Casanova was uninhibited and curious enough to feel at ease in such a place. In truth, when he was young he couldn’t afford luxury, but he was very determined in “becoming famous”, in achieving reputation and fame.

In fact his mother, Giovanna Farussi known as Zanetta, didn’t have time enough to take care of him, since his parents were both comedians, so she often travelled abroad. Giacomo was raised by his grandmother Marzia, together with his three brothers. In truth he was the illegitimate son of a nobleman, Michele Grimani, whose family owned some theatres in Venice, and Zanetta worked for him……….

Did Casanova’s life have something to do with the theatre? For sure, he could boast a range of innumerable performances, primarily due to the fact that he didn’t intend to achieve higher social status through fair business, he wasn’t able to sacrifice himself at work. He would jump at once to the top of the staircase without climbing all the steps. Therefore he needed to give evidence of being a “Vip”, he would rather persuade himself and the others of being rich and snob, instead of admitting that he was always on the edge.

As a consequence, he constantly opted for illusion, a theatrical mood, and be a lavish man, who helped people to achieve goals, since his goals were already taken for granted.

He loved making plans, like complex stage machines, but if in the middle of the story something else attracted him more,he would give up and move to another adventure. Then with women, regardless the number of lovers, he tended to love those who were able to share the same feelings, ’cause the purpose was the shared pleasure. In this sense his eroticism looks instinctual and straight, without hidden meanings or perversions, so different from the philosophic implications of libertines, based on complex thoughts or metaphors.

Well, Casanova’s sexual appetite was spectacular, he was definitely gifted, but it was the expression of a generic vitality, of a broader lust for life, so that even knowledge could be acquired through emotions and the senses. This is the reason why his passion for women was associated to the delicacies of the table, and later his preference for strong scents -like wild game or Blue cheeses- was connected with women smelling of transpiration. Both of them aroused his insatiable curiosity.