Iaia Forte, Pappi Corsicato, Teresa De Sio, Lello Arena, Massimo Troisi and director Gabriele Salvatores. Modern Italian singers and musicians from Campania include Peppino di Capri, Renato Carosone, Edoardo Bennato, Eugenio Bennato, Mario Merola, Sergio Bruni, Aurelio Fierro, Roberto Murolo, Tony Tammaro, Teresa De Sio, Eduardo De Crescenzo, Alan Sorrenti, Tullio De Piscopo, Massimo Ranieri, Pino Daniele, James Senese and his group Napoli Centrale, Enzo Avitabile, Enzo Gragnaniello, Nino D'Angelo, Gigi D'Alessio, 99 Posse, and Almamegretta. Artists who directed movies about Naples or actors who played in movies in Campania, or interpreted Neapolitans on-screen, include Vittorio De Sica, Domenico Modugno, Renzo Arbore, Lina Wertmüller, Mario Lanza as Caruso, Clark Gable in "It Started in Naples", and Jack Lemmon in the movies "Maccheroni" (which co-starred Marcello Mastroianni) and "Avanti!". The international Giffoni Film Festival, established in 1971, is the first and most important festival for a young public. Sports Campania is home to several national football, water polo, volleyball, basketball and tennis clubs. The fencing school in Naples is the oldest in the country and the only school in Italy in which a swordsman can acquire the title "master of swords", which allows him or her to teach the art of fencing. The "Circolo Savoia" and "Circolo Canottieri Napoli" sailing clubs are among the oldest in Italy and are known for their regattas. These are also home of the main water polo teams in the city. Many sailors from Naples and Campania participate as crew in the America's Cup sailing competition. Rowers Giuseppe Abbagnale and Carmine Abbagnale were born in Castellammare di Stabia: they were four times rowing world champions and Olympic gold medalists. Across the top 3 levels of Italian football, the clubs in Campania include: S.S.C. Napoli playing in Serie A, and the only team in the south of Italy to have won the Serie A title U.S. Salernitana 1919 playing in Serie A Benevento Calcio playing in Serie B U.S. Avellino 1912 playing in Serie C S.S. Juve Stabia playing in Serie C Paganese Calcio 1926 playing in Serie C S.S. Turris Calcio playing in Serie C Notes See also HMS Campania - Two ships of the British Royal Navy have been named HMS Campania after the region of Campania. References External links Campania Photo Gallery Map of Campania Vesuvius Observatory NUTS 2 statistical regions of the European Union Osci Regions of Italy Wine regions of Italy