Ho sognato di cantare: an album of brand new songs at 90 years of age

Two twinkling eyes meet yours: you're face to face with Roberto Murolo. The Neapolitan singer, who celebrated his 90th birthday on 23rd January 2002, has just released a new CD, "Ho sognato di cantare". The twelve new songs brought together in this album celebrate his irrepressible desire to promote the tradition of Neapolitan songs. 
The son of poet Ernesto Murolo and Lia Cavalli, Roberto grew up surrounded by famous characters from the world of culture, entertainment and show business, from Raffaele Viviani and Libero Bovio to Roberto Rossellini and Sofia Loren. 
He began his singing career as a youngster with a singing quartet called MIDA. Later, he made a debut appearance in Capri as a guitar-playing singer, won several Festival di Napoli contests as a songwriter, took part in several films and composed an anthology of the Neapolitan song tradition called "Napoletana". From 1990 he released new albums including '"Na voce, 'na chitarra","Ottantavoglia di cantare" (1992) and the latest "Ho sognato di cantare" which, on the one hand, earns him a world "first", the composition of an album of new songs at the age of 90, and on the other  marks his official exit from the music scene.
"The title of this album faithfully reflects both what was my dream right from childhood, and what I feel today, at 90 years of age, namely that my entire life has been one long, beautiful dream".
The CD, made with the help of producer Nando Coppeto, sets out to represent various moments of the Neapolitan musical culture. The 12 songs are faithful to the traditional style and format that Murolo has always embraced, starting from the melancholic "'Mbriacame", written by Mimmo di Francia. He sings of love, memories, dreams and the sea in "Ammore", "Ricordo dolce", "'A luna e tu", 'Vicino 'o mare", "E 'o mare va'".
His thin, light voice allows us, even today, to savour a magical, timeless Naples. 
Tiptoeing away from the limelight, the Maestro rewards his colleagues-  and the rest of us- with an important little secret: "Let it always be your heart, before anything else, that sings, because it is your heart, even more than you yourself, who can't live without singing". 

Ho sognato di cantare: an album of brand new songs at 90 years of age

Two twinkling eyes meet yours: you're face to face with Roberto Murolo. The Neapolitan singer, who celebrated his 90th birthday on 23rd January 2002, has just released a new CD, "Ho sognato di cantare". The twelve new songs brought together in this album celebrate his irrepressible desire to promote the tradition of Neapolitan songs. 
The son of poet Ernesto Murolo and Lia Cavalli, Roberto grew up surrounded by famous characters from the world of culture, entertainment and show business, from Raffaele Viviani and Libero Bovio to Roberto Rossellini and Sofia Loren. 
He began his singing career as a youngster with a singing quartet called MIDA. Later, he made a debut appearance in Capri as a guitar-playing singer, won several Festival di Napoli contests as a songwriter, took part in several films and composed an anthology of the Neapolitan song tradition called "Napoletana". From 1990 he released new albums including '"Na voce, 'na chitarra","Ottantavoglia di cantare" (1992) and the latest "Ho sognato di cantare" which, on the one hand, earns him a world "first", the composition of an album of new songs at the age of 90, and on the other  marks his official exit from the music scene.
"The title of this album faithfully reflects both what was my dream right from childhood, and what I feel today, at 90 years of age, namely that my entire life has been one long, beautiful dream".
The CD, made with the help of producer Nando Coppeto, sets out to represent various moments of the Neapolitan musical culture. The 12 songs are faithful to the traditional style and format that Murolo has always embraced, starting from the melancholic "'Mbriacame", written by Mimmo di Francia. He sings of love, memories, dreams and the sea in "Ammore", "Ricordo dolce", "'A luna e tu", 'Vicino 'o mare", "E 'o mare va'".
His thin, light voice allows us, even today, to savour a magical, timeless Naples. 
Tiptoeing away from the limelight, the Maestro rewards his colleagues-  and the rest of us- with an important little secret: "Let it always be your heart, before anything else, that sings, because it is your heart, even more than you yourself, who can't live without singing".