ROOM OF WONDERS

I thank Scabec and its sole director Antonio Bottiglieri, for the attention and professionalism shown until today. With them, and with the precious help of Professor Pasquale Scialò and Maria Antonia Gregorio, we have managed to create a unique space of “immersive reality” inside the Trianon Viviani theater, which Bruno Garofalo designed starting from an idea of mine: The Room of the Wonders of Neapolitan Song. In the Room, the audience experiences palpable emotions through the extraordinary musical power of our great authors and singers, with sounds, images and writings linked to the cornerstones of the history of our music, so loved abroad.

Marisa Laurito
artistic director

Room of Wonders of neapolitan music

As the result of a unique and innovative project in the Italian and international scene, the Room of Wonders is a special and “immersive” space. Thanks to the use of digital systems, visitors can virtually explore a Naples of other times. An “immersive walk” of 30 minutes, in which visitors can relive, through sounds, colors and visual projections, the history of Neapolitan song as a true multisensory experience.

The contemporary interpretations of the songs, in philological respect of scores and texts, are counterpointed by vintage photos and paintings, with an environmental reconstruction in costume.
The considered period goes from the end of the nineteenth century to 1940, the timeframe in which there is the greatest number of musicians and poets involved in the production of the so-called “Classical” song.
The walk is divided into several thematic routes:

the Market, with songs inspired by the people and the sellers in the streets;
the Sea, another peculiar theme to the classical Neapolitan song, with marine scenes and serenades;
the Campanian landscapes, from the Amalfi Coast to the hinterland.