Serenata a Napoli Pene Pati & Il pomo d'oro

• Eduardo di Capua (1865 - 1917):
• 1 di Capua: 'O sole mio 04:19
• Mario Pasquale Costa (1858 - 1933):
• 2 Costa: Napulitanata 02:52
• Eduardo di Capua:
• 3 di Capua: Maria Marì 03:08
• Antonello Paliotti (1963):
• 4 Paliotti: Variazioni sul basso di tarantella: I. Preludio 02:31
• 5 Paliotti: Variazioni sul basso di tarantella: II. Variazioni 02:57
• Mario Pasquale Costa:
• 6 Costa: Era de maggio 04:29
• Paolo Tosti (1846 - 1916):
• 7 Tosti: 'A vucchella 03:22
• 8 Tosti: Inquietudine 02:42
• Enrico Cannio (1874 - 1949):
• 9 Cannio: 'O surdato 'nnammurato 02:54
• Francesco Buongiovanni (1872 - 1940):
• 10 Buongiovanni: Mandulinata a mare 02:33
• Paolo Costa (b. 1978):
• 11 Costa: Serenata napoletana 04:11
• Paolo Tosti:
• 12 Tosti: Romance 02:04
• Salvatore Gambardella (1871 - 1913):
• 13 Gambardella: 'O marenariello 03:04
• Paolo Tosti:
• 14 Tosti: Marechiaro 03:30
• Gaetano Lama (1886 - 1950):
• 15 Lama: Silenzio cantatore 04:41
• Antonello Paliotti:
• 16 Paliotti: Tarantella storta 03:06
• Gaetano Lama:
• 17 Lama: Reginella 03:44
• Francesco Buongiovanni:
• 18 Buongiovanni: Palomma 'e notte 03:47
• E. A. Mario (1884 - 1961):
• 19 Mario: Canzone appassiunata 01:57
• Antonello Paliotti:
• 20 Paliotti: Fronna e ballo del pomo d'oro: I. Fronna d'o limone 01:04
• 21 Paliotti: Fronna e ballo del pomo d'oro: II. Ballo 01:40
• Eduardo di Capua:
• 22 di Capua: I te vurria vasà 02:08
• Luigi Denza (1846 - 1922):
• 23 Denza: Funiculì, funiculà 02:21
• Total Runtime 01:09:04

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Pene Pati’s glowing tenor voice, described by Le Monde as ‘filled with sunshine’, makes him the ideal interpreter of such roles as Rodolfo in La bohème and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto. Now, with Serenata a Napoli, he brings his distinctive warmth to another quintessentially Italian art form, Neapolitan song. In addition to such ‘greatest hits’ as ‘O sole mio’ and ‘Funiculì funiculà’, the golden age of canzone napoletana (1880-1930) produced abundant lyrical expressions of passion, melancholy and joy. Evoking an authentic Neapolitan atmosphere, Pene Pati is joined by eight instrumentalists from Il Pomo d’Oro, led by Naples-born guitarist Antonello Paliotti and playing bowed, plucked and strummed string instruments – and castanets. “I approached these songs in the same way I would approach the traditional songs from my own Samoan heritage,” says Pene Pati. “Whether from Samoa or Napoli, songs like this always tell a story – it’s about love, family, your homeland … It wasn’t just about picking the most popular pieces – it was about finding the songs that evoke the deepest memories and connections. I also wanted to pay as much attention to every detail in respect to the Neapolitan people – the accent, the vibe, the emotions – I wanted to try to make them believe that I was Neapolitan … I worked closely with Il Pomo d’Oro, listening to the words, the stories from Neapolitans, and then shaping my own understanding from there.”

