To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of the great actress, the Fondazione Giorgio Cini’s Institute of Theatre and Opera has accepted the invitation received from the Circolo cultura e stampa bellunese to collaborate on an exhibition documenting the personal and professional relationship between Eleonora Duse and Arrigo Boito.

In the splendid setting of Palazzo Fulcis, visitors will therefore be offered an exhibition itinerary through the photographs and letters exchanged between the two great artists. The exhibition will be enriched by a selection of other original documents and memorabilia, including the first editions of Arrigo Boito’s plays, a portrait of the composer and man of letters executed in 1902 by Leopoldo Metlicovitz and two dresses that belonged to Eleonora Duse.

A series of photographic panels dedicated to the biography and artistic production of Eleonora Duse and Arrigo Boito complete the exhibition.

The exhibition was realised with the cooperation and support of the Chamber of Commerce of Belluno, the Veneto Region, the Province and the Municipality of Belluno.

In the course of the exhibition, various events have also been organised.

 

Among these, those involving the Institute of Theatre and Opera are:

 

15 November, Palazzo Fulcis, Belluno, 6pm

Conference Eleonora Duse and Arrigo Boito, by Prof. Maria Ida Biggi, Ca’ Foscari University, Institute of Theatre and Opera, Fondazione Giorgio Cini

 

20 November, Teatro G. Pierobon di Paiane (Ponte nelle Alpi), 8.30pm

Screening of the short film S’io fiammeggio nel caldo d’amore. Dante nelle lettere di Eleonora Duse e Arrigo Boito (2021). The screening will be introduced by a lecture by Paola Bigatto and Marianna Zannoni

 

6 December, Palazzo Crepadona, Belluno, 9pm

Screening of the film Cenere (1916). The screening will be introduced by a lecture by Maria Ida Biggi and Marianna Zannoni