Itinerary of the Opera dei Pupi
Photo: Giacomo Bordonaro, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Opera dei Pupi is the traditional marionette theatre of Southern Italy and Sicily. Opera dei Pupi dates back to the third decade of the 19th century and has received particular success with the popular classes, becoming one of the most significant expressions of historical memory and of the cultural identity of Sicily. It was proclaimed by UNESCO to be a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity in 2001.
UnderstandEach stage of Opera dei Pupi (Opra î Pupi in Palermo, Opira î Pupi in Catania) corresponds to a family of puppeteers or a company that you can get to know, listen to, and see at work while performing a show or building…
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SeeIn 1875 in a basement in via Mario Minniti, then vanedda Spata, Francesco Puzzo built his first puppet.
Worth knowingMonreale is home to the Ignazio Munna Collection. The birth of the Puppet Opera in Monreale is mainly due to the initiative of Ignazio Munna, born in Erice in 1879.
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- Guide text adapted from the Wikivoyage article "Itinerary of the Opera dei Pupi" by its contributors, available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read on Wikivoyage · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo: Giacomo Bordonaro, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons