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Luca Scarlini
Nothing is ever too romantic
Lecture in Italian.
Hector Berlioz stood for excess, exaggeration, life as a novel—and the novel as life. Alongside Chateaubriand, he is a symbol of French Romanticism: a whirlwind of imaginative extremes, including the creation of a musical science fiction novel, In the Land of Euphonia, a biting and parodic vision of Bel Canto-era Italy. The period elevated the poet of imagination—from Lord Byron to Ugo Foscolo—as a model for an entire generation, in a tangled blend of art and life that defined an era. Berlioz was a central figure of this season, viewing the artistic act as a potential moment of ecstasy and escape from the everyday.
Recorded at the Palazzetto Bru Zane on 16 April 2026.
