There will also be Ebbanesis in the program ofNapul’è”, the three days dedicated to Neapolitan culture from the 16th century to the present day on stage in the historic center of Catanzaro from October 30th to November 1st as part of the XXI Autumn Festival. The Neapolitan singing duo will in fact close the series of proposals with a Neapolitan theme with a concert that they will hold on November 1st at 6 pm at the Marca Museum. “Transleit”, this is the title of the concert, will retrace the songs from the album of the same name, the second by the duo formed by Viviana Cangiano, voice, And Serena Pisa, voice and guitar, which has definitively consecrated them throughout Italy: with a popularity born and grown rapidly on social media, the famous Ebbanesis duo – which literally means the money sisters, e-bbane-sis – has established itself for the originality of the arrangements for voice and guitar, and in fact will propose a setlist of the hits that made them known, as Viviana Cangiano herself explained: «We have been carrying out this translation project for a few years, hence “transleit” – which is the Italianized, or Neapolitanized English “translate” which means “to translate” – They are national and international songs translated from Spanish, English, Italian into Neapolitan by Serena and me. This is the majority of the repertoire that we are carrying around in this period, so even if the concert lineup will be decided at the moment, because we are very influenced by the context, we will certainly bring to Catanzaro “Bohemian rhapsody”, “Billie Jean”, “The Waltz of the Gnat”, “Alfonsina and the sea”, which we do almost by default, then we will definitely do a tribute to Pino Danieleto arrive at the conclusion of the concert with a very popular part, a little more folk which also belongs to us».
And on Neapolitan, on the effectiveness of the Neapolitan language in these translations, Vigiano has very clear ideas: «Given that Neapolitan music has always been very famous – he said – In this historical period, Neapolitan is becoming very popular: when we started, perhaps we weren’t the first, but with “Bohemian rhapsody” which was the most successful, it wasn’t translated into Neapolitan that much yet, but now I also see on the various platforms that many artists tend to translate everything possible into Neapolitan. Why? Just think about rap: Neapolitan rap is listened to much more than Milanese rap or the Milanese hinterland. This is because Neapolitan, from what I have heard, arrives faster, you feel more represented, even being from Pordenone, it is much more empathetic than any other dialect. What I think is that Neapolitan is advantageous because it explains the meaning better. Translating Neapolitan is an advantage: when you know how to do it, because translating literally is useless, but if you are more poetic, you can better explain the meaning of the passage with Neapolitan. It’s not one of our qualities, let’s be clear, it’s really a characteristic of Neapolitan: it’s melodic, poetic, the words are round, they benefit those who do it”.
Did the Ebbanesis ever expect such a success? «We were born as actresses and singers, we have always performed on stage: when we thought of putting this project together we did it for fun, as fun between me and Serena – Viviana said –. Then that happened our followers have become a flesh-and-blood public who followed us immediately live: it’s not so easy when you share a musical project on social media. Most of the time the audience is virtual, they listen to you, see the videos, like them, but many don’t do live shows, and instead with us the audience has always been there also and above all live: it’s a great privilege for us , but we didn’t expect it. And thank goodness, I add, otherwise we wouldn’t have come to Catanzaro».
«Ebbanesis’ music conveys authentic emotions, celebrating the culture and identity of southern Italy – said the artistic director of the Autumn Festival Antonietta Santacroce – Viviana and Serena combine their voices in harmonious melodies, accompanied by the guitar, creating a fresh and engaging sound, reinterpreting the songs of the Neapolitan tradition in a sort of homage to the roots, but at the same time an opening towards new sounds. The Ebbanesis represent a fresh and innovative voice of contemporary Neapolitan music, hence the title that the Festival wanted to give to their concert “La canzone napoletana 4.0″”.
While waiting to listen to Ebbanesis, we remind you that the Napul’è program of the XXI Autumn Festival – supported by the Calabria Region/Calabria Straordinaria; Chamber of Commerce of Catanzaro, Crotone and Vibo Valentia; Municipality of Catanzaro, Carical Foundation, as well as various private bodies – will begin this evening at 9pm at the Politeama Theatre with the highly anticipated musical “Mare Fuori”, directed by Alessandro Siani, with the same interpreters of the globally successful television series of the same name, which they will meet their audience before the show, at 6pm at the Piccolo del Politeama. Entry will only be permitted to ticket holders. Napul’è will then continue Thursday 31st at 6 pm at the Sant’Anna church with a conference by Maria Primerano on “Pergolesi and the Neapolitan musical environment of the 18th century“, and at 9pm at the Politeama Theater with the show “Caress me. Songs of love and jealousy” of the Brutia Symphony Orchestra, conceived and directed by maestro Francesco Perri, directed by Luca Mazzei, with the actor and guitarist Antonio Francesco Conti, the singer Giada De Luca.