Annibal Caro

Transdisciplinary day of theater, music & art dedicated to the figure of
Annibal Caro

SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2023 - Sala di Giove, Palazzo Farnese - Caprarola

Program

3:30 p.m.
Meeting / concert
"Mirabil arte e peregrino ingegno": Annibal Caro and transdisciplinary Farnese curatorship.
The Farnese Palace of Caprarola in the letters of Annibal Caro
Luciano Passini (Caprarola Study and Research Center)

The 'return' of Annibal Caro in the 1700s: the Fasti Farnesiani of Giorgio Gasparo De Prenner
Roberto Ricci (Italian Historical Institute for the Modern and Contemporary Age)

"Dead who live, living who are dead": themes of the esoteric in Annibal Caro's funeral comedy 'The Ragged Men'
Brad Carlton Sisk (Norwegian University of Science and Technology Trondheim)

with a selection of madrigals from the "Corona della morte per Annibal Caro," by Palestrina, Zarlino and other masters of sixteenth-century polyphonic music Vocal Ensemble "I madrigalisti scaligeri," conducted by Vincenzo di Donato (Conservatorio "E.F. Dall'Abaco" in Verona)

4:30 pm
Guided tour of the interior of the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola
with insights into the frescoes created on an iconographic program by Annibal Caro

6 p.m.
Performance: Gli Straccioni renaissance comedy by Annibal Caro
Duse's Blush Theatre Company.
Director: Brad Carlton Sisk (NTNU University of Trondheim)
Sets, costumes and masks: Silvano Arnoldo (Ferrari Fashion School in Milan)

Admission for the play only: €9
Admission for the whole day (meeting/concert, guided tour and play): €11
Admission to the play is by reservation at: +39 0761.646052