Curated by Carla Maria BINO, Marco CORRADINI, Ottavio GHIDINI
Magnificent, rich and admirable: this is how Galileo Galilei defined the poet Ludovico Ariosto. When he read Orlando furioso, the founder of modern science felt as if he were entering a tribune, a royal gallery, adorned with a hundred ancient statues, with endless stories of illustrious painters. For centuries a masterpiece known by all, loved and imitated. It has been a masterpiece recited aloud for centuries. Today this dimension has been lost and the fruition of the work is almost exclusively that of reading, personal or at school.
With three spring events we want to rediscover the Furioso in its extraordinary richness not only of images, plots and narrative situations, but of rhythm and sounds.
The texts will be read by the students of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the Catholic University of Brescia who, after studying it in class, will give voice to Ariosto's poem: an experimental teaching experience, a new way to become familiar with the text.
The selected pieces will be presented and commented on by a professor of Italian literature who will help us discover the beauty and inexhaustible depth of this extraordinary work of the Renaissance.
Tuesday 8 April, Aula Tartaglia, 4.30 p.m.
Angelica fleeing: the beginning of the poem
Introduced by Ottavio GHIDINI (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Tuesday 29 April, Sala della Gloria, 4.30 p.m.
The great madness of the paladin Orlando
Introduced by Marco CORRADINI (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Tuesday 6 May, Hall of Glory, 4.30 p.m.
Astolfo on the Moon: The World Turned Upside Down
Introduced by Sergio ZATTI (University of Pisa)
Readers: Emanuele Bolognini, Lorenzo Coppola, Margherita Fusato, Emma Glisenti, Fabio Lionetti, Vittoria Meroni, Silvia Pace, Lisa Pagani, Clara Pasotti, Arianna Tognoli
Artistic coordination: Beatrice Faedi
