ADAPTED FROM A TEXT BY ITALO CALVINO WITH FRANCESCO MONTANARI, GIANMARCO SAURINO DIRECTED BY DAVIDE SACCO SCENIC DESIGN LUIGI SACCO LIGHT DESIGN FRANCESCO BÀRBERA ORGANIZATION ILARIA CECI PRODUCTION LUNGA VITA FACTORY
PALAZZO REALE – CORTILE DELLE CARROZZE 4 JULY AT 21,00 DURATION 50MIN
«A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say»: these are the most famous words of the work Perché leggere i classici by Italo Calvino. Francesco Montanari, directed by Davide Sacco, makes Calvino’s words and narrative pathos his own, to enter into the memory of a man and an era still alive, like the great classics. In this interactive and current format, Calvino’s original text dialogues with the voice assistant Siri, which will demonstrate to the public how culture always carries its universal message.