Ripetizioni d’amore at Teatro Golden, November 5 and 6, 2026

Ripetizioni d'amore, the show written and performed by Angelo Mellone, is on stage at Teatro Golden, Via Taranto 36, on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6, 2026 at 21:00. According to the theater's official page, the full-price ticket costs 35 euros at the box office and 30 euros online. You can buy it on the venue's official website, which links to the authorized online box office, or at the box office, open every day from 15:00 to 20:00 (phone and WhatsApp 06 70493826). You can reach the Golden by metro line A, Re di Roma and San Giovanni stops, by metro line C, San Giovanni stop, and by bus lines 650 and 8. On stage, alongside Mellone, is a five-piece band led by Salvatore Russo, and the director is Raffaello Fusaro.

Language: performed in Italian. No English version or English surtitles are announced.

Two nights, an author taking the teacher's desk, a timeless classroom and a live band. Ripetizioni d'amore ("Love tutoring") is an interactive show that tries to answer a simple, dizzying question, what love is today, alternating popular science, acting, scientific data, literature and unreleased songs. Below you'll find the show, its author, the San Giovanni theater and the practical details.

Ripetizioni d'amore at Teatro Golden at a glance

Ripetizioni d'amore is on the bill at Teatro Golden for two nights, Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6, 2026, both at 21:00, and it's a show outside the subscription with its own prices.

Dates and times

There are two performances: Thursday, November 5 at 21:00 and Friday, November 6 at 21:00. For shows outside the subscription, the Golden always refers to the page of the individual title, which in this case gives the same time for both nights.

Prices

The show page lists the full-price ticket at 35 euros at the box office and 30 euros online. The theater generally offers reductions for under 21s, over 65s, Cral members and categories established by law: to find out if they apply to this title, contact the box office.

Who is behind the show

Text and music are by Angelo Mellone, musical direction by Salvatore Russo, set design by Gianluca Amodio, direction by Raffaello Fusaro. The production is by Goldenstar Am and Niccolò Petitto.

The show: what love is today

Ripetizioni d'amore was born, according to the theater's description, from the inner unease of a man who, midway along the journey of his life, no longer understands how love works, and decides to go back and study it the way you did at school with the subjects you were struggling in.

The subtitle

The show's subtitle is a line addressed to the audience: "Tell me if I've understood correctly." It's the key to the whole evening, because at the end it's the author who asks the spectators if his lesson on love hit the mark.

The most used word

The description notes that love is today the most used, exploited and abused word on the market of chatter. In an age in which happiness, inner well-being and individual fulfillment are invoked as absolute rights, couple relationships appear to be marked by fragility, neurosis and insecurity.

The certainty of the end

The bitterest starting point is what the text calls the almost metaphysical certainty that every romantic relationship, even the most solid, is destined to end, as if it were born already dead. Marriages are falling, separations are rising, very few children are being born: the description lines up these figures as symptoms.

Generation X

The show is aimed first of all at Generation X, the one Mellone belongs to: the "digital immigrants," who lived through the digital revolution as adults and are the first generation to witness, as grown-ups, the dissolution of the order of love that governed the couple relationships of previous generations. A generation that looks at younger people as if they were Martians, and the feeling is mutual.

The questions of Ripetizioni d'amore

To prepare the show Angelo Mellone, the description says, questioned scientists, psychiatrists, therapists, writers, poets and singer-songwriters, collected life stories and browsed dating apps.

The brain in love

The questions the evening tries to answer are precise: what happens to the brain when we're in love, and why we confuse falling in love with love.

Forever

Another question concerns duration: is no relationship ever forever? It's the theme that runs through the whole description, and that the San Giovanni theater, with the audience arranged around the stage, turns into a conversation more than a lesson.

Love on social media

The show asks if it's possible to defend yourself from the social media version of love. The description notes that social media have made everyone hyperconnected but have also done a lot of damage, especially to the generation that grew up before digital.

Cheating and jealousy

The questions also include cheating, and if it's a genetic matter, and jealousy. These are the topics that most often divide an audience, and that an interactive show can turn into a discussion.

Poems and songs

The last question is perhaps the one dearest to the author: are the great poems and great songs dedicated to love still of any use? Consistently, music plays a leading role in the staging.

