Margherita Vicario, l'intervista: Gloria!, i David e le compositrici cancellate

Margherita Vicario closes the Left Talk season with a bang: in episode 75 of the podcast, Marina Parrulli and Left director Simona Maggiorelli interview a singer-songwriter, actress, and director who won three David di Donatello Awards in 2025 for her first film. Gloria!, set among the orphan musicians of Venetian institutions in the late 18th century, chronicles the composers erased from history: women of extraordinary talent, like Maddalena Laura Lombardini Sirmen, forgotten because they were not the daughters, sisters, or wives of a composer. "Fewer weapons, more culture": from the David di Donatello stage, Margherita Vicario delivered the speech that sparked discussion across Italy. Here, she reveals what really happened that evening, the social media attacks that followed, and why artists' responsibility is implicit in everything they create. From misogynistic trap to pop that makes you dance while saying important things, from Gaza and dehumanization to the art that keeps you alive, from Too Many Priests, Too Many Sisters to Mandela and Fred Astaire: a dialogue that spans music, cinema, and politics with the profound lightness that is Margherita Vicario's hallmark. Mentioned in the episode: Margherita Vicario's film Gloria! (free streaming on RaiPlay), the album Bingo (Island Records, 2021), the Gloria! soundtrack with the song Aria!, the anthology "Their Cry Is My Voice. Poems from Gaza" (Fazi Editore, 2025) edited by Antonio Bocchinfuso, Mario Soldaini, and Leonardo Tosti, and the writer Kader Abdolah. Subscribe to Left, the gift that lasts all year long 👉 https://left.it/abbonamenti/ Left is available on newsstands the first Friday of the month and digitally at https://left.it Left Talk returns in September: if you enjoyed this interview, subscribe to the channel and catch up on all the episodes of the season. 00:00 The Uselessness of Art: Preview and Welcome to Margherita Vicario 03:03 Writing Songs When Reality Is Scariest: From Bingo to Gaza 06:51 Hope, the Art That Keeps You Alive, and Palestinian Families in Italy 11:06 Records as Children: The Journey from Minimal Musical to Bingo 14:08 Gloria! Conquering the world: three David di Donatello Awards 5:51 PM The cancelled female composers: Lombardini Sirmen and Vivaldi's orphans 9:21 PM Inside Gloria!: Venice, the institutes, and sisterhood (film on RaiPlay) 10:30 PM Teresa and pop ante litteram: the uselessness of art as a foundation 10:45 PM "Fewer weapons, more culture": the speech at the David di Donatello Awards 1:09 PM Should artists expose themselves? Trap, Rap, and Responsibility 40:06 The Ambiguity of Art: From Warhol to Caravaggio 46:07 Too Many Priests, Too Many Nuns, and a Child Audience 51:04 A Film Even a Child Can Understand: Pop Says Important Things 54:05 Mandela, the Esquiline Hill, and the Counter-Narrative of Real Italy 59:21 Video Clips as Microfilm and Canzoncina: Dancing on Eco-Anxiety 1:02:26 Love Songs à la Margherita (Fred Astaire) and End-of-Season Greetings #MargheritaVicario #LeftTalk #Gloria #DavidDiDonatello #Left