Michela Gerosa

"WE ARE STORM": THE NEW EDITION OF DONIZETTI SUMMER CAMP Starting April 7 at 12 noon, registration opens for Donizetti Summer Camp 2026, the weekly summer center at the Donizetti Theater for children and teens aged 8 to 13: four weeks, from June 15 to July 10, dedicated to three operas by Gaetano Donizetti and Rossini's Cenerentola Details and registration form: teatrodonizetti.it/en/donizetti-summer-camp   It is already time to think about summer with the Donizetti Summer Camp 2026, the long-awaited summer center of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation that returns for a new edition under the theme We are storm. Starting next April 7 at 12 noon, while places last, registration is open for the four weeks scheduled from June 15 to July 10 at the Donizetti Theater in Bergamo. Thanks to the Donizetti Summer Camp 2026 children and teens between the ages of 8 and 13 will be able to experience the spaces of the Donizetti Theater for a week, Monday through Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (with the possibility of early at 8 a.m. and late at 5:30 p.m.). This is a unique opportunity to discover the works of Gaetano Donizetti and other composers, immersed in the wonder of Bergamo's Theater. The title of this edition, WE ARE STORM, reflects the courageous and collective spirit that animates the project: four weeks, four operas, four adventures to live together, with the courage to stage the reduction of an opera in a single week. An educational and playful experience that makes Donizetti's theater, music and life a tool for growth, expression and self-discovery. During each week of the Donizetti Summer Camp, the young participants will be able to discover the rehearsal room, the dressing rooms, the set design workshop and take the stage of the Donizetti Theater as true protagonists: in fact, every Friday at 5 p.m. there will be the final recital open to families, a choral performance in which the whole group is involved and every scenic element will have been created by the children during the dedicated sessions. The works and related weeks of the Donizetti Summer Camp 2026 will be structured according to the following schedule: from June 15 to 19, we will play with The theatrical conveniences and inconveniences by Gaetano Donizetti. What happens before the debut of a performance when all the people involved in the staging are agitated, anxious, worried about giving their best? According to this comic opera buffa by Donizetti, a series of comic patatracas happen, in a mad game of the parts, between fragility and delusions of protagonism. Then, from June 22 to 26 , the opera will be. The Furious in the Island of St. Domingo: a semi-serious reinterpretation of Donizetti's melodrama, centered on the fear of diversity. A whirlwind of misunderstandings and misunderstandings will transform the staging into a tragicomic play, full of surprises and reflections on the relationship with the other. The Daughter of the Regiment will be, instead, the Donizetti title starring the week of June

Prose Season 2025-2026 Long journey into the night with Gabriele Lavia and Federica Di Martino April 11 to 19 at the Donizetti Theatre After a plunge into commedia dell'arte with Harlequin Dumb for Fright by the Stivalaccio Teatro company, the Donizetti Theater Foundation's Prose Season 2025-2026 opens a window on the best American theater in its variety of proposals, hosting in the city's main theater from Saturday, April 11 to Sunday, April 19, Long Journey to Night., a masterpiece by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Bringing it to the stage will be one of the pillars of Italian theater, Gabriele Lavia, who also signs the direction, and Federica di Martino, assisted on stage by Jacopo Venturiero, Ian Gualdani and Beatrice Ceccherini. A meeting around the show with Gabriele Lavia and company is scheduled for Thursday, April 16, 2026, at the Music Room of the Donizetti Theater at 6 p.m. Coordinated by Maria Grazia Panigada, Artistic Director of the Prose Season and Other Paths. Long Journey to Night is considered-along with Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Tennessee Wiliams' A Streetcar Named Desire-to be one of the greatest masterpieces of 20th-century American theater. Written by Eugene O'Neill between 1941 and 1942, it was first performed in Stockholm in 1956 and won the Pulitzer Prize the following year after the author's death. Sidney Lumet directed its first film adaptation in 1962, starring Katharine Hepburn and Ralph Richardson. Set in 1912, the powerful and poignant drama recounts a day in the life of the Tyrone family, amid conflict, addiction and painful secrets. Gabriele Lavia and Federica Di Martino bring to the stage this work-confession, "a backward journey" through O'Neill's life, a pitiless precipice into the bitterness of failure without redemption. Gabriele Lavia himself writes in the director's notes, "The prison-house of the "bad family" that O'Neill tells us about is, after all, his own home. And therein lies the winding path of a possible mise-en-scene-travel of this truly bitter work, written by O'Neill now close to death to take a "backward journey" through his life. An unapologetic journey inside the bitterness of failure without redemption. Men's lives are made up of tenderness and violence. Of Love and contempt. Understanding and rejection. Of family and its ruin."

