a reading of Dante’s Commedia
To mark the 750th anniversary of the birth of Dante Alighieri and to give us all a chance to revisit his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, the
Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Friends of the National Gallery of
Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, University College Cork, and University
College Dublin have joined forces to organize a public reading of the
entire poem, one of the greatest works of world literature.The
reading of the 34 Cantos of Inferno will take place at the National
Gallery of Ireland in Dublin on Saturday 28th November starting at 11am;
it is expected to last up to six hours.Purgatorio will be read in Cork on Friday December 4th from 11am onwards.The
reading of Paradiso will conclude our journey from Hell to Heaven and
will take place on Friday 11th December in the Chapel of Trinity College
Dublin.The hundred Cantos will be read mainly in Italian but
also in several other languages by a broad spectrum of individuals from
Ireland, Italy and other countries. Dante’s original text, accompanied
by a selection of versions in English, will be projected on large
screens during the performances.Free Admission!