Parole di Faber, a tribute to Fabrizio De André at Teatro Parioli Costanzo, February 19, 2027

Parole di Faber, the live concert dedicated to Fabrizio De André and produced by FKM Productions, comes to Teatro Parioli Costanzo on Friday, February 19, 2027 at 21:00, at Via Giosuè Borsi 20, in the Parioli neighborhood (00197 Rome). The voice is Federico Romani, a former student of Franco Mussida of PFM, with Andrea Colloredo on musical direction and keyboards. The theater is reached by buses 52, 53 and 223, stop Piazza Santiago del Cile, a few steps from the entrance. Prices are published on the official website of Teatro Parioli Costanzo, where tickets are bought through the presale network authorized by the theater. They can also be bought at the box office, by email or with the box office's WhatsApp service.

The day before, February 18, Fabrizio De André would have turned 87. Parole di Faber thus falls in the week of his birthday and brings to a Roman drama theater a repertoire that the Genoese singer-songwriter, allergic to the stage for half of his career, ended up loving precisely live. The show promises arrangements faithful to the original versions, narration and video projections: an evening of songs, words and images.

Parole di Faber at Teatro Parioli Costanzo in brief

Parole di Faber is at Teatro Parioli Costanzo in Rome on Friday, February 19, 2027 at 21:00, for one night only, with tickets on sale on the theater's official website.

Date and time

A single Rome performance: Friday, February 19, 2027, starting at 21:00. The length isn't published by the theater. Parioli places the show among the events of the 2026/27 season.

Who produces it

The theater's page lists FKM Productions as the producer. The project has its own official website, paroledifaber.it, which presents the show as completely renewed in concept and artistic cast.

Tickets

Tickets are bought from the official website of Teatro Parioli Costanzo, which links to the authorized presale network, or at the box office. The theater also offers a purchase service by WhatsApp and by email.

Where

Teatro Parioli Costanzo, Via Giosuè Borsi 20, in the Parioli neighborhood, a short distance from Villa Borghese.

Parole di Faber: what you hear

Parole di Faber is a concert entirely dedicated to Fabrizio De André, with live performances of his best-known songs and arrangements inspired by the original versions, the historic concerts and the collaborations with PFM, according to the project's official website.

The announced songs

The show's website expressly mentions Bocca di Rosa, La guerra di Piero, Andrea, Il pescatore and Amico fragile. The complete setlist isn't published: it's reasonable to expect the best-loved titles, but the order and number of songs remain a surprise of the evening.

The instruments

The instrumentation takes up the ethnic and acoustic elements typical of De André's records: bouzouki, accordion, flutes, synthesizers. It's the palette of his albums from the 1980s on, when the singer-songwriter opened up to the music of the Mediterranean.

Storytelling and images

The music is joined by narration, video projections and original materials that tell of De André's thought, civic commitment and poetic sensibility. Lights, audio and direction, the presentation says, are designed together to create the atmosphere of a theatrical concert.

A tribute, not an imitation

The project's website insists on one point: not a simple tribute band, but a group of professional musicians with academic training and international experience. In our view it's the right distinction to keep in mind: you go to hear the songs played well, not to see the man again.

The Parole di Faber band

The Parole di Faber lineup includes lead vocals, keyboards and musical direction, guitar, bass, drums, violin and a multi-instrumentalist who alternates flutes, sax and clarinet, with bouzouki, folk percussion and analog synthesizers.

Federico Romani, the voice

The voice is Federico Romani, whom the official website presents as a performer able to combine stage presence and a surprising tonal fidelity to De André. A musician with over 20 years of international career as a guitarist and singer, he was a student of Franco Mussida, the guitarist of Premiata Forneria Marconi. A direct link with the band that in 1978 and 1979 rearranged Faber's repertoire for the most famous tour of his career.

Andrea Colloredo, the musical direction

On keyboards and musical direction is Andrea Colloredo, a multi-instrumentalist and composer with a jazz diploma from the Adria conservatory, with collaborations in theater, pop, symphonic and electroacoustic fields and soundtracks to his credit. He handles the arrangements and builds the show's sonic identity, seeking a balance between philological fidelity and interpretive freedom.

The rest of the lineup

Guitar, bass, drums and violin complete the ensemble, together with a musician who moves from flutes to sax and clarinet. The names of the other members are not given on the show's official page.

Who Fabrizio De André was

Fabrizio De André, born in Genoa on February 18, 1940 and died in Milan on January 11, 1999, is considered one of the greatest Italian singer-songwriters: in almost 40 years of activity he recorded 14 studio albums and is the artist with the most recognitions from Club Tenco, six Targhe and one Premio Tenco.

