South Italy

Birthplace of the composer Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909).

Martucci monument.

Mainly an archeological museum, but in a 'Sala Martucci' memorabilia are displayed.

Former convent of Augustine nuns. Leopold and Wolfgang Mozart stayed here 12-14.V.1770

Birthplace of the composer Domenico Cimarosa (1749-1801).

Cimarosa reliefs at the former theatre, today cinema.

Cimarosa monument.

Birthplace of the composer Niccolò Jommelli (1714-1774).

Monument of  the composer Francesco Durante (1684-1755), who was born in this town.

Tinctoris and Gaffurius in the 15^th c., Diego Ortiz in the 16^th , Gesualdo around 1600.

Music education in four 'conservatories' (orphanages), of which the Pietà dei Turchini developed into the actual Conservatorio. They were instrumental in the rise of the so-called Neapolitan School of opera, esp. opera buffa, which reached its climax in the first half of the 18^th c.

Great singing tradition: from popular canzonette Napolitane to Farinelli and Caruso.

From 1737 one of the leading opera houses of Italy, with numerous FPs. Rebuilt after a fire in 1816, nearly 1800 seats. Rossini, Donizetti and Martucci were directors.  Guided tours.

Historical museum and archive of the San Carlo theatre. Set designs, costumes, manuscripts etc.

Neapolitan songs usually could be heard in this famous café from 1860.

Former Teatro del Fondo from 1779. The three Da Ponte operas by Mozart were soon performed here; during the 19^th century still a lively opera theatre but today no operas anymore.

In the Carceri San Giacomo de' Spagnoli, at this place, Giovanni Paisiello was emprisoned in 1768 as long as he refused to marry his fiancee; finally he did and was released.

Donizetti lived in Naples from 1822 to '32 and in this house between 1834 and '38. An other house (Via Corsea 63) was demolished, its memorial tablet is in the Conservatorio.

Palace of the castrato singer Gaetano Majorano, called Caffarelli (1710-1783).

Opera and ballet theatre and concert hall from 1870.

George Frederick Handel visited Naples in May-July 1708, but few details are known. Probably he visited the palace of the duke of Alvito.

Home of Gesualdo's first wife Maria d' Avalos (whom he killed); descendants from the family are still living here.

Last house of the composer Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870).

Mercadante monument.

Splendid former Carthusian monastery. Visit by Mozart on 16.VI.1770 - now art museum. 

Last house of the composer Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816).

Grave of Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) - seat of Confraternità dei musicisti (more memorial tablets)

Alessandro's son Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) was baptized here. For his career he went to Rome. Madrid and Lisbon. - No Scarlatti houses extant.

Grave of Nicola Porpora, (1686-1768), the teacher of Farinelli, Caffarelli and ... Josef Haydn.

Four 16^th c. conservatori (boarding schools for foundlings, with music education) merged into this important institute, A former convent houses the Conservatorio since 1826.   Several plaques and busts, the best library of Neapolitan music, museum (140 instruments), concert halls. 

Monument of the opera composer Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835).

Grave of the composer Carlo Gesualdo (1561-1613)

The white palace - Carlo Gesualdo probably lived here with his first wife, and killed her and her lover on account of adultery.

The red palace - according to some sources Gesualdo lived in THIS palace

Grave (unmarked) of the composer Francesco Durante (1684-1755).

Grave of the composer Niccolo Jommelli (1714-1774) in the chapel of S. Tommaso; the church has been abandoned now.

Mozart stayed in the convent 14-16.V.1770 and played the organ on 10.VI (no organ extant). Mozart and his father stayed in Naples until June 25, visiting important people and making excursions, incl. Pompeii.

Intimate concert hall for traditional song and dance (Tarantella) of Naples.

Grave of the famous singer Fernando De Lucia (1860-1925). His numerous recordings between 1902 and '22 form a unique document.

Birthplace of the legendary tenor singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921).

Monument of Caruso

Graves of Giuseppe Martucci †1909 and Enrico Caruso †1921 

Richard Wagner stayed in the former Villa d'Angri (1833) from January to August 1880.

