After the excellent results of the special Versailles in long shotAlberto Angela returns to Rai1 with a new season of Ulysses – The pleasure of discovery. From Monday 4 May, the Rai Cultura program restarts with four monothematic episodes built around symbolic cities, great historical figures and worlds capable of still exerting a very powerful fascination on the public today. The formula remains the one that has transformed over the years Ulysses in one of the most followed cultural products on Italian television: immersive story, spectacular images and a narrative that interweaves history, art, music and customs without ever losing pace.
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New York told through music
The new season opens with To the tune of New Yorkan episode that takes the audience into the soul of the Big Apple using music as a narrative key. After the success of On the notes of LondonAlberto Angela travels through Manhattan, Brooklyn and Broadway, associating each place with an iconic song or an American artist.
THE’Empire State Building will be told on the notes of Empire State of MindWhile Times Square it will recall Madonna’s universe. There will be no shortage of cinematic references: aboard a yellow taxi, homage to Taxi Driverthe trip will arrive on Fifth Avenue in front of Tiffany accompanied by Moon River. An original way to transform New York into a giant open-air soundtrack.
From the charm of the samurai to the legend of Lucrezia Borgia
The second episode will take the audience to Japan with From samurai to manga. Alberto Angela will explore a culture made of continuous contrasts: millenary tradition and futuristic technology, spirituality and modernity, delicacy and discipline. From samurai to anime, passing through Japanese cuisine and the theme of natural disasters, the journey will show the many souls of the country.
Then there is room for one of the most controversial figures of the Italian Renaissance: Lucrezia Borgia. Far from the clichés built over the centuries, the program will try to distinguish reality and legend around a woman often described as a ruthless manipulator, but who the story also portrays as a lucid and profoundly modern political figure.
The Paris that tourists don’t see
To close the season will be Hidden Parisan itinerary far from the more classic images of the French capital. Not the city of postcards, but that of lesser-known places, underground stories and secret spaces. From the catacombs to the Musée Condé, Alberto Angela will guide spectators into a different, silent and surprising Paris, demonstrating once again how behind every city there is always a second story to discover.
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