The nickname

Faber is the name given to him by his friend Paolo Villaggio, for his fondness for Faber Castell pastels and pencils and for the assonance with the name Fabrizio. Villaggio and De André met as boys, in 1948, at Pocol, above Cortina d'Ampezzo.

The Genoese school

With Bruno Lauzi, Gino Paoli, Umberto Bindi and Luigi Tenco he is one of the exponents of the Genoese school, the group of artists that renewed Italian pop music. The decisive encounter with music came through listening to Georges Brassens, some of whose songs he translated.

The beginnings

His first 45 rpm single came out in October 1961 on Karim, with Nuvole barocche and E fu la notte. In 1964 he recorded La canzone di Marinella, which became a national hit three years later in Mina's interpretation. In 1966 his first LP, Tutto Fabrizio De André, came out.

The albums of the 1960s and 1970s

They were followed by Vol. 1º in 1967, Tutti morimmo a stento and Volume 3º in 1968, La buona novella in 1970, Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo in 1971, Storia di un impiegato in 1973, Canzoni in 1974, Vol. 8 in 1975, written largely with Francesco De Gregori, and Rimini in 1978, with Massimo Bubola.

Creuza de mä and the last records

In 1981 the album known as L'indiano came out. In 1984 Creuza de mä, sung entirely in Genoese with Mauro Pagani, is considered a cornerstone of world music. Then Le nuvole in 1990 and Anime salve in 1996, with Ivano Fossati, his last studio album and the singer-songwriter's musical will.

Awards and recognitions

Premio Tenco in 1975, Targhe Tenco in 1984 for Creuza de mä, in 1991 for Le nuvole, in 1997 for Anime salve. In 1997, the Premio Lunezia for the lyrics of Smisurata preghiera, presented by Fernanda Pivano. His lyrics entered school anthologies as early as the early 1970s.

De André live: the history the concert draws on

Fabrizio De André made his live debut only on March 16, 1975, at La Bussola in Marina di Pietrasanta, after years of refusals due to a shyness that he himself described as almost an allergy to the public: all the memory of his concerts begins after that date.

La Bussola and the first tour

It was the impresario Sergio Bernardini who convinced him, after long negotiations. The first tour had two musicians from New Trolls and two from Nuova Idea on stage. In the 1976 leg Alberto Mompellio joined on violin and keyboards.

The tour with PFM

In 1978 Premiata Forneria Marconi proposed new arrangements of the most significant songs and a tour together, which started on December 21, 1978 from Forlì and continued throughout January 1979. Two live albums came out of it, the first of De André's career. Some of PFM's arrangements, such as those of Bocca di Rosa, La canzone di Marinella, Amico fragile and Il pescatore, stayed in his concerts until the end.

Why it matters for Parole di Faber

Parole di Faber declares that it is inspired precisely by the historic concerts and the collaborations with PFM, and its lead voice studied with Franco Mussida. In our view it's the detail that sets the project apart: the source isn't just the studio records, but the De André of the stage.

A curiosity about Parole di Faber, a tribute to Fabrizio De André at Teatro Parioli Costanzo, February 19, 2027

The simplest curiosity is one of calendar. Fabrizio De André was born on February 18, 1940 in Pegli, a district of Genoa, at Via De Nicolay 12, where a city plaque has remembered him since 2001. Parole di Faber arrives at Parioli on February 19, 2027: the day after what would have been his 87th birthday. For the Roman audience it's a way to celebrate him with his songs.

The second concerns the nickname that gives the show its title. Faber comes from pencils: Paolo Villaggio called him that for his friend's passion for Faber Castell pastels. A name born from a case of colors became the way all of Italy remembers a poet.

The third is a thread that ties Genoa to Rome. At the May Day concert in 1992 De André performed Don Raffaè with Roberto Murolo, the great interpreter of Neapolitan song. And in 1997 it was a writer, Fernanda Pivano, who introduced him at the Premio Lunezia as the greatest Italian poet of the last 50 years, embarrassing him. Parole di Faber, from its very title, chooses this key: the words, even before the music.

Teatro Parioli Costanzo, the concert venue

Teatro Parioli Costanzo is a private theater with 592 seats at Via Giosuè Borsi 20: born as a movie theater in 1938, a drama theater since 1958, and known all over Italy for having hosted for over 20 years the recordings of the Maurizio Costanzo Show.

From cinema to drama

The building was constructed as a movie theater in 1938. On December 29, 1958 it was inaugurated as a theater with Arthur Schnitzler's Girotondo, staged by the company of Ernesto Calindri and Vivi Gioi. In the 1960s it became the home of satirical revue.

