2011 Programme
Evento n.23
Silvio Orlando
Diderot, Rameau and other paradoxes
Denis Diderot’s Rameau’s Nephew is a masterpiece of late 18th century satyre. In this philosophical conversation, Diderot tells the grotesque parable of a failed musician, cynical by vocation and servant by choice, who is prey to an irrepressible self-destructive drive. Rameau is the archetype of those who are always ready to flatter and cajole the high and mighty. In the embarrassing absence of any moral perspectives, Rameau cynically observes human nature and is convinced that it is unredeemable. He succeeds in a paradoxical manner in overturning the notions of vulgar and sublime, of genius and mediocrity, of good and evil. The lively, extremely contemporary figure of Rameau attracted Silvio Orlando to pick up, with the help of Edoardo Erba, the challenge of adapting this 18th century ethico-philosophical dialogue for the stage. The performance is previewed in Sarzana in the form of a reading.
https://www.festivaldellamente.it/it/live-streaming-alessandro-barbero/is a very popular Neapolitan stage and screen actor and director. An appreciated interpreter of the vices and virtues of the man in the street, Orlando has worked under some of Italy’s best authors and directors: G. Salvatores in Kamikazen-Ultima notte a Milano and Nirvana; N. Moretti in Palombella rossa, Aprile (that won him the 1998 David di Donatello award for best actor in a supporting role), La stanza del figlio, Il Caimano; D. Lucchetti in Il portaborse, La scuola; C. Mazzacurati in Un'altra vita and La passione; P. Virzì in Ferie d'agosto; S. Citti in I magi randagi; G. Piccioni in Luce dei miei occhi; A. Grimaldi in Caos calmo. In 2008, under the direction of P. Avati, he won the Coppa Volpi at the Venice Film Festival for his interpretation of the father in Il papà di Giovanna. His success in moving pictures, however, has not led him to neglect the stage, where he continues his acclaimed career.
Evento n.6
Zygmunt Bauman
Reflections on the notions of community and network, on social networks and Facebook
Evento n.14
Gian Carlo Calza
Different, eccentric, extraordinary: aesthetics and creativity between Asia and the West
Evento n.26
Franco Borgogno
In other people’s hearts and minds. A psychoanalyst between tradition and creativity
Evento n.37
Sonia Bergamasco, Fabrizio Gifuni
A quiet sunny day. Attilio Bertolucci and Pier Paolo Pasolini, a friendship in verse
