MOLFETTA, LIKE THE REST OF APULIA, PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE NEW SUCCESS OF THE BOOK AND THE DOCUMENTARY BY RAFFAELE LAURO, DEDICATED TO THE BOND OF LUCIO DALLA WITH SORRENTO. LAURO: “THE REVOLUTION OF SWEAR WORDS IN SONG LYRICS, A CLEAR PROPHECY OF LUCIO”
28-11-2015
Although the very inclement weather dominated the evening with a deluge of rain, the Apulian lovers of the great artist from Bologna, arrived even from Bari, gathered in the cosy hall of the Citadel of Artists of Molfetta to attend the event, “Molfetta's Tribute to Lucio Dalla”, organized by the local Rotary Club as part of the initiatives of solidarity by the Rotary Foundation. The absolute highlight of the evening was a documentary by [..]
TRIBUTE OF MATERA, EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2019, TO LUCIO DALLA (MATERA, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2015)
27-11-2015
Matera’s tribute, European Capital of Culture 2019, to Lucio Dalla (Matera, 20 November 2015) in the significant video report of TGR RAI Basilicata, curated by Oreste Lo Pomo, and in television programme “L’Approfondimento” of TMRH24, curated by Sergio Palomba. Interviews with Raffaello De Ruggieri, Mayor of Matera, Nicola D’Imperio, Lucio Dalla’s medical doctor, Father Giovanni Bertuzzi, Dalla’s [..]
“MARY, MOTHER OF MERCY AND MOTHER OF JESUS, A BRIDGE OF GRACE AND PEACE BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM”. A SPEECH BY RAFFAELE LAURO AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK BY ANNA MARIA GARGIULO, “MARIA, MIA MISERICORDIA” (MARY, MY MERCY) IN MASSA LUBRENSE ON DECEMBER 12TH, 2015
25-11-2015
As part of the presentation of the new book by writer Anna Maria Gargiulo, “Maria, Mia Misericordia” (Mary, My Mercy), with a preface by Ermanno Corsi, to be held in Massa Lubrense’s Town Hall, Largo Vescovado, 2, on Saturday, December 12th, 2015 at 6.00pm, the Sorrentine writer Raffaele Lauro will hold a speech: “Mary, Mother of Mercy and Mother of Jesus, a bridge of grace and peace between Christianity and [..]
MATERAÂ’S TRIBUTE TO LUCIO DALLA ON TGR BASILICATA AT 7.30 PM (NOVEMBER 25TH, 2015). INTERVIEW WITH AUTHOR RAFFAELE LAURO
25-11-2015
This evening, at 7.30 pm, TGR BASILICATA will broadcast a television report on "Matera’s Tribute to Lucio Dalla" held Friday, November 20th, 2015, at the Provincial Mediateca "A. Ribecco "of Matera, with the participation of On. Vincenzo Taddei, Matera’s mayor Raffaello De Ruggieri, municipal councilor Francesca Cangelli, prof. Nicola D'Imperio, journalist Antonio Manzo, father Giovanni Bertuzzi, regional [..]
MATERA, THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2019, TRIUMPHANTLY CELEBRATES THE RETURN OF LUCIO DALLA IN A BLAZE OF MEMORIES AND INTENSE EMOTIONS. EMOTIONAL PUBLIC DURING THE FRENCH NATIONAL ANTHEM.
21-11-2015
In the presence of the Prefect of Potenza, Antonio D'Acunto, and the Prefect of Matera, Antonella Bellomo, the highly anticipated cultural event, “The Tribute of Matera, the European Capital of Culture 2019, to Lucio Dalla”, organized under the patronage of the Municipal Administration, was held in the Conference Room of the Provincial Media Library “A. Ribecco”. Mayor Raffaello De Ruggieri, introduced by the Lucan [..]
IN A FEW DAYS THE INTERNAL BOND BETWEEN LUCIO DALLA AND MATERA WILL BE RENEWED. THE MIRACLE OF TIME OF THE PAST AND OF THE CONTEMPORARY, TO WHICH THE ARTIST INTENDED TO DEDICATE A SONG, LIKE HE HAD DONE TO SORRENTO
16-11-2015
Lucio Dalla was a big supporter of the candidacy of Matera for the European Capital of Culture 2019 with those unforgettable words: “Matera is considered the city of man, and I think that here there is something magical, unique and unrepeatable, which needs to be highlighted. Matera reminds me of Petra, in Jordan, or somewhere in Sicily, and for the challenge of Matera in 2019 I would like to be more than just an ambassador, along with men such [..]
LUCIO DALLA AND SORRENTO: THE SUMMARY OF SUCCESS IN A LETTER OF RAFFAELE LAURO TO MAYOR GIUSEPPE CUOMO. PROJECTIONS FOR 2016
13-11-2015
“Mr. Mayor, dear Peppino, in view of your and you co-workers’ praiseworthy and personal commitment, for which I hold constant feelings of gratitude, in the patronage and organizing of the significant events in tribute to Lucio Dalla on the occasion on both the second (February-March 2014) and the third (February-March 2015) anniversary of the death of the great artist from Bologna, whose memory remains inextricably linked to [..]
VIOLETTA ELVIN IS 92 TODAY. THE GREAT RUSSIAN DANCER, AND BRILLIANT PROTAGONIST OF THE NEW BIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL BY RAFFAELE LAURO, RECEIVED THIS MORNING WARM WISHES FROM THE SORRENTINE WRITER
03-11-2015
This morning, Raffaele Lauro delivered the most affectionate, heartfelt and warmest wishes to Violetta Elvin on the occasion of her 92nd birthday. Violetta Prokhorova Elvin was born in Moscow in 1923. The prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and, later on, of the Royal Ballet of Covent Garden in London, she was one of the biggest stars of international dance, acclaimed in all major theatres of the world until 1956, when she he [..]
LUCIO DALLA RETURNS TO MATERA. A TRIBUTE OF THE EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE 2019 TO THE GREAT ARTIST FROM BOLOGNA, FRIDAY 20TH NOVEMBER 2015
01-11-2015
“Friends from Matera, you live in a unique place in the world, a city that I know well through the 30-year-long friendship with Nicola D'Imperio, a man of science, but also of art and culture. Matera is a miracle of time, of a harmonious contact between the past and the real time, the contemporary, it is a place where it is worth living for a while and get hold of all the information that the city transmits. The beauty of Sassi is that it [..]
MOLFETTA'S TRIBUTE TO LUCIO DALLA: CHARITY EVENT ORGANISED BY THE ROTARY CLUB OF MOLFETTA – FRIDAY, 27TH NOVEMBER. FULL SCHEDULE OF THE DALLIAN TOUR IN DECEMBER 2015
01-11-2015
“The entire area of Puglia, like the coast of Sorrento-Amalfi, lived and continues to live in the heart of Lucio starting from Manfredonia, the place of his happy childhood; the Tremiti islands, the kingdom of the sea and a source of inspiration, just like my Sorrento; from Barletta and Molfetta, where on 16th September 2005 he held a memorable concert in the Amphitheatre of Ponente to the benefit of the Italian League Against Cancer. I [..]
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Carissime, Carissimi, desidero ringraziare, di cuore, quanti hanno tempestivamente aderito al mio invito a votare e far votare, nel concorso Rai “Il Borgo dei Borghi”, la [..] 
"Paradossalmente le ultime vicende parlamentari sulla delega fiscale e il voto, per un soffio, sul catasto, stanno testimoniando come la complicata emergenza della guerra in Ucraina, piena di [..]