Tag: "Inglese"
Jun 13, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Trionfo per Benigni e Dante in Inglese
“Gli inglesi hanno recentemente cambiato il loro inno nazionale: ‘God Save the Queen…. from Berlusconi’” (Roberto Benigni a Londra)
(ANSA) – LONDRA, 6 APR – Roberto Benigni per la prima volta racconta Dante in inglese a Londra e l’antico Theatre Royal gli regala una serata trionfale. L’attore e regista toscano ha incantato con il suo racconto e la spiegazione del V canto dell’Inferno della Divina commedia, tutto nel suo inglese personalissimo e strampalato, ma ricco di vocaboli aulici (ancorche’ pronunciati in maniera ‘benignana’), capace di veicolare con forza poesia, energia e l’entusiasmo commosso per la lettura del Sommo Poeta.
La platea ha accolto con entusiasmo la spiegazione del V canto dell’Inferno della Divina commedia fatta dal comico toscano. Un inglese molto personale quello di Benigni che però non ha tolto nulla al suo racconto. La declamazione finale dei versi, tuttavia, è stata fatta in italiano “perché Dante non si può tradurre”.
Come di consueto l’attore ha aperto la serata con un po’ di satira. Parlando del recente episodio che ha visto Silvio Berlusconi venir ripreso dalla regina Elisabetta, Benigni ha detto: “Poteva fare come feci io con Raffaella Carrà”. Poi ha aggiunto: “E con Obama poteva fare come feci con Pippo Baudo, toccandolo là”.
Apr 06, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post
Roberto Benigni in London: “Dante shines through ‘discombololation’”
A review by Bruce Dessau, This Is London – 06.04.09
Diminutive actor/comedian Roberto Benigni is best known here for his Oscar-winning role in controversial holocaust film Life Is Beautiful.
In his native Italy, however, he is also famed for his live performances entitled TuttoDante, in which he celebrates his country’s Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri. The show visited London last night for a brief stopover and his enchanting appearance in front of a largely partisan crowd made the Theatre Royal feel more like La Scala.
Before a recital from the Divine Comedy this charismatic clown displayed the idiosyncratic storytelling skills that have made him a superstar. In a mix of Italian and broken English he immediately won over a crowd by excitably explaining that he was “discombololated, frabbergasted, boohaha”— his eccentric verbal gymnastics echoing his physical antics when he clambered over seats to accept his Academy Award in 1998.
A demonstration of his satirical streak came in a succession of crowd-pleasing swipes at the shouty Italian Prime Minister accompanied by a playful smile so wide it could engulf St Peters in Rome: “I thought I was the first Italian in London making a solo show, but Mr Berlusconi preceded me” he grinned. Home affairs did not escape either, with his reference to “two cassettes pornographico”.
Even with the serious business of Dante, Benigni could not resist more gags, alluding to biblical mother-in-law jokes and claiming that purgatory was invented by a pope to make more money by having more masses.
As for the notion of performing in English, he perfectly described it as being akin to “Mr Bean talking about John Milton in Italian”.
By the time he came to the Divine Comedy’s Fifth Canto, proceedings had overrun but no one was complaining. There was pin-drop silence as Benigni switched from passionate babbling to controlled, near-operatic delivery. Even for fans with minimal grasp of Italian the beauty of the poetry was apparent.
If there was a fault it was the title. TuttoDante means “everything about Dante”. This was all about the man on stage.
Apr 06, 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
