XVIII
on the Bolgia dei Ruffiani in Dante’s Inferno, for string quartet (2020)
In this first Bolgia a viola introduces and greets four ruffians: they are Carmelo Bene, Roberto Benigni, Vittorio Sermonti and Vittorio Gasmann.
Amidst stifled sighs, the famous actors still try to flatter the listener, with their voice here laid bare into the four instruments of the quartet.
Beware though, they are cheating you…
(FCC)