The Costanzo era

From September 1985 Parioli hosted the Maurizio Costanzo Show, and from 1989 Costanzo was also its artistic director, until 2011. On February 20, 2024 the hall took the name Teatro Parioli Costanzo. Since 2024 the artistic direction has been Massimiliano Bruno's.

The hall for a concert

Orchestra and gallery, numbered seats, an intimate scale compared with arenas: for a repertoire of songs to be listened to word by word it is, in our view, the right size. Roma Capitale's tourism portal lists restrooms for people with disabilities, a coat check, a café, a bar and air conditioning.

Something nobody tells you about Parole di Faber, a tribute to Fabrizio De André at Teatro Parioli Costanzo, February 19, 2027

What is rarely remembered is how much De André suffered on stage. For years he refused concerts. When he started, in 1975, he played and sang in the half-light, and only with time did he overcome that fear. The singer-songwriter who is honored today in a theater, with lights and video projections, was a man who sought darkness on stage. Parole di Faber reverses this condition: it puts the light at the center, on his words.

The second thing concerns Rome. De André's relationship with the Roman audience wasn't always simple: at the Palaeur concert on January 23, 1979, during the tour with PFM, the audience split and the singer-songwriter sometimes came down from the stage to argue with the Autonomia protesters. In 1975 he had played in Piazza Navona, at a Radical Party demonstration after the divorce referendum.

The third is practical: at Parioli the affiliated parking lots indicated by the theater in Via Alberto Caroncini, Viale Parioli and Via Tommaso Salvini close on Sunday, but February 19 is a Friday, so they are all usable. Those who arrive by car have more choice than usual.

How to get to Teatro Parioli Costanzo

Teatro Parioli Costanzo is at Via Giosuè Borsi 20: the theater indicates buses 52, 53 and 223 as a reference, with a stop at Piazza Santiago del Cile, very close to the entrance.

By bus

Lines 52, 53 and 223 stop at Piazza Santiago del Cile. For the return after 23:00 it's best to check the evening run schedules on Atac's route calculator before leaving.

By taxi

There is a taxi stand in Piazza Santiago del Cile, indicated by the theater itself: on exiting, on a Friday night, it's often the most convenient solution.

By car

Parioli is outside the historic center's ZTL. The affiliated parking lots indicated by the theater are at Via Alberto Caroncini 50, about 300 meters away, at Viale Parioli 31, about 400 meters away, at Via Tommaso Salvini 2/F, about 650 meters away, and at Via Eustachio Manfredi 6, open 24 hours a day all year by reservation.

With a dog

The theater offers a service called Bau Theater, with dog sitting in front of the theater: details and availability should be asked at the box office.

The advice I give you for visiting Parole di Faber, a tribute to Fabrizio De André at Teatro Parioli Costanzo, February 19, 2027

The advice is to arrive with the songs fresh in your head. Listening beforehand to one of the two live albums with PFM, or De André in concerto, drawn from the 1998 Rome concerts, lets you recognize the arrangements that Parole di Faber declares it is inspired by and notice the differences. Those who know only the studio records will discover a more rock De André.

The second piece of advice is about the seat. In a theater of 592 seats the central orchestra is the best choice for sound. Parioli's gallery, however, gives an overall view of the video projections, which play an important role in the show. With a single date, it's best to buy early.

The third concerns the time. The start is at 21:00 on a Friday: an early dinner in the neighborhood, around 19:30, leaves time to go in without rushing and to stop at the coat check. Those coming from the center should allow for Friday-night traffic on Viale Parioli.

Last piece of advice: leave your phone off. De André built songs like stories, and a story loses a lot if you look at it through a screen.

The Parioli neighborhood and the theater's surroundings

Parioli is a residential neighborhood in the north of Rome, built largely in the 20th century among apartment buildings, villinos and tree-lined avenues, right next to the city's most famous park.

Villa Borghese

Villa Borghese is Rome's great historic park. Inside is Galleria Borghese, with Bernini and Caravaggio, to be booked in advance. On the side toward Parioli is the Bioparco di Roma (Rome Zoo). An afternoon in the park and a concert in the evening make a complete Roman day.

Villa Ada and Villa Torlonia

Farther north stretches Villa Ada, a large, wild park. Toward Via Nomentana is Villa Torlonia, with the Casina delle Civette.

The Auditorium

Beyond Viale Parioli is Auditorium Parco della Musica. The same February weekend it hosts other concerts: those coming from outside Rome can build two evenings of music a few kilometers apart.

