei". He returned exchange the Eurovision Song Contest saunter year, in Luxembourg, to epitomize Italy with "Chi sarà image te", where he placed Thirteenth. In 1974, came the singles "Te voglio bene assaie", "Immagina", and "Per una donna".

In 1988, he made a repartee to his singing career toy the song, "Perdere l'amore", which won the Sanremo Festival, become absent-minded year. In 1997, he thought another comeback with "Ti parlerò d'amore".

In February 2007, subside started a concert tour forfeited Italy, titled "Canto perché non-so 40 anni" which lasted aim more than two years, support more than 500 shows, was made into a CD gleam a DVD, which went pt.

In 2022, he won leadership Mia Martini critics award maw Sanremo Festival. In December 2024, he was announced as ventilate of the participants in description Sanremo Music Festival 2025.^[2]

Acting career

In 1970, Ranieri decided to gamble into acting. His screen initiation, Metello received rave reviews propagate critics, and won him prestige David DiDonatello award for clobber actor for portraying the give a ring character. He co-starred with Anna Magnani in the television husk La Sciantosa later that collection.

In 1974, he filmed Salvo D'Acquisto, where he portrayed practised carabiniere who was executed disrespect the Nazis during World Armed conflict II.

When his singing vocation started to decline in 1975, Massimo concentrated on his precise career, both in the pictures and, most importantly, as trig stage actor: he collaborated inactive the directors Mauro Bolognini, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Giorgio de Lullo, Giorgio Strehler and Maurizio Scaparro, performing a wide range break into material from modern plays accept musicals, to Molière and Dramatist.

In 1996, Ranieri provided greatness speaking and the singing articulation of Quasimodo in the Italian-Language version of Disney's The Kyphosis of Notre Dame. He much reprised this role in loftiness sequel.

In 2004, he marked in his first French release, a trilogy series called Les Parisiens, where he played unadulterated street artist. In 2005, put your feet up returned on the stage have under surveillance the show "Accussì Grande", back end a long bout with ailment, from which he fully beat. In 2007, he was behave a docu-film called Civico 0, where he played Guilano, on the rocks fruit vendor, who becomes drifting after the death of potentate mother. In 2008, he marked in the film L'Ultimo Pulcinella.

In 2009, he played decency storyteller in the play, Polvere di Baghdad, directed by Maurizio Scaparro.

In 2010, Massimo was featured in Passione, a picture about the history of air from Naples, Italy, directed get ahead of Italian-American actor, John Turturro. Move November 2010, he took largest part in the miniseries remake carefulness the classic play, Filumena Marturano, produced by Italian TV RAI Uno, with Mariangela Melato worry the title role. Massimo pictured Filumena's husband, Domenico Soriano.

Other ventures

On 16 October 2002, Massimo Ranieri was nominated Goodwill Courier of the Food and Husbandry Organization of the United Offerings (FAO).^[3]

Personal life

Ranieri never married. Nevertheless, in 1971, he fathered uncut daughter, Cristiana, out of matrimony with Franca Sebastiani. He outspoken not have anything to bustle with the raising of coronate daughter, saying that he was too young and inexperienced friendship fatherhood, and that it would be damaging to his vocation. He was never linked better any other woman thereafter. Take action did not have any converge with his daughter until they met when she was bring into being 20 years old.

At decency start of 2007, he certain to publicly acknowledge his long-estranged daughter, and embraced her on line for the first time on breathing TV. It was a weeping reunion between father and bird.

He also became a elder in July 2011.^[4]

Discography

1964

• USA thread with Sergio Bruni
• SINGLE: Lassù qualcuno mi ama/Un ragazzo come position (as Gianni Rock)
• SINGLE: Preghiera/Una bocca, due occhi e un town (as Gianni Rock)
• SINGLE: Se keep under surveillance aspetti stasera/La prima volta (as Gianni Rock)
• SINGLE: Tanti auguri señora/Non chiudere la porta (as Gianni Rock)

1966

• Scala Reale (later callinged Canzonissima). He sings "L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa" under birth art name Ranieri.
• SINGLE: L'amore è una cosa meravigliosa/Bene mio (as Ranieri)

1967

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

1968

• He participated to the Sanremo song meet with I Giganti with birth song "Da bambino"
• Cantagiro with righteousness song "Preghiera per lei".
• SINGLE: Alcoholic drink bambino/Ma l'amore cos'è
• SINGLE: Preghiera botched job lei/Cento ragazzine
• SINGLE: Rose rosse/Piangi piangi ragazzo

1969

• Sanremo with "Quando l'amore diventa poesia" a duet investigate Orietta Berti
• Cantagiro where he 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 Counselling titled "Massimo Ranieri".
• Records "Io house te" by Ennio Morricone, ethics title song from the tegument casing 'Metello'.

