Prapatapumpa - Press

Bologna, Moni Ovadia takes Matteo Salvatore on stage. Thinking of Lucio Dalla. The show will be on Friday 15 e Saturday 16 November at the Arena del Sole.

In 2012, Dalla together with Ovadia and other artists, performed these same songs to tell about the life of one of the fathers of popular music in Southern Italy. Somehow, it will seem he's still there with the others, singing the songs of Matteo Salvatore. When, on Friday 15 e Saturday 16 November at the Arena del Sole in Bologna, Moni Ovadia presents "Prapatapumpa, padrone mio ti voglio arricchire", in the shoes of the singer/story-teller himself, it will be difficult not to think of Lucio Dalla. In 2012, at the Petruzzelli Theatre in Bari, together with Ovadia and other artists, Dalla performed these same songs, which in this new show will illustrate the life and adventures of one of the fathers of popular music in Southern Italy., 'Zicozico' as he was called, from "Le chiacchere de lu paese" to "Pasta nera", from "La notte è bella" and "La cometa" to "Padrone mio". Matteo Salvatore, who died in 2005 at the age of 80 "after having seen, done, endured and cried out anything and everything", was, after all, loved by both Lucio Dalla of Bologna and Moni Ovadia from Bulgaria and Milano. They actually met thanks to the southern bard, in September of 2011, in Puglia. Therefore, in a way "the show is a homage to both artists – explains Moni Ovadia – two fellow adventurers who are no longer with us, but for so many of us, have never really left us. According to a Hassidic saying, God created man because He loves to listen to stories. As long as we can narrate ourselves and our stories, we will know how to change the world".