Famous Italian singer and actor, Gianni Lamagna, attends Bellarmine University Concert in Naples

Incantato Tours & Concerts is honored to have had famous Italian singer and actor Gianni Lamagna in the audience for Bellarmine University’s Schola Cantorum and Louisville Vocal Project concert in Naples. Mr. Lamagna was one of many in attendance as the choirs performed at la Chiesa di Santa Teresa degli Scalzi on Monday, March 7.

Gianna Lamagna, a native of Naples, made his debut in the entertainment business in 1972. From 1974 to ’76, he joined the theatrical cooperative “I Masaniello” along with a troupe of musicians and anthropologists researching the traditional of musical theater.

Mr. Lamagna began studying classical voice in 1979 with Roberto De Simone, which enabled him to pursue a career in professional musical theater and opera. Under the direction of Maestro De Simone, Lamagna has performed in such musicals as L’opera Buffa del Giovedi Santo and Il Drago, as well as the operas Crispino e la Comare, Requiem per Pasolini, and Carmina Vivianea, among countless others.

In 1980, Mr. Lamagna served as one of the founding members of the band Media Aetas, with whom he has performed in Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Israel, Russia, Iraq, the United States of America, Brazil, Algeria, Mexico, and Argentina.

Since 1991, Mr. Lamagna has collaborated with instrumentalist and composer Antonello Paliotti to produce and perform numerous successful recitals, including performances of S’io fossi, DediCanto, Amate Cantate, and Coppola Rossa le Forme Incantate.
Mr. Lamagna is also the founder of “Di Musica in Musica,” an association devoted to discovering and promoting young talent.
In 1997, he began performing with the Nuovo Compagnia di Canto Popolare (New Society of Popular Song), with whom he has presented headlining concerts throughout the world.

In addition to releasing multiple solo records through the independent label Quadro Frame, Mr. Lamagna has recently been invited to sing in such contemporary musical productions such as “Performance intorno a Warhol,”  “Condannati a vagare sui mari” by the Colin Muset Ensemble, Concert Lauda Intorno allo Stabat, Vox Animae with Mariano Rigillo and the Soloists of the San Carlo Theater of Naples.

For more information on Gianni Lamagna, please visit: http://www.giannilamagna.com/inglese/Start.html