A "current" festival, capable of "focusing on contemporaneity", intercepting trends and anticipating them, launching songs that climb the charts, bounce on the radio and thicken the playlists: this is once again the mission of
Amadeus, which is preparing to drive Sanremo for the third consecutive edition
as artistic director and conductor.
The start on February 1st, with exceptional super guests the Maneskin: a return 'home' for Damiano, Victoria, Thomas and Ethan, on the stage that consecrated them last year with Zitti e buona, projecting them towards an unstoppable international ride , from the success of the Eurovision Song Contest to the opening of the Rolling Stones concert in Las Vegas, up to Saturday Night Live on January 22nd and the Coachella Festival line up next April.
Alongside Amadeus, five co-hosts, chosen to "pay tribute to the world of theater, fiction and cinema that has experienced difficult moments in recent months", underlined the artistic director.
And so here is Ornella Muti, "a true icon of Italian cinema, with more than 90 films shot with the greatest directors", from Risi to Monicelli, from Ferreri to Virzì, from Archibugi to Allen;
Lorena Cesarini, "a young actress who had great success with Suburra, a brilliant girl who will bring her energy to the Ariston stage";
Drusilla Foer, "a film, theater, singer, social media star, jet set frequenter, pungent and ironic";
Maria Chiara Giannetta, "the protagonist of Blanca, the true revelation of this TV season";
and Sabrina Ferilli, "one of the most loved actresses by the Italian public, a woman who combines beauty, talent and sympathy".
On the super-guests front, the Ariston is already preparing to go wild with the Meduza dance: the trio of Italian producers Mattia Vitale, Simone Giani and
Luca De Gregorio, 8 billion streams, hundreds of worldwide certifications and a world tour with 15 sold out dates only in the United States, will land for the first time in Sanremo accompanied by Hozier, with whom they share the record song Tell It To My Heart .
After having dropped the ace Checco Zalone, on his absolute debut at the festival, Amadeus has announced another 'rookie' at the Ariston, Cesare Cremonini, who will celebrate 20 years of career waiting to be released, on February 25, with the new album The girl of the future, and the veteran Laura Pausini, who will propose for the first time live Box, the song written with Madame a Shablo that will accompany the new Amazon Original film Laura Pausini - Pleased to meet you.
On this occasion, the new edition of the Eurovision Song Contest will be launched,
And Fiorello? "We have known each other for 35 years, we are like brothers. Now he can't stand me anymore: I mark him as tightly as Gentile with Maradona at the World Cup, I bite at
ankles ... I booked the room in front of mine: at this moment it is empty, we hope that someone will come and put down the suitcases and open the door ", repeats 'Ama', who hopes to have his companion 'Ciuri' on stage at least for the final evening. It is not excluded that sporting guests will arrive, as has already happened in the past, from Novak Djokovic, today in the eye of the storm, to Zlatan Ibrahimovic: "It could happen, he is not necessarily a star of the present, maybe from the past.
I have an affection for sport. "But no Inter fans:" There's the derby - played on Saturday 5 February at 6 pm, ed - and I don't want to distract the team. "On the evening of the covers, Friday 4 February, there will be tributes to Raffaella Carrà, Franco Battiato and Lucio Dalla, ten years after their death, without forgetting Milva.
In view of an edition that was hoped to be that of rebirth, of the return to normality, and which instead has to deal with the spread of the Omicron variant, the hope is that it will be "the festival of joy: we hope to spend five evenings of fun and music, which is therapeutic. In a dramatic moment last year's festival was important on a musical level ", gave the discography a shot in the arm, claimed the artistic director.
And the presence of the public in the theater "is the greatest joy", underlined Amadeus, excited at the idea of "returning to the stage with the theater full, certainly with the green pass and Ffp2 mask, but to have the applause of the Ariston It happened two years ago, but it seems like an eternity to us.
we will never forget last year's image with the empty room.
Now theaters and cinemas can count on total capacity: it is a beautiful image, we hope it will continue forever ".
For Itralia these are the delicate days of the election of the new tenant of the Colle: "As the President of the Republic changes, the conductor of Sanremo will probably change too ... In the meantime, I took three terms home: I can't wait to start third, what will be later ... we'll see. The important thing is to close the third term in the best way ", Amadeus commented.
