Sergio Caputo, Effetti personali at Auditorium Parco della Musica, April 1, 2027

Sergio Caputo brings Effetti personali to Sala Sinopoli at Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, at Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30, on Thursday, April 1, 2027 at 20:00. The concert is a tribute to the 1986 album of the same name, with a repertoire built on the most loved songs of his career and on songs that rarely made it into tour setlists, together with his longtime band. It is produced by Opera Live Hub. The Auditorium's official website lists tickets starting at €34.50. On the authorized presale circuit the published full prices range from €34.50 in the side gallery to €43 in the orchestra, plus fees. Tickets are bought from the official concert page on the Auditorium website, which links to the authorized presale circuit, or at the Auditorium box office. You get there by Metro A to Flaminio and then Tram 2 to the Apollodoro stop, about 500 meters from the entrance.

A Roman singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in 1954, Caputo became popular in the 1980s with Un sabato italiano and with a way all his own of mixing song and jazz, irony and melancholy. Effetti personali is the 1986 record on which Dizzy Gillespie played trumpet. In Rome he comes home, for one evening, in one of the largest halls of the Auditorium.

Sergio Caputo at the Auditorium: date, time and tickets

Sergio Caputo's concert is scheduled for Thursday, April 1, 2027 at 20:00 in Sala Sinopoli at Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, as a single date. The Auditorium presents it in the Pop/Rock section of its program.

The prices

The Auditorium website lists a starting price of €34.50. The authorized presale circuit publishes these full prices, to which fees are added: orchestra €43, gallery 3 center €39, also for railing seats, gallery 2 side €34.50, also for railing seats. Each buyer can purchase at most six tickets.

Where to buy

Tickets are bought from the concert page on the Fondazione Musica per Roma website, which links to the authorized presale circuit, or in person at the Auditorium box office.

The length

The length of the concert is not published. With a repertoire that spans 40 years of career, it's reasonable to expect a full-length concert. For the trip home it's best to check the last runs of public transport in advance.

Effetti personali: what you will hear

Effetti personali is a tribute to the 1986 album of the same name: the concert offers the most loved hits of Caputo's career and gives ample space to the songs of that record, with the singer-songwriter's longtime band.

The drawer of memories

The official presentation speaks of an occasion to reopen the drawer of memories and discover pieces that are true musical personal effects: songs dear to the audience that did not always find a place in tour setlists. The title, then, counts twice: it's the name of the 1986 record and it's the definition of an intimate, less-trodden repertoire.

The songs on the record

The 1986 album contains the Intro, Il pianeta Venere, "Io ritorno via da Cannes", Trio vocale militare, L'arca di Noè, Effetti personali, I cinesi non si affacciano mai, Un radio taxi così, Flamenco amorespia and Tigre contro tigre. The evening's setlist is not published, but the presentation promises ample room for the record's songs.

The hits

Alongside the 1986 record, the concert draws on the cult songs of the whole career. Among Caputo's best-known songs are Un sabato italiano, Italiani mambo, L'astronave che arriva, Il Garibaldi innamorato and Non bevo più tequila: which ones make the setlist you'll find out in the hall.

The 1986 album Effetti personali

Effetti personali is Sergio Caputo's fourth studio album, released by CGD in 1986. It's the record on which Caputo met Dizzy Gillespie, who plays trumpet on Il pianeta Venere and on Trio vocale militare.

A tour of the world of the imagination

The songs seem to take their cue from films and fictional characters dear to Caputo, above all from the world of comics and adventure movies, reread with his playing-down vein, unusual rhymes, language crossovers and a few neologisms. Under the aegis of jazz, the record ranges across different musical registers, complementary to those of the previous No Smoking.

The stories

Il pianeta Venere imagines another planet alive like a radio broadcasting Vivaldi and Ravel. "Io ritorno via da Cannes" plays with the French language around a comic detective story. L'arca di Noè turns the flood into a holiday-village vacation. In the second part, I cinesi non si affacciano mai evokes a Chinatown, Un radio taxi così tells of taxis with an anthropomorphic air, Flamenco amorespia reduces a spy story to a courtship, Tigre contro tigre closes with a tongue twister.

The musicians

On the record played, among others, Toto Torquati on keyboards, Gigi Cappellotto and Julius Farmer on bass, Lele Melotti and Claudio Mastracci on drums, Franco Ventura on guitar, Maurizio Giammarco on sax and, on trumpet, Dizzy Gillespie.

Who Sergio Caputo is: biography

Sergio Caputo was born in Rome on August 31, 1954. A singer-songwriter and guitarist, he reached popularity in the 1980s, above all with the album Un sabato italiano.

