Giacomo Rondinella
# Giacomo Rondinella

Giacomo Rondinella (30 August 1923 – 25 February 2015) was an Italian singer and actor.

## Life and career

Born in Messina, the son of a couple of Neapolitan actors and singers, Rondinella started his career as a singer after World War II, following failed attempts to pursue a military career and a career as a boxer. He first emerged as the winner of a contest for "New Voices" organized by Radio Napoli, and in a short time he became one of the stars of Canzone Napoletana. A real-life friend of Totò and Eduardo De Filippo, Rondinella also had a prolific career as a stage and film actor, with a peak in the first half of the 1950s. His younger brother Luciano also had a career of actor and singer.

## Selected filmography

* Fire Over the Sea (1947)
* Naples Sings (1953)
* Letter from Naples (1954)
* Farewell, My Beautiful Lady (1954)
* Sunset in Naples (1955)
