Giacomo Rondinella

Giacomo Rondinella (30 August 1923 – 25 February 2015) was an Italian singer and actor.

Giacomo Rondinella
Born	(1923-08-30)30 August 1923 Messina
Died	25 February 2015(2015-02-25) (aged 91)[1] Fonte Nuova
Occupation	singer/actor

Life and career

Born in Messina, the son of a couple of Neapolitan actors and singers, Rondinella started his career as a singer after World War II, following failed attempts to pursue a military career and a career as a boxer.^[2][3] He first emerged as the winner of a contest for "New Voices" organized by Radio Napoli, and in a short time he became one of the stars of Canzone Napoletana.^[2][3] A real-life friend of Totò and Eduardo De Filippo,^[3] Rondinella also had a prolific career as a stage and film actor, with a peak in the first half of the 1950s.^[2] His younger brother Luciano also had a career of actor and singer.^[2][3]

Selected filmography

• Fire Over the Sea (1947)
• Naples Sings (1953)
• Letter from Naples (1954)
• Farewell, My Beautiful Lady (1954)
• Sunset in Naples (1955)