Sanremo, Ricciarelli: ‘I don’t need invitations, but there’s too much silence surrounding Pippo.’

Sanremo (Imperia), 23 February (LaPresse) – ‘I’m happy about the tribute they’re going to pay to Pippo during the Sanremo Festival, he deserves it. I would have liked to be there, but I have work commitments on the next two evenings that will prevent me from attending.’ These were the words of Katia Ricciarelli, Pippo Baudo’s wife of 18 years, to LaPresse ahead of the tribute to the late presenter at the upcoming Sanremo Festival. ‘Was I invited? No, but I’m an adult and I would have come on my own. I don’t need invitations.’ Today, the exhibition “Perché Sanremo è Sanremo” (Why Sanremo is Sanremo), dedicated to the great presenter, was inaugurated in the Ligurian town in the presence of his children. ‘I wasn’t aware of it,’ explains the soprano, “but if they don’t inform me, it’s not like I’m going to ask. I mean, if they invite me and I can go, I’ll go.‘ ’I wasn’t informed,‘ she reiterates, ’but above all, I wasn’t informed when he was ill and then when he died. That’s the most serious thing. I’m happy that he’s being celebrated, but I’m sorry about this silence. About this total silence.”