During a celebration in 1922 with Ferdinando De Lucia, a plaque was inaugurated in honour of the song Marechiaro from 1884/5  by Paolo Tosti

Pergolesi died at 16.III.1736, 26 years young, after having stayed for two months in this convent, deadly sick.

Burial chapel and plaque of the composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736). Accessibility not guaranteed; the church was severely damaged by earthquake and fire in 1980.

Busts of Pergolesi and of the composer Antonio Sacchini (1735-1786), also born in Pozzuoli.

Meyerbeer and Grieg visited the writer Henrik Ibsen - Grieg worked at Peer Gynt 

The composer William Walton (1902-1983) lived here from 1962. His ashes rest underneath 'William's Rock'. -  Marvellous exotic garden laid out by his wife  -  Walton museum, concerts, open-air theatre.

Wagner stayed here in the autumn of 1876, recovering from the first Festspiele in Bayreuth.  -  Also plaque of Enrico Caruso.

Wagner lived in this hotel, a former convent, in 1880 (Parsifal).

Visit by Wagner in 1880; he considered the beautiful garden Klingsors Zaubergarten 

William Walton stayed here in 1937 (Violin Concerto) -  Brief romance between the conductor Leopold Stokowski and Greta Garbo in 1938.

Early childhood  of Ruggero Leoncavallo. Shortly after his birth in Naples, the parents moved here.

Castle and last home of the composer Carlo Gesualdo Principe da Venosa (1561-1613). His name and titles can be read in the inner court (under roof) - Damaged during earthquake 1980, partly restored  - 

Picture Il perdono di Carlo Gesualdo by Balducci (1592). The church belongs to the Convento dei Fratri Minori -

Painting Miracolo della Madonna della Neve, with portraits of Carlo Gesualdo and his second wife Isabella d'Este

Church built by order of Carlo Gesualdo in 1612

Church built by order of Carlo Gesualdo, but only realised after his death

The composer Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) was born here.

Large Giordano monument by V. Romano (1961), consisting of several sculptures presenting heroes from his operas.

House of the composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945) between 1886 and '95; he worked as piano teacher and conductor. His masterpiece Cavalleria Rusticana was written here.

Unique archive of over 8000 musical scores by prisoners in Nazi concentration camps, collected by Francesco Lotoro.  > www.fondazioneilmc.it/en

The famous guitarist and composer of guitar music, Mauro Giuliani (1781-1829) was born in Bisceglie. Documentary centre and memorabilia, incl. one of Giuliani's guitars.

Mauro Giuliani monument from 2012.

Birthplace of the composer Tommaso Traetta (1727-1779).

Traetta died in Venice and was buried there, but his grave was moved in 1980 to the courtyard of Bitonto Cathedral (cortile vescovado).

Traetta monument.

Birthplace of the composer Niccolò Piccinni (1728-1800).   (still in reconstruction?)

House of the Piccinni family from 1753, now musical research center and library/archive of the comune and the conservatory.

First opera house in Bari, built in 1854. No longer opera performances.  -  Piccinni monument

Large theatre for opera and concert, opened in 1903, with originally 3000 seats. Destroyed by fire in 1991 (arson), reopened in 2009 with 1300 seats.

Birthplace of the composer Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870).

Mercadante monument and Teatro Mercadante.

The composer Leonardo Leo (1694-1744) was born in this street.

Daily at noon, the song Lecce mia sounds here, sung by the tenor singer Tito Schipa (1888-1965). He was born in Lecce. From the 1920s he lived in the USA, but appeared frequently in Italy.

Birthplace of Tito Schipa.

Grave of Tito Schipa near the church Santi Nicolò e Cataldo.

Beautiful baroque theatre from 1737. Tito Schipa repeatedly returned to the theatre of his youth.

Birthplace of the composer Giovanni Paisiello (1740-1816). The house, formerly in bad state, is in reconstruction (2022).

Paisiello monument (P. Canonica, 1938)

Conservatorio

The composer Francesco Cilea (1866-1950) was born in Palmi. Museum and archive devoted to Cilea (memorabilia, 5000 letters) and to Antonio Manfroce (1791-1813), a composer of two operas.

Mausoleo Cilea, by N. Bayala and M. Guerrisi, 1962. Bronze statue, marble reliefs.

Theatre built in 1931 with 1500 seats.