The beginnings

He debuted in 1978 with the 45 rpm Libertà dove sei and Giorni di festa, produced by Ernesto Bassignano for Vincenzo Micocci's IT label. In 1981 he released a mini LP for Dischi Ricordi.

Success

Fame came in 1983 with Un sabato italiano, released by CGD and launched by eight videos aired on Mister Fantasy, Carlo Massarini's program. Caputo stood out for his jazz influences and ironic lyrics veiled with melancholy. In 1984 Italiani mambo outsold the previous record, with the collaboration of the clarinetist and saxophonist Tony Scott, who years later would introduce him to Dizzy Gillespie, and of the jazz drummer Roberto Gatto. With the title track he took part in Festivalbar. The same year he wrote the Italian lyrics of Susanna for Adriano Celentano.

Sanremo and the live records

After No Smoking, with L'astronave che arriva, the first live album came out, Ne approfitto per fare un po' di musica, recorded at Teatro Orfeo in Milan, one of his best-selling records. In 1987 he took part in the Sanremo Festival for the first time with Il Garibaldi innamorato, in 1989 with Rifarsi una vita, in 1998 with Flamingo. In 1988, with the help of Rocco Tanica, he recorded Storie di whisky andati, with Non bevo più tequila.

California and jazz

After the 1998 tour he moved to California, where he devoted himself to jazz full time, often with a quintet. In 2003 That Kind of Thing came out, an instrumental album on which he debuts as a jazz guitarist. In 2008 he presented his first novel in Rome, Disperatamente (e in ritardo cane). In 2009, again in Rome, the live show La notte è un pazzo con le mêches.

Recent years

In 2014 he re-released Un sabato italiano in a new recording for its 30th anniversary. In 2015 Pop, Jazz and Love came out, in 2017 Chewing Gum Blues with Francesco Baccini, in 2018 the unplugged album Oggetti smarriti, in 2019 Sergio Caputo en France. Between 2023 and 2024 he toured the 40th anniversary of Un sabato italiano. In 2024 the single Sono uno spirito libero came out, in 2025 Mai dire mai, Inquietudine and Plastic mambo.

A curiosity about Sergio Caputo, Effetti personali at Auditorium Parco della Musica, April 1, 2027

Dizzy Gillespie came onto the record Effetti personali thanks to a chain of meetings: it was the American clarinetist and saxophonist Tony Scott, who had played on Italiani mambo in 1984, who introduced him to Caputo. Two years later the trumpet of one of the fathers of bebop played on two songs by a Roman singer-songwriter.

The second curiosity is in the record's intro. Besides previewing the melody of the title track, it offers a short sung musical phrase whose notes, played on the piano, are found again in the finale of Spicchio di luna, the song that closed the first album, Un sabato italiano. A thin thread thus ties the first and the fourth record.

The third concerns a word. In the title track, for reasons of meter, Caputo sings polveri di strade anfose instead of bagnate, borrowing the term from Strada 'nfosa, the dialect song by Domenico Modugno. And L'arca di Noè exists in two versions with minimal differences in the lyrics: in one there is a coupon in the newspaper and a video clip, in the other an announcement and a videotape.

Finally, a curiosity for collectors: on the first album, Un sabato italiano, there was a track titled Citrosodina, later withdrawn from sale by order of the pharmaceutical company that makes it. It's one of the singer-songwriter's rarest records.

Sala Sinopoli, the concert hall

Sala Sinopoli is the mid-size hall of Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, with about 1,130 seats. It was inaugurated on April 21, 2002 together with Sala Petrassi. It carries the name of Giuseppe Sinopoli, whose archaeological collection is displayed in the Museo Aristaios, inside the same complex.

The right size for singer-songwriter music

With just over a thousand seats, Sala Sinopoli is the right size for a singer-songwriter concert with a band: big enough for a large audience, intimate enough for the voice and the words to reach the gallery. It's the hall the Auditorium uses for many crowd-pulling pop and jazz concerts.

Orchestra and galleries

The sections on sale for Caputo distinguish the orchestra, gallery 3 center and gallery 2 side, with railing seats in both galleries. The railing, in the first row of the gallery, offers an unobstructed view of the stage. The side gallery, the cheapest, is still close to the stage.

The Auditorium

Auditorium Parco della Musica, designed by Renzo Piano and run by the Fondazione Musica per Roma, has three indoor halls, Santa Cecilia, Sinopoli and Petrassi, plus Teatro Studio Borgna and the open-air cavea named after Luciano Berio. The venue's full page is that of Auditorium Parco della Musica.