Another well-known fact, yet rarely mentioned

It's well known that De André tied his name to Genoa and to Sardinia, where he lived for a long time. Much less cited is how much Rome counts in his live discography. The three concerts he gave at Teatro Brancaccio on February 12, 13 and 14, 1998, on the Mi innamoravo di tutto tour, gave rise to the two posthumous albums De André in concerto, from 1999, and Fabrizio De André in concerto volume II, from 2001. It was De André himself who wanted those Roman concerts to be filmed and broadcast by Rai.

There's a calendar coincidence that makes the date of Parole di Faber almost symbolic: those concerts at Brancaccio took place in mid-February, a few days before his birthday, exactly like this tribute at Parioli, 29 years later. That theater tour, of 43 dates between November 2, 1997 and February 26, 1998, was the last one the singer-songwriter completed.

A second little-cited fact concerns language. De André is one of the artists who most valued Ligurian, but he also sang in Gallurese and in Neapolitan. Those who listen carefully to Parole di Faber will notice how much the variety of languages and instruments is part of his songbook.

The right photo to take at Parole di Faber, a tribute to Fabrizio De André at Teatro Parioli Costanzo, February 19, 2027

The right photo is taken outside, before going in: the entrance of Teatro Parioli Costanzo on Via Giosuè Borsi, with the lit sign and the show's poster. It's the theater that millions of Italians saw for years on television, and the photo tells the place and the evening together.

The second is taken inside, before the start, with the stage still empty and the instruments waiting: bouzouki, accordion, flutes. A still life of instruments says a lot about De André's musical world.

During the concert the phone stays off. In an intimate theater a lit screen is visible from many rows away, and Faber's songs ask for listening. At the end, at the moment of the applause, a picture of the band on stage is the right souvenir.

How to plan the Friday night of Parole di Faber

With a 21:00 start on a Friday, the evening of Parole di Faber is organized around an early dinner and the return by taxi or evening public transit.

From the center

Those in the center can take one of the buses that reach Piazza Santiago del Cile. Atac's route calculator indicates the best combination. Friday night traffic is heavy: it's best to leave with a wide margin.

From outside Rome

For those arriving by car, Friday is the most convenient day: all the affiliated parking lots are open. The one in Via Eustachio Manfredi works by reservation, to be made in advance.

A weekend of music

On Saturday, February 20 Auditorium hosts other concerts, and on the 21st the American rock of Dirty Honey comes to Largo Venue: those who love live music can make February 19 the start of a whole weekend.

Where to eat before or after the concert

Teatro Parioli Costanzo has an in-house bistro and a bar, convenient for a coffee or a snack before going into the hall.

In the neighborhood

Around Piazza Ungheria and along Viale Parioli are bars, pastry shops, pizzerias and neighborhood restaurants. On Friday night Parioli is lively: booking avoids waits.

Before 21:00

Dinner at 19:30 leaves time to get to the theater without hurry. Those who prefer to eat afterward find places in the neighborhood open even after 23:00: a phone call beforehand avoids surprises.

A Genoese aperitivo

To stay on theme, in our view, focaccia and a glass of vermentino before the concert are the simplest way to bring a little Liguria to Rome.

Some important events that took place here in history

The history of Teatro Parioli has precise dates. In 1938 the building on Via Giosuè Borsi was born as a movie theater. On December 29, 1958 it became a theater with Schnitzler's Girotondo, staged by the company of Ernesto Calindri and Vivi Gioi. In the 1960s it lived through the season of satirical revue, with Alighiero Noschese, Antonella Steni and Elio Pandolfi and with Dino Verde's Scanzonatissimo, from 1963.

In 1976 Alberto Lionello and the impresario Lucio Ardenzi take over the hall. On December 8, 1977 the theater suffers a fascist-inspired attack and is set on fire. It reopens on April 28, 1978 with L'anatra all'arancia, directed by Lionello himself. In 1980, after Romolo Valli's death, Giorgio De Lullo, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Umberto Tirelli, Dino Trappetti and Nico Ferri found the Gruppo teatro libero RV and take over management of Parioli, until De Lullo's death in July 1981.

From September 1985 comes the Maurizio Costanzo Show, and from 1989 Costanzo also directs the theater. In 2011 management passes to Luigi De Filippo, in March 2020 to Nuovo Teatro Parioli. On February 20, 2024 the hall takes the name Teatro Parioli Costanzo. On February 19, 2027, one day before the anniversary of that naming, the stage hosts the songs of Fabrizio De André.

