Ostellino. Les adieux

The passing away of Piero Ostellino in spring 2018 was a painful moment. In the picture, he is with Carlo Castellaneta and Aldo De Maddalena. Anna Crespi remembers him with these words:

14 MARCH 2018.  It is painful for all the friends and for all the people who love freedom. His loneliness was heroic. Many are the memories. In particular, his presence at Amici della Scala in important moments. Many the intense memories, when we used to meet at my mother-in-law’s, kept warm by the fireplace and by our words. Piero cannot die, in fact he lives within us.
I remember with affection when at Piccolo Teatro, Pietro Ottone and Ferruccio De Bortoli, then director of Corriere della Sera, took part in the debate on the occasion of the presentation of my book Le notti acerbe dell’angelo and De Bortoli told Ottone: “look, there is Ostellino too.” When I used to meet his wife at La Scala, she used to tell me about Piero’s solitude at the Corriere. It is unfortunate to feel lonely for one’s own ideas of freedom.
Goodbye Piero, I hug you with all my affection and – I can say – my love.
Anna Crespi