A WORLD PREMIERE, A RARITY AND A BRILLIANT THEATRICAL VIS FOR THE 12TH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL DEDICATED TO THE BERGAMASQUE COMPOSER At the Donizetti Theater The Exile from Rome and Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali and at the Teatro Sociale Alahor in Granata presented in the new critical edition of the autograph score found in Palermo in 2023 On the podium Antonino Fogliani, Chiara Cattani and Alberto Zanardi; Directed by Katharina Thoma, Benedetto Sicca and Silvia Paoli. In the principal roles Lidia Fridman, Sergey Romanovsky, Luca Pisaroni, Grisha Martirosyan, Dave Monaco, Mira Alkhovik, Laura Verrecchia and Paolo Bordogna The 2026 edition of the Donizetti Opera is dedicated to the memory of Gianandrea Gavazzeni, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death, after whom a Gala at the Donizetti Theater and a documentary exhibition spread throughout the city will be named Completing the program are three Under 30 Previews, the rich Donizetti OFF schedule and the Opera Family proposals Bergamo, November 13 to 29, 2026 Tickets on sale from March 25   A program entirely focused on Donizetti rarities and little-performed titles, in addition to the rich Donizetti Off schedule with the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the death of Bergamo conductor Gianandrea Gavazzeni at its center: this is the 12th edition of Donizetti Opera, the second with Riccardo Frizza in the dual role of artistic and musical director. The international festival dedicated to the famous composer from Bergamo, organized by the Donizetti Theater Foundation of Bergamo chaired by Giorgio Berta with the general direction of Massimo Boffelli, with the support of the City of Bergamo, will animate the theaters of the City of Gaetano Donizetti from November 13 to 29, 2026, the day of the dies natalis Donizetti. The Donizetti Opera is made possible thanks to the support of Allianz ( Main Partner of the Donizetti Theater Foundation), Intesa Sanpaolo, SIAD, ATB Mobility, A2A, Sacbo, Uniacque, Fondazione Cariplo, and to a growing number of partner companies and realities adhering to the Donizetti Ambassadors project that support the festival through Art Bonus. "The Donizetti Opera 2026 - declares. Riccardo Frizza - carries with it a deep meaning and at the same time an open look at the world. We wanted to dedicate this edition of the festival to the memory of Gianandrea Gavazzeni, on the 30th anniversary of his death: a fitting tribute to a figure who indelibly marked the musical history of Bergamo and the entire international opera scene. It was Gavazzeni, with his extraordinary artistic vision and intellectual rigor, who gave decisive impetus to what we now call the "Donizetti Renaissance," restoring dignity and centrality to a composer that history had long neglected. Without him, this festival would probably not exist. This dedication is accompanied by a billboard of high-profile international: artists from all over the world will bring different voices and sensibilities to our stages, confirming Donizetti Opera's vocation to be a reference point for bel canto globally. Many debuts at the festival: from

BERGAMO JAZZ 2026 Artistic Direction by Joe Lovano Huge success for the 47th edition of Bergamo Jazz More than 8,600 total attendance 9 sold out out of 11 ticketed concerts Audiences from 17 Italian regions and 24 other countries Over 8,600 total attendance. 3,546 spectators at the three evenings at the Donizetti Theater, 814 of them subscribers (31 more than last year). 