Under the friendly light of the silent moon – Nocturnal journey through the Aeneid

from Virgil, Dante and Hermann Broch

Produced for the Parco del Teatro e dell’Anfiteatro of Cividate Camuno

This initiative devoted to Virgil and to this archeological site is intended as an invitation to read the Aeneid and as a tribute to the man who was the “sweet father” of the greatest Italian and European poet, Dante Alighieri. Above all, however, it is motivated by an observation: we return more often to the places of antiquity than to the words, the writings of antiquity, and it is a pity…

Our venture is an attempt to unite archeology and literature, with the aim of conveying a vivid image of those times which are more part of us than we ourselves know.

Materials of the performance – Aeneid (excerpts)

– The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch

– Dante (references)

organized into three imaginary acts:

1 – THE ARRIVAL IN BRINDISI AND INVITATION TO TELL THE STORY

The fall of Troy (DEATH OF VIRGIL)

2- BURNING THE AENEID (MEETING WITH LUCIUS, PLOTIUS AND AUGUSTUS)

The games in honor of Anchises

3- RENUNCIATION OF THE BURNING OF THE AENEID

The descent into Hades and Dante (VIRGIL AND HIS LEGACY)