International Symposium: Ariosto After 500 Years

Presented by the Comparative Literature Department and the Italian Specialization at the Graduate Center, CUNY, the Department of Italian Studies at NYU and the Department of Italian at Columbia University.

Program:
1:00pm - Coffee

1:30pm - Session: Ariosto and Visual Arts
Lina Bolzoni, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa / NYU: The Visualization of Orlando Furioso: From the Original Editions to Modern Video Art
Federica Caneparo, University of Chicago: «Tutte piene le superbe mura / veggon di nobilissima pittura»: Ariosto’s Orlando furioso and Frescoes
Respondent: Diane Bodart, Columbia University

3:00pm - Coffee break

3:30pm - Session: Ariosto and Music
Wendy Heller, Princeton University: Olimpia Vendicata: Myth, Epic, and Ariostean Caprice in the Seicento Libretto
Eugenio Refini, Johns Hopkins University: Alcina’s Spell: Metamorphosis of the Enchantress
Respondents: Michele Cabrini (Hunter College), Suzanne Cusick (NYU)

5:30pm - Keynote Speech: Modernità di Ariosto
Sergio Zatti, Università di Pisa / University of California Berkeley

In ENGLISH.