The staging: a timeless classroom

Ripetizioni d'amore is set in a sort of timeless classroom, in which everyone, on and off the stage, becomes a student again. The staging alternates a popular-science register and acting, scientific data and literature.

An interactive show

The description insists on the interactive nature of the evening: a performance that involves the spectator and calls them into play, in a sort of collective therapy, because love concerns everyone, even those who pretend it doesn't.

The live band

Music is called a great protagonist. On stage a band performs unreleased songs by Mellone, and more: Salvatore Russo on guitar, who also handles the musical direction, Dominque Antonacci on drums, Franco Speciale on bass, Francesco Longo on accordion, Giuseppe Fornaro on saxophone.

Set and direction

The set design is by Gianluca Amodio, the direction by Raffaello Fusaro. The production is by Goldenstar Am and Niccolò Petitto.

An author's test

The theater presents the show as an author's test: Mellone is not a professional actor, but a journalist, television executive and writer who takes the stage with his own texts and songs. That is exactly the curiosity of the evening.

Angelo Mellone: biography

Angelo Mellone is a journalist, writer and television executive born in Taranto in 1973. Since 2023 he has been director of Day Time Entertainment at Rai, after serving as deputy director of Rai 1.

Education

He graduated in Political Science from Luiss Guido Carli in Rome and earned a PhD in Sociology of Communication at the University of Florence, at the Cesare Alfieri school. He taught Political Communication at the Luiss School of Journalism.

Journalism

He has been a columnist and correspondent covering politics, culture and society for several national newspapers, and has worked with radio and television programs, also as a writer and host.

Rai

An executive at the public broadcaster since 2010, he has held several positions at Rai 1, including responsibility for the network's innovative projects and afternoon programming, up to deputy director. In 2023 he was appointed director of Day Time Entertainment at Rai.

The novels

An author of nonfiction, reportage and plays, he has published the novels Nessuna croce manca (2015), Incantesimo d'amore (2016), La stella che vuoi (2017), Fino alla fine. Romanzo di una catastrofe (2019) and Nelle migliori famiglie (2021). His publishers include Mondadori, Marsilio and Baldini e Castoldi.

UmbriaLibri

Since 2022 he has been artistic director of UmbriaLibri, the festival dedicated to books and reading in Umbria.

Love as a theme

The title of one of his novels, Incantesimo d'amore ("Love spell"), shows that love is not a new theme for Mellone. Ripetizioni d'amore, however, tackles it in another form, that of the stage, and with a tone that mixes irony, data and music.

Teatro Golden: the theater on Via Taranto

Teatro Golden is a 300-seat theater at Via Taranto 36, in San Giovanni, born in December 2009 from the recovery of the former Cinema Golden, which was later turned into a bingo hall and stood abandoned for more than 12 years.

From cinema to theater

The recovery and conversion project, the theater says, aimed to give back to a central, strategic space in the city its original function as a cultural venue. The artistic director is Andrea Maia, who is also its founder.

An arena-style hall

What makes the Golden special is its layout: a central stage with the audience around it, as in an arena. For an interactive show like Ripetizioni d'amore, in which the author questions the audience, it's an almost ideal form.

The program

The program is devoted mainly to light comedy by contemporary Italian authors, with room for singer-songwriter concerts, classics in the morning for schools and dance with young companies. The theater has about 3,000 subscribers, and the season runs from September to May.

The school

Inside the theater the Teatro Golden Academy was born, a training center for the performing arts, divided into Golden Actors, Golden Dance and Golden Music. June and July are reserved for the school's end-of-year shows.

A curious fact about Ripetizioni d'amore at Teatro Golden, November 5 and 6, 2026

The curious fact is that the title of the show is a school metaphor taken literally. Ripetizioni, in the language of anyone who was a student in Italy, are the private afternoon lessons to catch up in a subject you're struggling in: and the theater's description uses exactly this image, explaining that to understand what love is you need to go back to studying, to take tutoring. The staging draws the most logical consequence, turning the hall into a sort of timeless classroom in which everyone, actors and audience, becomes a student again. The author, who has actually taught in real life, since he held the Political Communication course at the Luiss School of Journalism, takes the teacher's desk but with the doubt declared in the subtitle: "Tell me if I've understood correctly." At the end of the evening the lesson is turned around, and it's he who asks the class for its judgment. Then there's a second level: the opening line of the description, the unease of a man midway along the journey of his life, quotes the first line of Dante's Commedia. A work that, if you think about it, is also the story of a lost man who, to find himself again, needs teachers and a love. At the Golden the classroom has a special shape: the stage is in the center and the audience all around, as in an amphitheater lecture hall.

