Bright rhythms and less rap. Lots of catchphrases that promise to get into everyone’s heads. And many big names, up to Ricchi & Poveri. So Amadeus vows to make us dance
The Ariston theatre, seen from inside, appears more intimate than on television: it wears a livery from times gone by, perhaps because it preserves the memory of the eternal ritual of Sanremo. So pop and yet so serious, like perhaps only football in Italy. But, this year, the red velvet hall, the marble staircases, the shop windows all around risk being affected by the small musical earthquake along the Amadeus fault. In its fifth edition in a row, the former voice of Verona’s free radio stations, who became – 40 years later – a nationally popular disc jockey, promises to unbolt even the most unruly spectators from their sofas, with a Festival with lively rhythms and dance flavours. , with rap that fades, with catchphrases that will try to get into everyone’s heads. See the Click, boom! by Rose Villain or the folk whistle of Alfa. Something new? Until a certain point. The wave had already rippled with appearances such as Elettra Lamborghini in 2020 with Music (and the rest disappears) and it has grown at least in 2022, when – to give an example – Dargen D’Amico transformed his performance on the final evening into a mini-show that exorcised the Covid era.