Monopoli (Monòpolis in Greek) is a town and comune in Italy, in the province of Bari, region of Apulia. The town is roughly 156 square km in area and lies about 40 km southeast from Bari. It has about 50,000 inhabitants.

The city is important mostly as an agricultural, industrial and touristic centre.

The area was first settled in 500 a.C. as a fortified Messapic city.

Klaus Lage (born June 16, 1950) is a musician from Soltau, Germany. He is known for his 1984 single "1000 und 1 Nacht (Zoom!)".

Klaus Lage has a long history of singing bluesy German hits. He is likely the closest artist to Joe Cocker in the German Language.

Essi Wuorela is a Finnish soprano. She is an original member of the ensemble Rajaton since 1997, but also began a solo career in 1994. She studied music at Sibelius High School and later Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory, from which she graduated as a music teacher in 1999. Before her singing career Wuorela was known as the presenter of the Finnish children's television programme Harlekiini-klubi as Super-Essi.