Pene Pati is revered for his “extraordinary gift for producing a golden thread of sound that can swell without strain to magnificence” (The Telegraph) and is instantly recognizable by his “round and sunshine filled voice,” (Le Monde), with his warm and winning personality endearing him to both audience and critics around the world. The first Samoan tenor to perform on Europe’s top stages, Pene Pati boasts an exceptional versatility in a broad palette of roles from Mozart to Massenet, Donizetti, Gounod, Puccini and Verdi. His self-titled debut album of Italian and French arias earned him the Opus Klassik Newcomer of the Year Award, Best Male Singer at the Opera Critics’ Awards and Opera Magazine Readers’ Award at the International Opera Awards.

Pene Pati, tenor
Il pomo d'oro
Giulio D'Alessio, conductor

Pene Pati
is revered for his “extraordinary gift for producing a golden thread of sound that can swell without strain to magnificence” (The Telegraph) and is instantly recognizable by his “round and sunshine filled voice,” (Le Monde), with his warm and winning personality endearing him to both audience and critics around the world. The first Samoan tenor to perform on Europe’s top stages, including Opéra national de Paris, the Royal Ballet and Opera, and the Metropolitan Opera, Pene Pati boasts an exceptional versatility in a broad palette of roles including Mozart, Massenet, Donizetti, Gounod, Puccini and Verdi. Named Best Male Singer at the Opera Critics’ Awards and Opera Magazine Readers’ Award at the International Opera Awards, he is beloved by audiences at the opera, on the concert stage and on recordings. An exclusive recording artist for Warner Classics, he has released two albums, with a third to be released in September 2025.

On stage in his 2025/26 season Pene Pati further expands his repertoire with a debut in Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann in a new production by Lydia Steier at Staatsoper Berlin and he sings Massenet’s Werther at Opéra Comique in a new staging by Ted Huffmann, conducted by Raphäel Pichon. Further house debuts include Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at Teatro alla Scala and Tito (La Clemenza di Tito) at Opernhaus Zurich. In concert version, he sings Gounod’s Faust at Amsterdam’s historic Concertgebouw, as well as Verdi’s Requiem at Teatro San Carlo under Nicola Luisotti and Berlioz’s Requiem at Philharmonie de Paris under Philippe Jordan. Pene Pati makes his North American solo recital debut at New York’s prestigious Park Avenue Armory accompanied by Ronny Michael Greenberg, and performs additional recitals in Strasbourg, Gstaad, Paris and Bordeaux.

Highlights from recent seasons include Nemorino (L’elisir d’amore) at Opéra national de Paris and San Francisco Opera; Roméo in Roméo et Juliette at San Francisco Opera, Opéra Comique and Opéra national de Bordeaux; Alfredo (La traviata) at Staatsoper Berlin, Deutsche Oper Berlin and Dutch National Opera; Des Grieux (Manon) at Gran Teatre del Liceu and Staatsoper Hamburg; the title role in La Damnation de Faust at Opéra de Monte-Carlo; Edgardo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli; the tile role in Mitridate, re di Ponto at Staatsoper Berlin and the Salzburger Festspiele; Orombello (Beatrice di Tenda) at Opéra national de Paris; Rodolfo (La Bohème) at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Canadian Opera Company, Bayerische Staatsoper, Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera; Anna Percy (Anna Bolena) at Wiener Staatsoper; Werther with the Orchestre de chambre de Genève; Fernand (La Favorite) at Opéra national de Bordeaux; Faust in Gounod’s eponym opera at Opéra national de Paris; Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de perles) at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence; Rigoletto (Duca) at Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Staatsoper Berlin, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Arena di Verona and the Metropolitan Opera of New York and both Moïse et Pharaon (Amenophis) and the title role in La Clemenza di Tito at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. In addition to his carefully constructed concert programs, his concert repertoire includes Mendelssohn’s Elias, Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven Nine, Berlioz’s Requiem, and Verdi’s Requiem.

Pene Pati’s warm and winning personality has helped endear him to audiences around the world and contributed to great competition success in his formative years taking top prizes and audience choice awards at several competitions including Operalia and Neue Stimmen. He received his masters’ degree from the Wales International Academy of Voice, and was an Adler Fellow at San Francisco Opera.

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