Correggio Romantico. The Italian translations of Adam Oehlenschläger's drama is the title of the volume that provides the two Italian translations of the Danish poet and playwright's theatre play. Oehlenschläger, who lived from 1779 to 1850, visited Parma, where he got to know the artist Antonio Allegri and admired his work so much that he wrote a drama about him. The play was published in Denmark in 1811, later in 1816 in German in Germany, and was later translated into Italian by Dal Borgo and Benincasa respectively.

The book is edited by Professor Claudio Franzoni and Fondazione Il Correggio and includes contributions by Henrik Blicher, Olinto dal Borgo, Cristina Casoli, Claudio Franzoni and Valter Pratissoli.
Participants at the presentation: Cristina Casoli and Claudio Franzoni
Wednesday 14 May at 6pm at the Danish Academy in Rome

"The aim of this book - explains the editor - is to make available the two translations that are the result of two different cultural approaches, each with their own approach and form. Both are presented here in their original form; in particular, the translation by Bartolomeo Benincasa, already made famous over forty years ago by Ugo Bellocchi (1920-2011), is now presented in an edition closer to the manuscript..."

What will the reader find in the tragedy Correggio? A grumpy Michelangelo, a brilliant and conciliatory Giulio Romano; a petty, envious and violent countryman. An arrogant nobleman with a penchant for indecent proposals; vulgar, especially when describing his relationship with women. A holy recluse and an inverted robber. Antonio's worried and devoted wife; a son who is almost too kind and loving. And above all, an Antonio so absorbed in his work that he appears naively gullible, "a good-natured man who lives in the world as in a dream", translates Benincasa. A Correggio who is always noble and sincere, in love with his family and his art; a man who is hesitant and uncertain, full of faith, but all too easily swayed and without faith in his own talent.