From June 6 to 8, in the heart of Barra, among the suggestive seventeenth-century walls of Palazzo Bisignano, historical memory is celebrated with the event “Cient'anne arreto…” – Three Aragonese days. The event, promoted by the Fondazione Ente Ville Vesuviane and the Municipality of Naples as part of the “Affabulazione” project, is artistically directed by Bruno Tabacchini and conceived by Mariano Bauduin.
Time travel
Not a simple reenactment, but a real journey through time that blends ancient music and contemporary experimentation, courtly poetry and popular culture. The initiative aims to rediscover the Aragonese era, when Naples became the cultural capital of Mediterranean Humanism, laying the foundations for its “golden century”.
Program
The program unfolds through workshops, performances and concerts. It starts on Friday 6 June at 18 pm with the workshop “Canto all'antica” conducted by Laura Lazzari and Patrizia Spinosi, followed at 20 pm by the “Cantata per Alfonso I d'Aragona”, with music by Adam de la Halle and lyrics by Antonio Beccadelli, performed by Maurizio Murano, Laura Lazzari and the group La Manticora.
On Saturday 7 June, at 18 pm, space will be given to the workshop “Tammorriate alla corte angioina” with Maurizio Graziano and the Paranze Sommesi; at 20 pm the evening will come alive with “Danza e Ballo a casa Carafa”, a tribute to sixteenth-century Naples that combines the music of Igor Stravinsky with the verses of Renaissance poets, accompanied by the voices of Francesco Auriemma, Gaetano Amore, Susy Minerva and the acrobatic choreography of La Funa.
The event ends on Sunday 8 June at 19 pm with “Festa per la Notte di San Giovanni – Velardiniello e la festa a mare”: a choral concert with Lello Giulivo, Gianni Lamagna, Anna Spagnuolo, Patrizia Spinosi, Michele Boné and Paolo Propoli, which gives back to the community its voice by intertwining the sacred and the profane.
Under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture – Directorate General for Entertainment, “Cient'anne arreto…” is more than a review: it is an invitation to Naples to reflect on its past in order to courageously build the future.
I read the article about the Cient'anne arreto demonstration and it seems interesting but I'm not sure that everyone can appreciate this mixture of cultures. Maybe it's a bit too complex for some and I don't know if there will be a lot of people.