The exhibition “Luisa Conte La regina del teatro Sannazaro” was inaugurated yesterday and will be open to the public until September 27th.
On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the Italian actress and entrepreneur and 30 years after her death, her granddaughter, Lara Sansone with the Teatro Sannazaro presented a fascinating exhibition set up by Michele Gigi with lights by Luigi Della Monica at the Armeria del Maschio angioino castello. The event, sponsored by the Municipality of Napoli, features costumes and props, photographs, a suggestive space dedicated to her dressing room with dressing table, make-up and photos of her beloved granddaughters, autographed scripts and interactive totems broadcasting theatrical pieces that saw the Neapolitan actress as the protagonist alongside names such as Eduardo De Filippo and Nino Taranto.
The presentation of the exhibition, held at the Sala della Loggia del Maschio angioino, was attended by: Lara Sansone, granddaughter of the actress and artistic director of the Centro di Produzione Teatrale Tradizione e Turismo-Teatro Sannazaro di Napoli, Giuliana Gargiulo, journalist and friend of Conte, Gioconda Marinelli, journalist and author of the book “Luisa Conte sempre. La regina del Sannazaro”(Luisa Conte always. The queen of Sannazaro), professor Francesco Cotticelli and the mayor Gaetano Manfredi who supported the initiative. At the presentation, Manfredi underlined the importance of transmitting to the new generations the great contribution that Luisa Conte, with her talent, her authenticity and professionalism, has given, with her talent and her dedication, to the Neapolitan and national theater.
The inauguration of the exhibition saw a great participation of fans and entertainment workers. Ingrid Sansone, actress and granddaughter of Conte, was present, as well as other names of the Neapolitan Theater including the director Francesco Saponaro, the actors Giacomo Rizzo, Oscarino Di Maio, Oscar Di Maio, Gino Rivieccio.
Also present was a former mayor Antonio Bassolino.
Luisa Conte, founder and soul of the Sannazaro theater. She had started acting when she was a teenager in the Cafiero-Fumo theater company. She was not only a great actress, as Lara Sansone also testifies, but also a professional comedian and tenacious entrepreneur, a forerunner of the career women of our day. The exhibition “Luisa Conte La regina del teatro Sannazaro” will not be an isolated project but opens a path on the Neapolitan actress and entrepreneur that includes a series of initiatives including the production of a documentary on her life.
At the opening of the exhibition there was also a visit from the former mayor of Napoli Luigi De Magistris, an avid fan and supporter of Neapolitan culture, who, already in 2020, had inaugurated in Napoli the little square at the foot of the staircase named after Francesco D’Andrea, in the Chiaia district, near the Teatro Sannazzaro, a tribute to the memory of the Neapolitan actress.