One thing nobody tells you about Sergio Caputo, Effetti personali at Auditorium Parco della Musica, April 1, 2027

What the presentations don't say is that Caputo at the Auditorium is not an occasional return: on April 26, 2023, in Sala Petrassi, he had already brought Un sabato italiano show 40, for the 40 years of his first album. The 2027 concert moves up in hall, from Petrassi to Sinopoli, and in record, from the first to the fourth.

The second thing concerns the repertoire. The presentation insists on songs that rarely made it into tour setlists: for anyone who has seen Caputo live several times, it's the promise of hearing songs never heard in concert. For anyone who knows him only through radio hits, it's the chance to discover the more jazzy and visionary side of his work.

The third is a date. April 1, 2027 is a Thursday and falls four days after Easter, which in 2027 is Sunday, March 28. For those coming from out of town it's an opportunity to extend the Easter stay in Rome. For Romans, a concert by a singer-songwriter from the city has the flavor of a reunion.

The fourth is practical: the same evening, and until April 4, the Teatro dell'Opera is staging the ballet Motus. Anyone coming from out of town who wants two different evenings in Rome can combine them in the same long weekend.

My advice for visiting Sergio Caputo, Effetti personali at Auditorium Parco della Musica, April 1, 2027

My advice is to listen again to Effetti personali before the concert, from the intro to Tigre contro tigre, and to choose a railing seat in gallery 3 center. The record is short, and having it in mind lets you recognize the lesser-known songs the evening promises.

The center railing costs less than the orchestra and offers an unobstructed view of the stage and the band: for a concert where the words and the arrangements matter, in our view it's the seat with the best balance between price and listening. Anyone who prefers to be close to the singer-songwriter, and see the hands on the guitar, will choose the orchestra.

The second piece of advice concerns company. Caputo has an audience that spans generations: those who listened to him in the 1980s and those who discovered him later, also thanks to the new versions of his records. It's an evening to spend as a couple, or with friends of the same age, to remember together.

The third concerns arrival: it's best to be at the Auditorium half an hour before 20:00, to pick up tickets, take a turn in the foyer and have a coffee without rushing.

How to get to Auditorium Parco della Musica

The route the venue indicates is Metro A to Flaminio, then Tram 2 from the terminus at Piazzale Flaminio toward Piazza Mancini to the Apollodoro stop, on Via Flaminia, about 500 meters on foot from the entrance.

By bus

Lines 910 from Termini to Piazza Mancini, 53, 982 and 168 pass near the Auditorium. The 910 is convenient for anyone staying near the station.

By train

From Piazzale Flaminio you can use the Roma Nord railway and get off at Piazza Euclide, about 600 meters from the Auditorium.

By car

The Auditorium has two paid parking lots, both with spaces reserved for people with disabilities: an open-air one in front of the complex, with access from Viale Pietro de Coubertin, and a covered multi-level one with access from Viale de Coubertin and from Viale Maresciallo Pilsudski.

The return

Before going in, it's best to check on the transport company's route planner the last runs of Tram 2, the metro and the night lines for your area.

Another well-known fact, yet rarely mentioned

It's well known that Sergio Caputo is the singer-songwriter of Un sabato italiano. It's mentioned less often that his fame exploded thanks to television, with eight videos aired on Mister Fantasy, Carlo Massarini's program. In 1983, before video clips became the norm in Italy, a Roman singer-songwriter was launched by that very language.

A second fact that is rarely mentioned concerns his American career. After 1998 Caputo moved to California and devoted himself to jazz full time. That Kind of Thing, his 2003 instrumental album, made it into the 50 most-played albums of the genre on American radio and won an award from Smooth Jazz.com as the most downloaded independent album of 2005. The singer-songwriter of the 1980s was also, for years, a jazz guitarist in the United States.

The third is about the Auditorium. It's well known that it bears the name of Ennio Morricone. Less often remembered is that the naming dates from 2020, and that for almost 20 years the complex was called simply Auditorium Parco della Musica. Many Romans, like Caputo's fans, still call it that.

The right photo to take at Sergio Caputo, Effetti personali at Auditorium Parco della Musica, April 1, 2027

The right photo is taken outside, from the cavea, with Renzo Piano's three halls lit up after sunset. On April 1, at 19:30, the sky starts to darken and the three lead beetles stand out against the last light: it's the most recognizable image of the Auditorium.

The second photo is the cover. Anyone who still has the vinyl or the CD of Effetti personali can bring it along and photograph it in front of the entrance to Sala Sinopoli: more than 40 years after its release, it's a keepsake that says much more than a selfie.