9 sold out out of 11 ticketed events. These are the first highlights of Bergamo Jazz 2026, which concluded happily on Sunday evening with the highly applauded exclusive project in tribute to Miles Davis and John Coltrane conceived by U.S. saxophonist Joe Lovano, the Festival's Artistic Director for the past three years. A great number of audiences came from all over Italy, representing 17 regions, and as many as 24 foreign nations: Romania, Switzerland, Spain, France, the United States of America, Greece, Slovakia, the United Kingdom, Denmark, Israel, Belgium, Serbia, Hong Kong, Moldova, Poland, Germany, Ukraine, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, Sweden, Austria, Brazil, Australia, and Japan. Also significant was the presence of journalists sent from the United States, Germany, France, Great Britain and Serbia, as well as leading Italian trade and non-trade publications. Bergamo Jazz's new dedicated website, since its launch in October 2025, has totaled nearly 50,000 views. Followers on Instagram and Facebook have reached 26,500 for more than 17,000 interactions with content. In addition to the final evening, which featured other great soloists such as Avishai Cohen Shabaka Hutchings, George Garzone, Leo Genovese, Drew Gress and Joey Baron, all well tuned to the frequencies of Joe Lovano, at least the concerts of Lakecja Benjamin, who involved stalls, stages and galleries repeating the resounding success of three years ago, Steve Coleman, the Bad Plus, Franco D'Andrea and a very refined Simona Molinari at the Teatro Sociale should be mentioned. The concerts hosted at the Accademia Carrara, with Anais Drago's trio, at Sala Piatti, with singer Norma Winstone and pianist Kit Downes. at the Aula Picta of the Bishop's Museum, with pianists Wayne Horvitz and Leo Genovese, and at the Palazzolo Institute Auditorium, with Jazz Passengers and guitarist Hedvig Mollestad's trio, were also highly appreciated, as well as the events of the "Sparks of Jazz" review scheduled in various venues in the city. "Once again this year we cannot fail to express great satisfaction with the results achieved by Bergamo Jazz," comments Massimo Boffelli, General Manager of the Donizetti Theater Foundation, "So Bergamo's is once again confirmed as one of the best-loved Italian jazz festivals ever, even by the increasingly numerous audiences coming from abroad, with consequent positive repercussions on the city's tourism. A great result achieved thanks to impeccable teamwork, from the artistic direction to the entire staff of the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti. So my heartfelt thanks go to all those who worked hard to ensure that the organizational machine worked at its best, as well as to the institutions and sponsors who support us." Already set the dates for 2027, March 18-21, again under

The Operette Season 2026 of the Donizetti Theater Foundation continues on Sunday, March 29 (3:30 p.m.) with the second of three titles on the bill: La Bajadera, an operetta in two acts composed in 1921 by Emmerich Kalman. Bringing it to the stage in the city's main theater will be the Compagnia Teatro Musica Novecento. Directed by Alessandro Brachetti. Performers: Paola Bess, Alessandro Brachetti, Silvia Felisetti, Antonio Colamorea, Fulvio Massa, Francesco Mei, Simone Mastria, Silvia Caprini. Novecento Corps de Ballet with choreography by Salvatore Loritto. Orchestra "Cantieri d'Arte" conducted by Stefano Giaroli. Sets and costumes Artemio Cabassi created by ArteScenica Reggio Emilia. Production Teatro Musica Novecento. Running time 2 hours 15 minutes including intermission. Tickets: Full from 15 to 45 euros; reduced from 12 to 36 euros. La Bajadera is an operetta with an exotic-Indian flavor that literally blew Vienna away, which decreed it a huge success. The libretto is based on a sentimental plot, set in Paris: the story tells of an Indian prince, Radjami, who is forced to take a wife in order to ascend the throne. His search for a bride reaches the French capital, where he meets Odette Darimonde, an operetta diva. Will she be the woman for him? The easy compositional vein animating the choruses, the romances, the dancing motifs, the comic duets, delightful, colorful, full of originality, vivacity and variety, but at the same time full of feeling, with elegant and graceful form, supported by rich instrumentation and with endings full of grandeur, could not but totally engage listeners. Moreover, fox trots, shimmies, new motifs that had largely replaced waltzes in operetta, appeared from the first performance destined for sure popularity. Popularity that La Bajadera has maintained to this day. The Operette Season will conclude on Sunday, April 26 (3:30 p.m.) with Al cavallino bianco, proposed by the Elena D'Angelo Operette Company.

