They visited an ancient theater, where they watched a performance by a youth art initiative funded by the Queen of Pop Ricardo Gomes celebrated her birthday in Pompei, Italy, with friends and family — plus local youth involved in an art initiative she supports. The Queen of Pop on Friday, Aug. 16, and spent the evening with members of Sogno di Volare, or Dream of Flying, a project that lets local youth act in classical performances at the ancient theater in the Archaeological Park of Pompeii, per a press release.
The singer arrived at the archaeological site late Friday evening with a group of about 30 people — including , soccer player Akeem Morris, and two of her daughters, — to a crowd of adoring fans, sources tell PEOPLE. Madonna also marked her , where she posted glamorous photos of herself, her twins and a shirtless Morris, captioning the post: “Back in Italy..
.🇮🇹 Happy Birthday to ME 🦁✨🎂🥂🇮🇹♥️.” Dave Benett/Getty; COBRA TEAM / BACKGRID Related: On Friday, Madonna and her group appeared just after 10:30 p.
m. local time for the performance. Fans had been waiting since 6 p.
m., another insider says. The crowd of admirers, which reached up to about 200, sang some of the pop icon’s songs and danced before she arrived.
At the historic site, the park’s director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, took the pop superstar and her loved ones on a guided tour, which was interspersed with performances, per the release. Namely, a chorus of both teenagers and.