Ariosto, Orlando Furioso, 41.12-17, 41.68-102, 42.1-23.

Lo Dico, Storia dei paladini di Francia, vol. X, 18-33.

 

Sicilian puppet theater

From L’Oro dei Napoli
Marionettistica dei Fratelli Napoli

 

Napoli family “cartellone” announcing the Battle of Lampedusa:

 

Announcement of Battle of Lampedusa episode:

 

Agamante despairs as he watches the fall of Biserta from the island of Lampedusa, but Gradasso and Sobrino arrive and convince him to challenge the Christians to a final battle of three against three:

 

Soliloquy by Agramante’s soldier-messenger I:

 

Soliloquy by Agramante’s soldier-messenger II:

 

Orlando, Olivero, and Brandimarte fight against Sobrino, Agramante, and Gradasso:

 

Brandimarte’s funeral procession:

Militello di Catania, August 30, 2002.
Drammaturgia: Salvatore Zinna
Scene Pupi: Alessandro e Fiorenzo Napoli
Regia: Elio Gimbo
http://www.fratellinapoli.it/spettacoli-pupi-siciliani/repertorio/oro-napoli.php

 

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The puppeteer Pietro Scalisi recalls the battle of Lampedusa

Palermo, March 19, 2024

 

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The following news report on Giacomo Sferlazzo, puppeteer and cuntista of Lampedusa, includes scenes from his cunto of the battle (his explanation begins at 8:44, followed by his performance at 9:46):

 

‘U Cuntu – “La battaglia dei tre contro tre” performed by Giacomo Sferlazzo:

 

From announcement, Piazza Castello, Lampedusa, July 23, 2018:

 

On the historic September 15, 2024, performance by three companies:

Elisa Guccione, “La Marionettistica dei Fratelli Napoli a Lampedusa per una sfida ariostesca tra Pupi in nome della speranza e l’uguaglianza tra i popoli.” September 12, 2024.

“Torna la sfida di Ariosto. Maestri pupari siciliani stasera in piazza.” Lampedusa in 2 minuti. [interviews with the puppeteers in a Facebook video]