Roberto De Simone
Sign in to saveItalian theatre director, composer and musicologist (1933–2025)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933
- Works
- 20
Top works
- La canzone napolitana
- Omaggio a Giovan Battista Pergolesi, 1710- 2010
- The Divine Child in the Hiky Mayr collection
- Son sei sorelle
- Prolegomeni al Socrate immaginario
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Film & TV
Naples, Italy
Known for
- The Divine Comedy — Una voce2023
- Will Our Heroes Be Able to Find Their Friend Who Has Mysteriously Disappeared in Africa? — Padre Cerioni1968
- The Biggest Bundle of Them All — Uncle Carlo1968
- Don Juan in Sicily1967
- The Devil in Love1966
- A Matter of Honor — bandito1966
- After the Fox — Marcel Vignon1966
- La ragazzola — Uranius Astroveggente1965
- The Thieves — Alberto1959
- The Gold of Naples — Umberto Scognamiglio (segment Pizza on Credit) (uncredited)1954
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Italy
- Active from
- 1933-08-25
- Active to
- 2025-04-06
composeropera
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,289
- Total plays
- 7,620
Tags
folkWorld Musicmusicologist
Roberto de Simone (1933– ) is an Italian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologis and theatre director. In his theatrical version of ‘La Gatta Cenerentola’ (‘The Cinderella Cat’, 1976) he set Giambattista Basile's 17th-century fairy tale to music, incorporating popular songs of Basile's own time with original variations on the modern folk repertoire of the Naples area. In 1994 he published Fiabe campane: i novantanove racconti delle dieci notti (Fairy Tales from Campania: The Ninety‐Nine Tales of t
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Roberto
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Italy
- Place of birth
- Naples
- Place of death
- Naples
- Employer
- Teatro di San Carlo
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Official website
- www.robertodesimone.net
- Image
- Roberto De Simone e Odette Nicoletti - foto di Augusto De Luca (Roberto De Simone crop).jpg
- Work location
- Rome
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- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- date of birth
- 1933-08-25
- Commons category
- Roberto De Simone
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of death
- 2025-04-06
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