Peppe Barra
Italian singer and actor (born 1944)
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Life and career
Born in Rome into a family of Procidan actors, when he was only six years old Barra enrolled in an acting school for children, the Teatrino di Zietta Liù.[1] In the early 1970s, he befriended Roberto De Simone and entered the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare ensemble, with whom he stayed until 1978.[2] In 1976, he got his personal breakout as main actor in the De Simone's stage musical La Gatta Cenerentola.[1][2]
In 1982, Maurizio Scaparro as artistic director of the Carnival of Venice asked Barra to make a performance, and on this occasion Barra launched "Peppe e Barra", a musical that marked the beginning of the stage company "Peppe e Concetta Barra" with his mother Concetta, and that got a large success, being staged in Italy for several seasons and also performed in New York, Paris, Barcelona, Bonbay and Geneva, among other places.[1][3] In 1992, he made his solo discographic debut with Mo vene, for which he won the Targa Tenco for Best Performer.[2] His variegated career also include films and television.[1]
Discography
Solo albums
- Mo vene (1992)
- M'aggia curà (1995)
- Il borghese gentiluomo (2001)
- Guerra (2001)
- Peppe Barra in concerto (2003)
- La Cantata dei Pastori (2004)
- Matina (2005)
- Decamerone (2006)
- N'attimo (2009)
- Ci vediamo poco fa (2011)
- E cammina cammina (2016)
- Cipria e caffè (2024)
With Concetta Barra
- Peppe e Barra (1983)
- Peppe e Concetta Barra N.1 (1988)
With NCCP
- Cicerenella (1972)
- Lo Guarracino (1972)
- La serpe a Carolina (1972)
- NCCP (1973)
- Li sarracini adorano lu sole (1974)
- Tarantella ca nun va bbona (1975)
- La gatta Cenerentola (1976)
- 11 mesi e 29 giorni (1977)
- La cantata dei pastori (1977)
- Aggio girato lu munno (1978)
Selected filmography
- Neapolitan Mystery, directed by Sergio Corbucci (1979)
- The Skin, directed by Liliana Cavani (1981)
- Pinocchio, directed by Roberto Benigni (2002)
- Opopomoz, directed by Enzo D'Alò (2003, voice)
- Passione, directed by John Turturro (2010)
- I Can Quit Whenever I Want: Ad Honorem, directed by Sydney Sibilia (2017)
- Naples in Veils, directed by Ferzan Özpetek (2017)