Something nobody tells you about Ripetizioni d'amore at Teatro Golden, November 5 and 6, 2026

What nobody tells you is that at the Golden the price changes depending on where you buy. The show page gives 35 euros for the full-price ticket at the box office and 30 euros online: a five euro difference that, for a couple, becomes 10. So it's worth buying on the official website, which links to the theater's authorized online box office, or booking with the form on the page. A second point concerns the seats. The Golden has a central stage with the audience around it, and the booking page distinguishes between the orchestra and the wing. In an arena-style hall there's no back of the hall far from the stage, but the viewing angle changes: if you want to see the author face on, when he addresses the audience, ask the box office for advice when you buy. Third: the show is openly interactive and calls the spectator into play. If you're shy, don't worry too much, because the description speaks of collective therapy rather than a game show, but sitting in the first rows means being closer to the dialogue. Finally, a practical detail: the Golden box office is open every day from 15:00 to 20:00, and there's a WhatsApp service at the same number, 06 70493826. For quick information, from seat availability to reductions, it's the most convenient channel.

My advice for seeing Ripetizioni d'amore at Teatro Golden, November 5 and 6, 2026

My advice is to go as a couple, or with someone you feel like arguing amiably with about love. Ripetizioni d'amore is built like a lesson with open questions, if cheating is genetic, if jealousy can be avoided, if love is forever, and the fun part is discussing it afterward, on the way out of the theater. Second piece of advice: buy online, because the ticket costs five euros less. Third: arrive a little early, because the arena-style hall fills up from all sides and choosing the best seat in relation to the author and the band takes a few minutes. Fourth: for those who belong to Generation X, the digital immigrants the show addresses first, the evening has a particular flavor, made of shared references, songs, memories of a way of falling in love that no longer exists. For younger people it can be a curious way of seeing their parents from another point of view. Fifth: pay attention to the music. The band has five members, with guitar, bass, drums, accordion and saxophone, and plays unreleased songs by Mellone: it's an important part of the evening, not just background. In our opinion it's worth going with curiosity and without expecting a recital: it's a show by an author trying his hand at theater, and that is exactly where its appeal lies.

How to prepare for Ripetizioni d'amore

Ripetizioni d'amore requires no preparation, but if you arrive with some questions of your own about love you'll find a conversation partner in the show: the evening is built to involve the audience.

The key words

Falling in love and love, duration and endings, social media and dating apps, cheating and jealousy, poetry and song: these are the key words the theater's description puts at the center. Thinking about them for a moment before going in makes the final dialogue more interesting, when the author asks the audience if he has understood correctly.

The register

The show alternates a popular-science register with acting: there are data, literary quotes, life stories and songs. If you're expecting a classic comedy you'll find something different, closer to a theatrical lecture with live music.

As a couple or alone

The description speaks of a sort of collective therapy. Going as a couple means sharing the questions, going alone means listening to them from a bit of a distance. Either way the theme concerns everyone, as the theater points out, even those who pretend it doesn't.

Getting to Teatro Golden

You can reach Teatro Golden by metro line A, Re di Roma and San Giovanni stops, by metro line C, San Giovanni stop, and by bus lines 650 and 8, according to the directions published by the theater.

By metro

Two subway lines serve the area: line A, with the Re di Roma and San Giovanni stops, and line C, with the San Giovanni stop, which is also the interchange between the two lines. If you're coming from Termini or the center you have a direct option.

By bus

The theater lists lines 650 and 8. For the evening performances, check the return schedules on the ATAC route planner.

By car

The Golden points out two garages nearby: Garage Monza, Via Monza 32 (phone 06 70491996), and Autorimessa Urbino, Via Urbino 49 (phone 06 45422791). In San Giovanni street parking in the evening is difficult.