The Donizetti Theater Foundation's Altri Percorsi review concludes with a show that directly relates to the environmental issues of our time, particularly those caused by the largest steel mill in Europe and Italy: Ilva Football Club. Scheduled for Thursday, March 26, at the Teatro Sociale, in a double repetition, matinee at 10:30 a.m. and evening at 8:30 p.m., the show, winner of the Cura 2022 Call for Proposals, is inspired by the novel of the same name by Fulvio Colucci and Lorenzo D'Alò and is brought to the stage by the Usine Baug & Fratelli Maniglio collective, who directed and dramaturgically curated the play. Performers: Fabio Maniglio, Luca Maniglio, Ermanno Pingitore, Stefano Rocco and Claudia Russo. The story of the former Ilva, the city of Taranto and its inhabitants is told by interweaving two narrative tracks that will turn out to be connected. The narrative is led by a sports program presenter who, breaking down the fourth wall, between anecdotes and commentary, tells the story of the fictitious Sidercalcio, aka Ilva Football Club: a small team composed of workers that, partly by luck, partly by talent and tenacity, surprises the whole country by making its way among the biggest professional teams, until it reaches the final of the Coppa Italia. A dream that slowly collides with reality, crumbles, bringing us into the drama of the second narrative track. Interwoven with the football narrative are monologues and choral moments that make up another, more intimate story, the story of "an Ilva family" born and raised at the foot of the monster, one of the many affected by the monster. This story encapsulates the lives of many families in Taranto and at the same time the lives of many families in other expendable cities, cities that have existed or may exist 100 years from now. Cities with other monsters, producers of other things and generators of other evils that will allow us to continue to consume beyond our limits. Finally, the two narrative planes rejoin to reveal the true interlocutor of the football narrative and the true nature of the Ilva Football Club legend: this will turn out to be an invention, a pantomime staged in a hospital room, a bedtime story to be told to a child, who has closed his eyes and it is not known if he will open them again. Usine Baug is a theater company born in 2018 from the artistic meeting of Ermanno Pingitore, Stefano Rocco, Claudia Russo and Emanuele Cavalcanti, the group's light designer and audio technician. In 2022, the company expanded by starting a collaboration with theater organizer Anita Beretta. The artistic creation of the group happens collectively and develops without establishing fixed roles but enhancing the skills and sensibility of the individual, who actively contributes to the whole creative process thus making it richer and more layered. Usine Baug converges prose theater, movement, storytelling and visual theater to address current political and social issues with lightness and irony. In 2019 Usine Baug

BERGAMO JAZZ 2026 Artistic Direction by Joe Lovano The festival day by day March 19 to 22, 2026 20 events, more than 80 musicians for four intense days in the name of a thousand sounds of jazz spread throughout the city: from Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, March 22, the 47th edition of Bergamo Jazz, a festival organized by Fondazione Teatro Donizetti with the support of the City of Bergamo, MIC-Ministry of Culture and private sponsors, will take place. Setting The Pace - dictating the pace, showing a way - is the title that Joe Lovano, for the third year Artistic Director of the Festival, wanted to imprint on Bergamo Jazz 2026, symbolizing a choral tribute to those in jazz who have shown new paths and in particular to Miles Davis and Johnm Coltrane, whose birth centenary falls this year: "In life, the arts, the sciences, sports and business, there have been people and collective bodies who have dictated the pace, the rhythm, with passion and love, representing a model for generations," specifies Joe Lovano himself "As musicians we are constantly studying and developing to find our voice. This path is fueled by the sounds and spirit of the masters. Those who gave and give us the confidence and inspiration to reach today's high standards. The artists who will perform at Bergamo Jazz Festival 2026 are, in turn, showing new ways to celebrate the legacy of Miles and Trane." Keeping true to its nature, Bergamo Jazz 2026 will also be a Festival with an international scope, a widespread Festival: in addition to the concerts at the Donizetti Theater and the Teatro Sociale in Città Alta, significant events hosted in small theaters, museums, and venues transformed for the occasion into cozy jazz clubs are in fact planned. Nourished will be the representation of Italian musicians, including numerous new talents brought together in the "Scintille di Jazz" section, and considerable will be the space for jazz conjugated with women, with the presence of established female instrumentalists and singers.   