Al Bano: Una Notte Italiana at the Small Roman Theatre

Sunday, 09.08.2026. 21:00. h

Al Bano performs Una Notte Italiana in Pula, joined on the Small Roman Theatre stage by Croatian cellist Ana Rucner.

The concert starts at 21:00 and doors open at 20:00. The repertoire includes songs closely associated with Al Bano's career, including Felicità, Ci sarà and Sempre sempre.

Italian canzone and cello

Al Bano Carrisi belongs to a strand of Italian popular music in which voice, melody and direct emotion are inseparable from stage presence. His songs are recognised for broad refrains, Mediterranean melodic lines and a vocal style that asks for full projection rather than understatement. In Pula, that repertoire is the centre of the evening: Una Notte Italiana relies on songs that already live in the audience's shared memory. Ana Rucner enters that setting with a different instrument and a different stage energy. In her work the cello does not stay only within a classical frame; she often places it in film-like, crossover and concert-driven settings. The Pula performance can therefore be read as a meeting between voice and string tone, Italian canzone and a Croatian musician able to move familiar material toward a more chamber-like, dramatic or ceremonial sound.

Entry and venue

The concert takes place at the Small Roman Theatre in Pula, Herculov prolaz 1. Doors open at 20:00 and the concert starts at 21:00. Tickets are charged; this is a summer concert on the ancient stage, with a larger music event outside the Arena.

Accommodation in Bale

For Al Bano: Una Notte Italiana at the Small Roman Theatre, Bale is a quiet base outside Pula's evening traffic: the theatre is about 22 kilometres away, roughly 26 minutes by car. See the offer here: accommodation in Bale.