Inside the hall, before the lights go down, the stage with the band's instruments already set up is the third possible photo. During the concert it's best to follow the organizers' rules on photos and filming: Caputo's songs are better enjoyed with the phone in your pocket.

Some important events that happened here in history

The Auditorium site has a longer history than the complex: during construction, the remains of a Roman villa from the 3rd century BC came to light, built on the site of a small farm from the Archaic period, from the 6th century BC. The discovery forced Renzo Piano to change the design. The finds are on display in a museum created under the cavea.

The competition

In 1936 the Augusteo hall was demolished, and for more than 60 years Rome was left without an auditorium built for music. In 1993 the city government announced the competition for the new complex between the Villaggio Olimpico and Stadio Flaminio, and on July 27, 1994 Renzo Piano's project won.

The inaugurations

On April 21, 2002 Sala Petrassi and Sala Sinopoli were inaugurated: at the opening of Sinopoli, the composer Goffredo Petrassi heard the first performance in the new hall of his Concert Overture of 1931. On December 21 of the same year Sala Santa Cecilia was inaugurated, with the Accademia orchestra conducted by Myung-whun Chung.

Recent years

Since 2006 the Auditorium has hosted the Festa del Cinema di Roma. In 2020 it took the name of Ennio Morricone. In April 2023 Sala Petrassi hosted Caputo's show for the 40th anniversary of Un sabato italiano.

Who has passed through Sergio Caputo, Effetti personali at Auditorium Parco della Musica, April 1, 2027

In just over 20 years, some of the greatest names in music have passed through Auditorium Parco della Musica, from the conductors of the Santa Cecilia Orchestra to the stars of jazz. The inaugural concert of Sala Santa Cecilia was conducted by Myung-whun Chung. At the opening of Sala Sinopoli, Goffredo Petrassi listened to an Overture of his own, and Luciano Berio gave his name to the cavea.

Jazz has had its Roman home here since 2002, when the Roma Jazz Festival moved to the Auditorium. At the 50th-anniversary edition, in November 2026, Paolo Fresu, Kurt Elling with the Yellowjackets, and Steve Coleman with the Five Elements passed through these halls. Italian singer-songwriter music passes regularly through Sala Sinopoli: this season, among others, the Nomadi and Neri per Caso.

Sergio Caputo passed through in April 2023, in Sala Petrassi, with Un sabato italiano show 40. On April 1, 2027 he returns to Sala Sinopoli with Effetti personali and his historic band. And ideally, with the songs of the 1986 album, Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet passes through here too.

Sergio Caputo and Rome

Sergio Caputo was born in Rome in 1954, and the city recurs at key moments in his career, even after the years spent in California. The concert at the Auditorium is the latest chapter in a long relationship.

The Roman presentations

On May 23, 2008 Caputo presented his first novel in Rome, Disperatamente (e in ritardo cane). On September 15, 2009, again in Rome, he presented in a concert event the live album La notte è un pazzo con le mêches, a sort of author's bootleg recorded with simple means and then released with his collaboration. The title takes up a line from Anche i detective piangono, from the album Storie di whisky andati.

The tours

The 2010 tour of the Sergio Caputo Quintet, which began in Botticino on March 11, also stopped in Rome, and in the summer it reached the Jazz on boat festival on Lake Bracciano, at the gates of the capital. Between 2023 and 2024 the tour for the 40th anniversary of Un sabato italiano stopped at Sala Petrassi of the Auditorium.

A singer-songwriter for clubs and theaters

His first live album, from 1987, was recorded at Teatro Orfeo in Milan. Biographies note that, given the many requests for concerts in the 1980s, Caputo chose his first band by listening to groups around Italy, until he found it in Siena, with Roberto Nannetti on guitar, Giulio Visibelli on sax and Lino Gerardi on drums. The concert dimension, made of a band and carefully crafted arrangements, has always been central to his work.

How to plan the evening of April 1

For Caputo's concert it's best to arrive at the Auditorium half an hour before 20:00: the foyer is the lobby shared by the halls, with a bar, a café and a bookstore.

Before the concert

Those who arrive early can go up to the terrace that runs around the buildings and see from above the remains of the Roman villa discovered during construction, or visit the Museo Aristaios if it's open.

After the concert

On the way out, the cavea is the right place to wait for the crowd to thin out. Anyone who has a car in the Auditorium's parking lots would do well not to be in a hurry.

Accessibility at the Auditorium

Auditorium Parco della Musica states that it was designed with full accessibility in mind. Wheelchair users can reserve a seat in the hall by calling 06 8024 1281, open every day from 11:00 to 18:00. Reserved seats are limited by law.