Here is the day-by-day program. Thursday, March 19 The first day of Bergamo Jazz 2026 will take place in Città Alta, moving the first step from a particularly prestigious venue: the Aula Picta of the Bishop's Palace, recently restored and open to the public. In this unprecedented location for music and jazz, American pianist Wayne Horvitz, an icon of the downtown New York scene of the 1980s and 1990s, will perform at 6 p.m. Instead, at the Circolino (6:30 p.m.), the duo formed by pianist Simone Locarni and guitarist Gianluca Palazzo will be heard for the first of five appointments with the "Scintille di Jazz" festival. In the evening (8:30 p.m.), the Teatro Sociale will host on its stage the trio of pianist Franco D'Andrea, excellence of jazz made in Italy, who will have at his side two exceptional companions of adventure, such as double bassist Gabriele Evangelista, a regular partner also of Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani, and drummer Roberto Gatto, a

Meet the Jazz In collaboration with CDpM March 16 and 17 at the Social Tetro   More than 1,900 total students from 18 schools in Bergamo and its province: this is the salient data on the participation in the cycle of educational events "Incontriamo il Jazz," carried out as usual thanks to the collaboration between Bergamo Jazz and Centro Didattico Produzione Musica. It is an important opportunity to introduce the youngest to a musical language rich in artistic content and bearer of universal messages of dialogue between different cultures, which are needed today more than ever. The lessons-concerts will take place this year, according to different shifts, on Monday, March 16 and Tuesday, March 17, in the prestigious setting of the Teatro Sociale, and will involve both pupils from primary and secondary schools. The initiative was awarded the Bando Formazione 2025 Nuovo IMAIE and is part of the Youth Club project promoted by Fondazione Cariplo, a partner of Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, to foster the approach of the younger generations to the performing arts. "Improvisation at school" is the programmatic title of the meetings reserved for secondary school students in grades I and II, who will be able to approach improvisation through musical examples offered live drawing from the vast jazz repertoire and shared melodically with the voice - call and response - and rhythmically - body percussion - making learning interactive and shared. At the same time, the evolution of jazz language from its African/American origins (blues, ragtime, Dixieland) to more recent experiences will be traced, based on the different cultures with which jazz has come in contact (Latin jazz, salsa, funk, contemporary classical music, world music). In particular, the melodic and rhythmic characteristics of jazz from which the musics most listened to by young people, such as hip hop and rap, were derived will be analyzed. These are colors and inflections that belong to the cultural ear of boys, often unconsciously and passively. Live performances will be offered by an ensemble including pianists Claudio Angeleri and Giovanni Panzeri, singer Francesca Facchinetti, violinist Safiye Haciogullari, flutist Beatrice Sisana, clarinetist Lorenzo Zanoli, saxophonist Alessandro Albani, guitarist Pietro Berti, bassist Sofia Filippi and drummer Giuseppe Cutuli. Speeches by journalist Fabio Santini are also scheduled. "Tutti quanti voglion fare jazz" is instead the program designed for younger children. On stage, the gospel choir ofBergamo's IC Santa Lucia, created within a workshop held in the previous months by CDpM experts and directed by Gabriele Capitanio, will perform alongside a group of jazz musicians - Claudio Angeleri on piano, Paola Milzani, vocals, Gabriele Comeglio on alto and soprano sax, Marco Esposito on bass and Matteo Milesi on drums - and well-known children's TV actor Oreste Castagna, engaged in reading fairy tales revisited by Tiziana Sallese. The repertoire draws from the Disney catalog, such as "Beauty an the beast," "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes"(Cinderella), "Everybody wants to be a cat"(Aristocats), and "Cruella Demon"(The Charge of the 101), and the different performances are interspersed

Bergamo Film Meeting opens Bergamo Jazz Sunday, March 15 Leftovers of Balera exhibition in memory of Gianni Bergamelli from Wednesday, March 18 Bergamo Jazz 2026 is warming up its engines before its official start scheduled for Thursday, March 19. And like every year, the Festival will embrace other artistic languages, starting with cinema. On Sunday, March 15, in fact, the usual handover from Bergamo Film Meeting to Bergamo Jazz is scheduled at the Auditorium in Piazza della Libertà (5:30 p.m.): on the occasion, violinist Virginia Sutera will soundtrack the film Gräfin Küchenfee(The scullery maid turned countess) by Rudolf Biebrach, a 1918 comedy starring actress Henny Porten, who is called upon to play two characters, a countess and her cook. This dual role brings out Porten's comic gifts, especially in the scenes in which she imitates herself as Karoline in the role of the countess. The comic effect is multiplied: the scullery maid revels in imitating the already hysterical ways of the mistress, and Porten seems to enjoy playing the two characters endlessly. The device of mistaken identity, combined