Luca Sillari

In the context of the course “Renaissance Chivalric Epic and Folk Performance Traditions,” Department of Italian, Columbia University, October 30, 2024:

 

 

 

Villa Minozzo, July 2002.

On his customary role as “il cattivo”:

 

On his favorite role (Agramante in the Rodomonte):

 

Comparison between performing as a musician and a maggerino:

 

Sources of knowledge of the chivalric epic:

 

On why he writes maggi and on whether the tradition can survive without new maggi:

 

On change and continuity in the maggio:

 

On his female characters:

 

On his maggio Rolando da Corniano: