You've Got to Give Us Work! (And Let Us Sing…)

Benedetta's concerts and catering gigs
You've Got to Give Us Work! (And Let Us Sing…)
Benedetta Mattei at Merè catering

I went to a Coez concert. I really wanted to go because I learned his song about the little train at Castiglion della Pescaia. I ride that little train all summer because it's fun and they always play that song while we go around town. It goes like this: "There's too much light in the room, this heat advancing I won't sleep, and sorry if I don't talk enough but I have a dance school in my stomach, and it dances without music with you you're so beautiful that the music isn't there." But actually the music is there. I don't understand why he says the music isn't there. But that's okay.

One of the best things about going to concerts is the sandwiches. Cooked ham and cheese. At the Palaeur they let me eat them but they take away the little water bottle. But not at the theater or the Auditorium. I go to the theater a lot—I like all the theaters even though the Brancaccio and the Sistina never have parking for the car, and I saw a great musical there called Matilda with my friend Jasmine who came all the way from Castiglione. I also go to the San Raffaele where they always do Peter Pan and I know it by heart so I can sing and repeat all the lines perfectly.

I already have tickets for an Umberto Tozzi concert and other shows too. Going to concerts and shows is always so beautiful. Tozzi starts singing Ti amo. I like everything but especially at the end, when I run under the stage to sing "scivolo scivolo" and also Ragazza triste. And Gloria.

Sometimes I can't go because I have to work the catering for "Merè." Even Saturdays and Sundays. I'm really good at making cookies and desserts. Really good. I told the assessor they've got to give us work! I stood up while he was talking. We even did catering at the hospital. It's called Policlinico and I didn't want to go because it's a hospital. But it turned out to be fun and I even sang with a choir they had invited. Now the thing that makes me happiest is singing in choirs and especially doing rehearsals with everyone and also alone at home, on my phone.

Benedetta Mattei

Benedetta Mattei

Born in Rome on January 1, 2004, Benedetta Mattei is a first-year student at the "Gioberti" hotel institute in Trastevere, with the goal of working as a receptionist and waitress. She leverages her…

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