Another well-known fact, yet one that's rarely mentioned

That many Roman theaters were born from old movie theaters is well known. Less often mentioned is how long, in some cases, the road to recovery was. Teatro Golden occupies the spaces of the former Cinema Golden, a hall that after closing as a cinema was turned into a bingo hall and then stood abandoned for more than 12 years, before the recovery and conversion project aimed at giving it back its original cultural function. The theater opened in December 2009, founded by Andrea Maia, who is still its artistic director. In a few years it built an audience first from the neighborhood and then from the whole city, reaching about 3,000 subscribers. A second rarely mentioned fact concerns the shape of the hall. Most Roman theaters have a proscenium stage, with the audience in front. The Golden, on the other hand, has a central stage with the spectators around it, as in an arena. It's a choice that shapes the direction of every show, because the performers have to play toward several sides, and that makes the hall especially suited to forms that call the audience into play. Ripetizioni d'amore, with its timeless classroom and its author questioning the spectators, makes use of exactly this feature. Third fact: the Golden is also a school, with acting, dance and music courses, and in summer the stage is reserved for the students' recitals.

The right photo to take at Ripetizioni d'amore at Teatro Golden, November 5 and 6, 2026

No photos during the show: in an arena-style hall a phone screen can be seen from every side, and it disturbs both the author and the band. The right photo is taken beforehand, at the entrance on Via Taranto, with the Ripetizioni d'amore poster: a simple photo to share with someone you want to bring to the next performance, or to keep as a souvenir of an evening as a couple. The second photo is a few minutes' walk away, toward Piazza di Porta San Giovanni: the facade of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano lit up in the evening is one of the most impressive monumental images in Rome, and in early November, with darkness already at 17:00, it photographs well before the 21:00 show. Shoot from the center of the square, including the Lateran Obelisk if you want a vertical frame. The third, if you have time before the performance, is the Holy Stairs, a short walk from the basilica. And, at the end of the evening, if the author stops to greet the audience, a photo with him and the musicians is the souvenir most connected to the show.

San Giovanni around Teatro Golden

Teatro Golden is in San Giovanni, one of Rome's historic neighborhoods, a short distance from some of the most important monuments in the city.

St. John Lateran

The Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, the cathedral of Rome, with the Lateran Obelisk and the Holy Stairs, is the most natural destination before or after the show.

Santa Croce and Porta Maggiore

Further north are Holy Cross in Jerusalem and Porta Maggiore, two places that see fewer visitors but are of great interest.

The neighborhood

San Giovanni is a residential and commercial neighborhood, lively in the evening too: a convenient area for dinner before or after the show, away from the crowds of the historic center.

Some important events that happened here

The history of Teatro Golden is short but full of transformations, and it reads well through its stages. At the beginning there was a movie theater, Cinema Golden, in San Giovanni. Later the space changed function and became a bingo hall. Then came the closure, and for more than 12 years the building stood abandoned. The turning point came in December 2009, when the recovery and conversion project, led by Andrea Maia, reopened the space as a theater, with the stated aim of giving it back its original cultural function. The new hall was designed with a central stage and the audience around it, and with technology set up for interdisciplinary shows. In a few years the theater won over first the neighborhood audience and then, with a wide communication campaign, the audience of the whole city. Inside it the Teatro Golden Academy was born, with Golden Actors, Golden Dance and Golden Music. Today the Golden has about 3,000 subscribers, a season running from September to May with light comedies by contemporary Italian authors, singer-songwriter concerts, dance and classics for schools, and a summer devoted to recitals. Ripetizioni d'amore, a show outside the subscription, is on the bill at the Golden this season.

Who has passed through Ripetizioni d'amore at Teatro Golden, November 5 and 6, 2026

Since 2009 the Golden's central stage has seen the authors and performers of contemporary Italian light comedy, to which the theater devotes the main part of its program, along with singer-songwriters for the concerts, young national and international dance companies and the companies that bring the classics to schools in the morning. Above all, thousands of students of the Teatro Golden Academy have passed through it, presenting their acting, dance and music recitals on the same stage every summer. On November 5 and 6, 2026 the stage hosts Angelo Mellone, a journalist from Taranto, author of novels published by major publishers, Rai executive and artistic director of UmbriaLibri, this time in the role of author, singer-songwriter and performer. With him on stage are Salvatore Russo, guitar and musical direction, Dominque Antonacci on drums, Franco Speciale on bass, Francesco Longo on accordion and Giuseppe Fornaro on saxophone. Behind the scenes are the director Raffaello Fusaro and the set designer Gianluca Amodio, for a production by Goldenstar Am and Niccolò Petitto. And in a sense the scientists, psychiatrists, therapists, writers, poets and singer-songwriters questioned to prepare the show have also passed through here, through the interviews collected by the author, along with the stories gathered on dating apps.