with witty dialogue, results in a lively and entertaining comedy. Always interested in the encounter between music and other arts, Virginia Sutera is one of the leading personalities of today's improvised music scene. She graduated from the Milan Conservatory of Music with a thesis dedicated to improvisation, delving into the figure of English composer Cornelius Cardew in the work of The Great Learning. She created the Tuscany Music Revolution project and formed artistic partnerships with, among others, accordionist Sara Calvanelli, pianists Alberto Braida and Ermanno Novali. The dialogue between music and the visual arts will also be the focus of the exhibition that Bergamo Jazz is dedicating to Gianni Bergamelli, the painter and musician who passed away last August: the exhibition, titled Avanzi di Balera, will be hosted at the Donizetti Studio, opposite the theater's box office, and will open on Wednesday, March 18 (6 p.m.; open to the public from 6:30 p.m.). The exhibition will also be open from Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, March 22 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Gianni Bergamelli was an important figure in Bergamo's jazz life, also in the guise of pianist alongside Gianluigi Trovesi, his fraternal friend, and many other musicians. In particular, his pictorial art remains an example of the visionary blending and meeting of painting and music: Gianni Bergamelli often collaborated with Bergamo Jazz, signing the posters for numerous editions of the Festival. The exhibition features a selection of recent works: the title Avanzi di Balera (Leftovers from the Ballera ) is what the Nembro artist himself had thought of for one of his exhibitions. Painter by profession, pianist by pleasure: this is how Gianni Bergamelli could be defined. But actually first there was music, at first "dance" music and then jazz, and then came painting: his first solo exhibition was in 1968, at the Via della Spiga Gallery in Milan. From the age of 35 onward, in Bergamelli's artistic life the

Donizetti Theatre Foundation Prose Season 2025-2026 Harlequin dumb for fright a show by Stivalaccio Teatro March 7 to 15 at the Donizetti Theatre Harlequin, the most popular mask of the Commedia dell'Arte, is coming to the Donizetti Theater, where from Saturday, March 7 to Sunday, March 15, the Stivalaccio Teatro company's show is on stage Harlequin dumb with fright, as part of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation's Prose Season 2025-2026. The show is inspired by the canovaccio Arlequin muet par crainte by Luigi Riccoboni and features the original subject and direction by Marco Zoppello. On stage: Sara Allevi, Katiuscia Bonato, Marie Coutance, Matteo Cremon, Michele Mori, Stefano Rota, Pierdomenico Simone, Maria Luisa Zaltron and Marco Zoppello. One of the most frequently performed canovacci in early 18th-century Paris is revived for the first time in modern times by the Venetian company Stivalaccio Teatro: Il muto per spaventento is a great homage to the Commedia dell'Arte and the all-Italian ability to make a virtue of necessity. 1716: After about fifteen years of forced exile, the Comici Italiani finally return to prominence in the Paris theater and do so with a respectable company. Luigi Riccoboni aka Lelio, leader of the troupe, surrounds himself with the best performers from the boot including, for the first time in France, the Vicenza-born Harlequin Tommaso Visentini(nomen omen), ready to replace the late and beloved Evaristo Gherardi. But Visentini did not speak French, an inexcusable failing for audiences in the capital. And it is here that Riccoboni's genius emerges in inventing an original plot where the Bergamasque servant becomes mute...out of fright! Harlequin dumb with fright is a show where play, invention, love, fear and drama mingle among the immovable grimaces of the masks. Where plots entangle on misunderstanding and slowly unravel through the fingers of the characters. But if these slender plots, if this surreal and fantastic world, a distant echo of an Italian theatrical splendor, eclectic balancing act on the edge of history and tradition, if these ethereal figures allow one to indulge in a weightless and timeless joy, perhaps in that very moment one will find a shred of poetry. Stivalaccio Theatre is involved in popular theater, Commedia dell'Arte, children's theater and street art. The company is dedicated to the dissemination of theater through the production of shows, training and the organization of festivals and reviews in the wake of a popular theater populated by people, ideas, lights, looks and stories to tell. Founded in 2007, the company has produced shows that have been hosted within the major distribution circuits, festivals and domestic and foreign theaters. In November 2023, at Teatro Gobetti in Turin, the company received the ANCT - National Association of Theater Critics award in recognition of its work. In February 2024, the company was chosen by the Teatro Stabile del Veneto to perform on the stage of the Teatro Goldoni in Venice during the week of carnival celebration, with Harlequin mute for fright. With the same show, Stivalaccio Teatro was a guest in