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Mario Merola | |
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Born | Naples, Kingdom of Italy | 6 April 1934
Origin | Campania, Italy |
Died | 12 November 2006 Castellamare di Stabia, Italy | (aged 72)
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Years active | 1959–2006 |
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Website | www |
Mario Merola (6 April 1934 – 12 November 2006) was an Italian singer and actor, most prominently known for having rejuvenated the traditional popular Neapolitan melodrama known as the sceneggiata.
He was nicknamed the King of the sceneggiata to be able to give this kind typically a regional and a national popularity and success unknown before, to make a film genre, representing all of this even off the stage, so being able to put a face to sceneggiata.[1]