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BBC Radio 4: The ‘Inheritance Tracks’ of Roberto Benigni

“Winning my Oscar was an ‘Azzurro’ moment. I was full of joy like a watermelon!”

This morning, on BBC Radio 4, the journalist Fi Glover interviewed Roberto Benigni – who is in London for his one-man show TuttoDante currently on World Tour – about his “Inheritance Tracks“: he referred to “Casta Diva” (Vincenzo Bellini) sang by Maria Callas, and “Azzurro” by Paolo Conte and Adriano Celentano.

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Apr 04, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

BBC Radio 3: New interview with Roberto Benigni about TuttoDante coming to London

On BBC Radio 3 (Tuesday, March 31st) Roberto Benigni talked about his one-man theatre show about Dante’s Divine Comedy which has been filling stadiums in Italy and is now coming to London (Drury Lane Theatre) as part of a worldwide tour.

Bidisha (BBC Radio 3) talks to Oscar-winning Italian actor Roberto Benigni – best known for his comic film set during the Holocaust, Life Is Beautiful – about his obsession with Dante and his one-man show TuttoDante. Benigni is often remembered outside Italy for his behaviour at the 1998 Academy Awards when accepting the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for Life Is Beautiful – he climbed on the backs of the seats for his procession to the stage and applauded the audience.

Benigni is regarded in Italy as an excellent improvisatory poet and he can recite Dante’s Divine Comedy from memory. His one-man theatre show inspired by the Divine Comedy and mixed with observations on current affairs and his own past experiences has been a huge success in Italy. TuttoDante (Everything about Dante) was seen on television by more than ten million people. Bidisha asks whether something so Italian can make the transfer to Britain.

Apr 04, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Roberto Benigni on the Graham Norton Show

Last night Roberto Benigni was a guest at the popular “Graham Norton Show” live on BBC TWO, England. Roberto was invited to speak about his one-man show TuttoDante (Everything About Dante), coming to London, Theatre Drury Lane, on Sunday the 5th of April.

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*YouTube clips with the best moments of the show:

Apr 03, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

“Bringing Dante to the people” – Roberto Benigni interviewed on BBC Radio 4

Sabato 14 marzo su BBC Radio 4 è stata mandata in onda un’intervista a Roberto Benigni che ha parlato del suo show TuttoDante in scena a Londra domenica 6 aprile 2009.

Saturday 14 March 2009 (BBC Radio 4, London) – The Italian actor and comedian Roberto Benigni, who won an Oscar for his role in the film Life is Beautiful, is taking his one-man show TuttoDante (Everything About Dante) on tour. He explains the show, which is a satire inspired by Dante’s Divine Comedy.

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TUTTODANTE live in London:

Date: Sunday, April 05, 2009

Opening times: show time: 08.30pm – doors: 07.00pm

Venue: Drury Lane Theatre, Catherine Street, London, WC2B 5JF

Mar 16, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
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