Who has passed through Parole di Faber, a tribute to Fabrizio De André at Teatro Parioli Costanzo, February 19, 2027

A good part of Italian theater and television has passed through Parioli. On the first night, in 1958, Ernesto Calindri and Vivi Gioi. In the 1960s Alighiero Noschese, Antonella Steni and Elio Pandolfi. In the 1970s Alberto Lionello. Then Giorgio De Lullo, Pier Luigi Pizzi and Umberto Tirelli. With Maurizio Costanzo, for over 20 years, thousands of television guests. With Luigi De Filippo came Gianrico Tedeschi, Ugo Pagliai, Franco Branciaroli and Maurizio Donadoni in Dipartita finale, Giorgio Albertazzi in Memorie di Adriano directed by Maurizio Scaparro.

In the 2026/27 season Parioli's program alternates drama, comedy and music: among others the K[orean]Pop Concert on October 4, Beh, dai, carino and Brava, bravissima... anche meno.

On February 19, ideally, De André's world also passes through Parioli: Paolo Villaggio, the friend who gave him his nickname. Luigi Tenco, to whom he dedicated Preghiera in gennaio. Franco Mussida's PFM, teacher of this evening's lead voice. Francesco De Gregori, Massimo Bubola, Mauro Pagani, Ivano Fossati, the writing companions of his most important records. And Dori Ghezzi, life partner since 1974 and wife since 1989.

Accessibility and practical information

Roma Capitale's tourism portal lists Teatro Parioli Costanzo as accessible to people with disabilities, with dedicated restrooms. For reserved seats it's best to contact the box office before buying.

Contacts

The box office answers at phone 06 5434851, WhatsApp service 351 7211283 and at the address biglietteria@ilparioli.it.

With teenagers

De André's songs have been in school anthologies for half a century: for a high school student the concert can be a lesson in literature through music. The 21:00 start makes the evening suitable for older kids.

Arriving on time

It's best to be at the theater a quarter of an hour before the start: the coat check and getting into the hall take a few minutes, and the foyer fills up fast on music nights.

February in Rome: the concert period

In mid-February Rome is in a low tourist season, with lengthening days and still-cool evenings: a good moment for museums and theaters without big crowds.

The weather

February evenings are cool: a heavy jacket is useful for waiting at the entrance and for the return. Inside, the theater is heated.

The birthday week

February 18, the anniversary of De André's birth, falls on a Thursday: for fans, the Friday concert is the most Roman way to remember him.

Frequently asked questions about Parole di Faber in Rome

When is Parole di Faber at Teatro Parioli?

Parole di Faber, the concert dedicated to Fabrizio De André, is at Teatro Parioli Costanzo in Rome on Friday, February 19, 2027 at 21:00, at Via Giosuè Borsi 20. It's a single night, included among the events of the theater's 2026/27 season.

Who sings in Parole di Faber?

In Parole di Faber the lead voice is Federico Romani, a singer and guitarist with over 20 years of international career and a former student of Franco Mussida of PFM. Musical direction and keyboards are entrusted to Andrea Colloredo, who holds a jazz diploma from the Adria conservatory.

Which De André songs will you hear?

The official Parole di Faber website mentions among the songs on the program Bocca di Rosa, La guerra di Piero, Andrea, Il pescatore and Amico fragile. The complete setlist isn't published. The arrangements are inspired by the original versions and by the concerts with PFM.

Where do you buy tickets for Parole di Faber in Rome?

Tickets for Parole di Faber at Teatro Parioli Costanzo are bought on the theater's official website, which links to the authorized presale network, or at the box office, by email at biglietteria@ilparioli.it or with the WhatsApp service 351 7211283.

How do you get to Teatro Parioli Costanzo?

Teatro Parioli Costanzo is reached by buses 52, 53 and 223, stop Piazza Santiago del Cile. The theater has affiliated parking lots within 650 meters and a taxi stand nearby.

Is Parole di Faber a tribute band?

Parole di Faber presents itself as a project built around professional musicians with academic training, more than as a simple tribute band. The concert combines songs, narration, video projections and original materials on De André's life and civic commitment.

Why is the concert on February 19?

February 19, 2027 is the date chosen by Teatro Parioli Costanzo for Parole di Faber. It falls the day after the anniversary of Fabrizio De André's birth, born in Genoa on February 18, 1940.

Final advice on Parole di Faber

Parole di Faber brings to Parioli, in the week of De André's birthday, a repertoire that the singer-songwriter learned to love live only in mid-career. The advice is to go prepared: listen again to the albums with PFM or to the 1998 Rome concerts, choose a central seat, arrive without rushing after an early dinner in the neighborhood. And listen to the words, as the title asks.

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