Planning the evening in San Giovanni

With a 21:00 start on both nights, Ripetizioni d'amore leaves time for dinner in the neighborhood before the show. The theater doesn't give the running time.

Thursday, November 5

Thursday night is generally the quieter one: an early dinner in San Giovanni, the show, and the ride home on the metro before service ends.

Friday, November 6

Friday lends itself to extending the evening after the theater. The neighborhood has places open until late, and the weekend that follows can start with a walk to San Giovanni in Laterano.

Where to eat before or after the show

San Giovanni is a residential neighborhood with a wide choice of restaurants, pizzerias and Roman trattorias, frequented mostly by people who live in the area.

Before the show

With a 21:00 start it's best to have dinner around 19:30, at one of the places in the streets around the theater. A pizza is the fastest option.

After the show

For a drink after the theater, the streets around Piazza di Porta San Giovanni and toward the Lateran have bars and places open in the evening.

Accessibility and practical information

For the accessibility of Teatro Golden for people with reduced mobility, contact the box office at 06 70493826 before buying: the conditions of the hall are not detailed in the pages consulted.

With teenagers

Ripetizioni d'amore talks about couples, cheating, jealousy and dating apps, with an ironic tone: it's designed for an adult audience, especially Generation X, but it may also interest older teenagers.

The weather

In early November Roman evenings are cool and often rainy: a folding umbrella is useful for the walk from the metro to the theater.

FAQ about Ripetizioni d'amore

When is Ripetizioni d'amore on at Teatro Golden?

Ripetizioni d'amore is on at Teatro Golden on Thursday, November 5 and Friday, November 6, 2026, both nights at 21:00, according to the show's official page.

How much are tickets for Ripetizioni d'amore?

The full-price ticket for Ripetizioni d'amore at Teatro Golden costs 35 euros at the box office and 30 euros online. The theater offers reductions for under 21s, over 65s, Cral members and categories established by law, to be checked with the box office at 06 70493826.

Who is Angelo Mellone?

Angelo Mellone, author and performer of Ripetizioni d'amore, is a journalist and writer born in Taranto in 1973, a Rai executive since 2010 and since 2023 director of Day Time Entertainment, a novelist and artistic director of UmbriaLibri.

What is Ripetizioni d'amore about?

Ripetizioni d'amore is an interactive show that tries to understand what love is today, through scientific data, literature and unreleased songs, in a timeless classroom where author and audience become students again.

Is there live music?

Yes, in Ripetizioni d'amore at Teatro Golden a five-piece live band plays, with guitar, drums, bass, accordion and saxophone, led by Salvatore Russo, performing unreleased songs by Angelo Mellone.

How do you get to Teatro Golden?

Teatro Golden, at Via Taranto 36, can be reached by metro line A, Re di Roma and San Giovanni stops, by metro line C, San Giovanni stop, and by buses 650 and 8. Nearby are Garage Monza and Autorimessa Urbino.

Is Ripetizioni d'amore included in the Golden subscription?

No, Teatro Golden lists Ripetizioni d'amore among the shows outside the subscription, with its own prices and times published on the title's page: 35 euros at the box office, 30 euros online, starting at 21:00 on both nights.

How many seats does Teatro Golden have?

Teatro Golden has 300 seats, arranged around a central stage as in an arena. The booking page for Ripetizioni d'amore distinguishes between the orchestra and wing sections.

Final advice on Ripetizioni d'amore

My advice is to buy online to save money, arrive early to choose your seat in the arena-style hall, have dinner in San Giovanni beforehand and go as a couple, so you can discuss afterward the answers the author gives to the age-old questions. In our opinion Ripetizioni d'amore is an unusual evening, halfway between a lecture, a concert and a comedy, in a neighborhood theater that turned an abandoned cinema into a lively hall. For other ideas nearby, the Teatro Golden page is the place to start.

Article written by the editorial team of Tour Leader Pro, contact them for Private/Corporate/V.I.P. Tours and Experiences.

Planning a trip to Rome? The English-language guides for visiting the city are on ItalyPlanner.com.