Quartetto Noûs and Gualtiero Scola, «Il grido dell’ingenuo», at Aula Magna della Sapienza, Saturday, November 21, 2026

On Saturday, November 21, 2026 at 5:30 p.m., the Quartetto Noûs and narrator Gualtiero Scola present «Il grido dell'ingenuo o La mosca stecchita dalla noia» at Aula Magna della Sapienza, at piazzale Aldo Moro 5 in Rome, as part of the IUC Calliope cycle. Tickets are sold online, at the IUC office at Lungotevere Flaminio 50, or at the Aula Magna box office starting one hour before the concert.

Updated November 9, 2026.

The event

The recital-concert is devoted to Dmitri Shostakovich's fifteen string quartets, written between 1938 and 1974, on the fiftieth anniversary of the composer's death. The Quartetto Noûs performs excerpts or complete movements from the fifteen quartets, while Gualtiero Scola handles direction and dramaturgy and gives voice to texts by Fabiola Giancotti, with poetic inserts from the Russian tradition.

The project grows out of Giancotti's book of the same title, which weaves theater and music to tell the life and poetics of Shostakovich. The concert replaces the Jack Quartet performance planned for the same day, which was canceled for reasons of force majeure.

Where it takes place: Aula Magna della Sapienza

Aula Magna is in the Rettorato building on the Sapienza campus, at piazzale Aldo Moro 5, and hosts the concerts of the Istituzione Universitaria dei Concerti season. The box office opens one hour before the start. The full program of the 82nd season is on its own page: IUC concert season 2026/2027. Another IUC date at Aula Magna is Miles Davis 100: The Art of Change, on December 1, 2026.

Practical information

• Date: Saturday, November 21, 2026
• Time: 5:30 p.m.
• Venue: Aula Magna della Sapienza, piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome
• Tickets: 15 to 26 euros, 8 euros under 30, 5 euros under 18; online, at the IUC office, or at the Aula Magna box office one hour before
• Getting there: use the ATAC route planner

Frequently asked questions about the Quartetto Noûs

What kind of show is it?

It is a recital-concert on Shostakovich's string quartets, with narration and direction by Gualtiero Scola.

Who wrote the texts?

The texts are by Fabiola Giancotti, author of the book the show is based on.

Is the Jack Quartet still playing on November 21?

No. The IUC canceled the Jack Quartet concert for reasons of force majeure and replaced it with this recital.

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