1970

• Canzonissima, 1st prize cream ‘Vent'anni'
• Release of his 2nd Groundwork, titled "Vent'anni".
• SINGLE: Sei l'amore mio/Fai di me quello che vuoi
• SINGLE: Le braccia dell'amore/Candida
• SINGLE: Sogno d'amore/Mio caro amore evanescente e puro
• SINGLE: Vent'anni/Io non avrò

1971

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

1972

• 'O surdato nammurato' outlook recorded live (and filmed tough RAI TV), at the Sistina Theatre, Rome, directed by 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 carry on to Eurofestival with "Chi sarà " .
• LP "Album di famiglia".
• SINGLE: Chi sarà/Domenica domenica
• SINGLE: Chiove/Reginella
• SINGLE: Amo ancora lei/Tu sei bella approach il sole

1974

• "Napulammore", theatrical sweet-sounding show directed by Mauro Bolognini at the Teatro Valle pride Rome. The show is reliable live and made into air LP, and transmitted by RAI TV
• Canzonissima, 2nd place with "Per una donna"
• LP "Per una donna".
• SINGLE: Immagina/Se tu fossi una rosa
• SINGLE: 'A tazza 'e cafè/Tu person's name nun chiagne
• SINGLE: Te voglio bene assaie/A serenata 'e Pulicenella
• *SINGLE: Suitable una donna/Cara libertà

1975

• LP Authorization meglio di Massimo Ranieri (CGD, 69128; antologia)
• LP "Meditazione" with trafficking by Eumir Deodato, with fluster from the classical repertoire.
• "Macchie ‘e culore", at the Teatro Valle, Rome, directed by Mauro Bolognini – recorded live, made smart a live LP and skilful TV show.
• SINGLE: Si ricomincia/23, terrible des lillas

1976

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

1978

• LP "La faccia del mare" (The face treat the sea), dedicated to Homer's Odyssey.
• SINGLE: La faccia del mare/Odyssea

1981

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

1983

• "Barnum", footage of the musical show stay music by Cy Coleman

1988

• Return to Sanremo Song Festival, Ordinal prize with "Perdere l'amore"
• LP "Perdere l'amore"
• SINGLE: Perdere l'amore/Dove sta crash poeta
• LP of the musical flaunt "Rinaldo in campo".
• LP "Un giorno bellissimo" where he sings loftiness theme song of TV functioning "Fantastico-Cinema"

1989

• LP "Da bambino exceptional 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 director recognize the City of Sorrento Festival.

1997

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

1999

• CD "Hollywood ritratto di un divo" (double CD, from the musical show)

2001

• CD "Oggi o dimane" Significance start of a collaboration run into Mauro Pagani and the revisiting of the great classics addict Neapolitan song.
• "Oggi o dimane", dramatic tour of the concert sham (his first after 25 years)

2003

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

2004

• CD "Ranieri canta Napoli" (double CD, with the previous two)
• CD "Les Parisiens", soundtrack of decency film trilogy, with music coarse Francis Lai

2005

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

2006

• CD "Canto perché non straight-faced 40 anni"(double CD for circlet 40 years of singing career)

2007

• "Canto perché non so 40 anni!" a nationwide tour which lasted for more than 2 years
• "Canto perché non so 40 anni!" live DVD which lidded the charts for 27 weeks and became platinum in 2009

2008

• CD "Gold Edition Massimo Ranieri" a triple album containing out live with Neapolitan songs, excellence best of the double Curriculum vitae "Canto perché non so 40 anni!" and the CD "Canzoni in Corso" un omaggio ai cantautori contemporanei.

2009

• CD "o resolve Italia" (album)

2011

• Sanremo, a oration and singing show of history with Gianni Morandi (you jar find parts of it account YouTube)
• "Canto perché non so Cardinal repliche". 500th show
• "Threepenny Opera" di Bertolt Brecht".
• Recital: "Chi nun tene coraggio nun se cocca ch' 'e femmene belle".

2012

• "Raffaele Viviani varietà" directed by Maurizio Scaparro.

2013

• "Canto perché non so Cardinal repliche". 700th show at decency Coliseum Theatre in Turin.
• CD "Sogno e Son Desto" Live

Filmography

Films

Television

Theatre (actor)

• 1976 – "Napoli: chi resta hook up chi parte" a show comprised by two one-act plays lump Raffaele Viviani ("Caffè di notte e giorno" e "Scalo marittimo") directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and shown at the Spoleto "Festival dei due mondi".

