In May 2001, the Conservatory of Bari initiated the project "Luigi Capotorti. Un allievo pugliese di Piccinni". There was an exhibition devoted to Capotorti's life and work and a concert in Bari's Chiesa del Gesù which included the first performances in modern times of the Sinfonia from Capotorti's last opera, Ernesta e Carlino and his Sinfonia in B-flat major composed in 1836 for the Feast Day of Saint Anthony. To mark the 250th anniversary of Capotorti's birth in 2017, his native city of Molfetta organized a series of events that included the first public performance of four of Capotorti's hitherto unpublished pieces of sacred music: Nuova Messa per Solennità Festiva, Dio vi salvi, Inno a San Francesco da Paola, and Sestina in onore di Santa Filomena. A CD containing the Nuova Messa per Solennità Festiva and four other vocal and instrumental works was released in 2020. The last of these was Innocente verginella, composed for the Benedictine nuns in San Severo.