Discounts

The Fondazione Musica per Roma offers a 20 percent discount on tickets for people with disabilities and, where necessary, free admission for those assisting them. Blind people are entitled to a 50 percent discount. Conditions should be checked with the ticket office for each individual concert.

Inside the complex

The reception staff direct visitors to elevators and dedicated routes, and both parking lots have reserved spaces.

What's around the Auditorium

Within less than a kilometer of Auditorium Parco della Musica are MAXXI, Ponte della Musica and Ponte Milvio.

MAXXI

MAXXI, the national museum of 21st-century arts on Via Guido Reni, is a few minutes' walk away.

The Tiber and Ponte Milvio

A little farther on is Ponte della Musica, the footbridge over the Tiber. Milvian Bridge is the area of late-night venues, the natural choice for after the concert.

Jazz in Rome

If you like Caputo's jazz side, you can round out your stay with an evening at Casa del Jazz, Rome's venue dedicated to the genre, also run by the Fondazione Musica per Roma.

Where to eat before or after the concert

Inside the Auditorium there are a bar and a café in the foyer and a restaurant-bar with access from the street as well.

In the neighborhood

Between the Villaggio Olimpico, Via Flaminia and Piazza Mancini there are pizzerias, trattorias and neighborhood bars, frequented more by residents than by tourists.

Ponte Milvio and Flaminio

If you prefer to have dinner after the concert, you'll find the widest choice at Ponte Milvio. In the opposite direction, toward Piazzale Flaminio, the choice is that of the city center.

Early April in Rome, after Easter

Caputo's concert falls in the week after Easter, when Rome enters full spring and the programs of the halls get busier.

The weather

In early April Roman evenings are mild but still cool after sunset: when you leave the Auditorium, around 22:00, a light jacket is always useful, and spring rain is not rare.

Other evenings the same week

In those same days Teatro dell'Opera is staging the ballet Motus, through April 4. If you're staying in Rome a few days, you can alternate singer-songwriter music and dance on two different evenings.

Frequently asked questions about Sergio Caputo at the Auditorium

When does Sergio Caputo play in Rome in 2027?

Sergio Caputo plays on Thursday, April 1, 2027 at 20:00 in Sala Sinopoli of Auditorium Parco della Musica Ennio Morricone, at Viale Pietro de Coubertin 30, with the concert Effetti personali. It's a single date.

How much are tickets for Sergio Caputo at the Auditorium?

Tickets for Sergio Caputo at the Auditorium start at €34.50. The published full prices are €43 in the orchestra section, €39 in central gallery 3 and €34.50 in side gallery 2, plus the fees of the presale network.

What does Caputo play in Effetti personali?

Sergio Caputo's concert Effetti personali is a tribute to the 1986 album: it offers the most beloved hits of his career and gives ample room to the songs from that record, including those rarely performed on tours, with the singer-songwriter's historic band.

Who played on the album Effetti personali?

On the 1986 album Effetti personali, among others, Dizzy Gillespie played trumpet on Il pianeta Venere and Trio vocale militare, together with Toto Torquati, Maurizio Giammarco, Lele Melotti and Franco Ventura. The record was released by CGD.

How do you get to Auditorium Parco della Musica?

Auditorium Parco della Musica can be reached by taking Metro Line A to Flaminio and then Tram 2 to the Apollodoro stop, about 500 meters from the entrance. Buses 910, 53, 982 and 168 also stop nearby, and there are two paid parking lots.

How many tickets can you buy for Caputo?

For Sergio Caputo's concert at the Auditorium, the authorized presale network allows a maximum of six tickets per purchase. Anyone who needs more would do well to contact the Auditorium ticket office.

Has Caputo played at the Auditorium before?

Yes: Sergio Caputo played at Auditorium Parco della Musica on April 26, 2023, in Sala Petrassi, with Un sabato italiano show 40, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of his first album. In 2027 he returns to Sala Sinopoli.

The final tip on Sergio Caputo at the Auditorium

A Roman singer-songwriter coming home, a 1986 record with Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet, the songs left in the drawer and a historic band, in a hall with a thousand seats designed by Renzo Piano: April 1, 2027 at Sala Sinopoli is an evening for those who loved the Caputo of the 1980s and for those who want to discover his jazzier side. The tip is to relisten to Effetti personali in the days before, take a seat at the balustrade in the central gallery and stop afterward at Ponte Milvio to finish the evening.

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 guides to visiting the city are on ItalyPlanner.com.