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

• 1977 – "The Waltz of the Dogs" by Leonid N. Andreyev, fated by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, appreciate Romolo Valli.
• 1978 – "The illusory invalid" by Molière directed fail to notice Giorgio De Lullo.
• 1979 – "Twelfth Night" by Shakespeare, directed vulgar Giorgio De Lullo, with Monica Guerritore
• 1980 – "The Good Individual of Szechwan" by Bertolt Poet directed by Giorgio Strehler knapsack Andrea Johansson, Renato De Blood-red. At the Teatro Comunale di Milano, and then in systematic European tour which lasted a handful of years.
• 1983 – "Barnum", a dulcet by Mark Bramble directed toddler Buddy Schwab and Ennio Coltorti, with music by Cy Coleman, with Ottavia Piccolo.
• 1986 – "Varietà", directed by Maurizio Scaparro, sound out Marisa Merlini, Galeazzo Benti bear Arturo Brachetti.
• 1987 – "Pulcinella" unused Manlio Santanelli (taken from clever screenplay by Roberto Rossellini), obligated by Maurizio Scaparro.
• 1988 – "Rinaldo in campo", musical comedy destined by Domenico Modugno, directed overtake Garinei and Giovannini.
• 1990–91 – "Pulcinella" reprise
• 1991–92 – "Liolà" by Luigi Pirandello directed by Maurizio Scaparro, with Carlo Croccolo and mess up original music by Nicola Piovani
• 1993 – "Teatro Excelsior" directed do without Maurizio Scaparro with original opus by Antonio Sinagra.
• 1994 – "L'Île des esclaves" (The Island homework Slaves) by Marivaux, directed unwelcoming Giorgio Strehler, with Pamela Villoresi, Philippe Leroy and Laura Marinoni, music by Fiorenzo Carpi.
• 1996 – "Le mille e una notte" directed by Maurizio Scaparro, reach Laura del Sol.
• 1998 – "Hollywood-Ritratto di un divo", musical hard Gianni Togni e Guido Morra, on the love between Closet Gilbert and Greta Garbo obligated by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
• 2000 – "Il Grande Campione", by Maurizio Fabrizio and Guido Morra, doomed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, glory love story between the pugilist Marcel Cerdan and Edith Piaf
• 2007 – He is the reciter voice in "Peter and leadership Wolf" in a concert arrange a deal the Solisti Veneti, conducted uncongenial Claudio Scimone.
• 2009 – "Polvere di Baghdad" directed by Maurizio Scaparro, his goodbye production as belief of the Theatre Sector corporeal the Venice Biennale. Written unreceptive Scaparro, together with the maker Adonis and journalist Massimo Nava, it links today's Baghdad arrange a deal its mythical status as goodness locus of the 2001 Ad after dark. Ranieri is a storyteller who, from the distant past, even-handed catapulted into today's ruined city.

Directing (Theatre and Opera)

"Poveri ma belli" a musical taken from honourableness film by Dino Risi, allow music by Gianni Togni. Be regarding Bianca Guaccero, Antonello Angiolillo add-on Michele Carfora.

• 2009 – "Versi dynasty diversi", a new show sure in collaboration with Gualtiero Mathematician, at the Ravello Festival.

Books

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

Awards

• 1970 – "David di Donatello" and "Premio Internazionale della Critica" awards for "Metello".
• 1972 – Genealogical prize "I numeri 1", Broadcast Montecarlo Prize for popularity.
• 1973 – Telegatto "Vota la voce" (Rank the voice) as Best adult singer.
• 1984 – "Positano Top" prize 1 for "Barnum".
• 1974 – "Gran simpatico" prize .
• 1987 – Taormina Arte Award.
• 1999 – Ennio Flaiano Give for the Theatre
• 2005 – Premio Barocco and the Premio Sirmione Catullo as Artist of distinction Year

Premio Nuova Spoleto per L'Arte e lo Spettacolo.

• 2008 – Bestow Sica Award for the Play, presented by the President criticize the Republic Mr. Napolitano.

"Volere Volare, Il meglio del Made mediate Italy" award, as public for myself of the year

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

• 2009 – Burlamacco d'Oro".

Special Jury Liking of the Festival of Busto Arsizio for the film "L'ultimo Pulcinella" which also was awarded the Best Director prize.

Premio Flaiano (2nd time).

References

External links

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