"... And this strength of will, this persuasion, is that precious endowment which with one word is called character, so that, to put it in one word,the first need of Italy is that Italians be formed who know how to fulfill their duty: therefore that high and strong characters be formed."

Massimo d'Azeglio, "My Memories"

Alessandra Brocadello and Carlo Bertinelli, also atuor of the text, give voice to emblematic figures - Arnaldo Fusinato, Erminia Fuà, Ippolito Nievo, Carlo Leoni - restoring to the audience the strength of a time when ideals and passions ...