2025 Lo Hobbit (Riccardo Ricobello)

The Hobbit

Release Date: 2025.03.31
Reader: Riccardo Ricobello
Language: Italian
Translator: Wu Ming 4
Organisation: Bompiani
ISBN: 9791221705720
Duration: 11 hours 29 minutes
Unabridged: Yes
Country: Italy
Licenced: Yes
Formats: Digital

Riccardo Ricobello is a professional voice actor and dubber, but he is uniquely qualified for this role because he is well-known within the Italian Tolkien community (AIST – Associazione Italiana Studi Tolkieniani). His knowledge of the lore meant he didn’t just read the book; he reportedly suggested several corrections and improvements for the printed text during the production process.

The production uses the new translation by Wu Ming 4 (Federico Guglielmi), published by Bompiani. It replaces the historic, decades-old Italian version and aimed to restore the “British” wit and the specific linguistic register of Tolkien’s original English, which was sometimes lost in older, more “flowery” Italian interpretations.