D AS IN TEN: ON DONIZETTI’S DIES NATALIS, THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FESTIVAL IS CELEBRATED
On November 29 shows, guided tours, meetings, activities for children, in the name of the composer and the first ten editions of the DO At the Donizetti Theater “Ring Gaetano, Amarcord” with Francesco Micheli and many guests The Donizetti Opera, a festival dedicated to the Bergamasque composer, reaches its tenth edition in 2024: the culmination of the celebrations is scheduled for Friday, November 29 Dies natalis of Gaetano Donizetti. D as in Ten is the set of these initiatives, carried out with the support of Stucchi S.p.A., started in September and designed to retrace with the public and the city the fundamental stages of the Donizetti Opera, commenting on the most loved and important productions that have allowed the discovery of new aspects and treasures of the art of the Orobic composer. All initiatives D as in Ten (except guided tours and LU OpeRave) are free with reservations on the site gaetanodonizetti.org or at the ticket office (Tuesday-Saturday 4-8 PM). Friday, November 29 starts at 10 AM (until 12:40 PM, ticket 5 euros) with Donizetti Welcome, the guided tours of the Donizetti Theater which, as is known, has undergone a profound restoration. In the Gavazzeni foyer, you can see the exhibition of posters of shows set up over these ten years and illustrated by various authors, identified by Studio Temp of Bergamo which, in 2015, designed the image of the festival. From 10 AM to 8 PM, in the exhibition hall next to the ticket office, you can visit for free the photographic exhibition Ten Words for Ten Years curated by Clelia Epis and Floriana Tessitore with images by Photo Studio U.V., realized with the support of Assolari Luigi C.: «2015-2024, ten editions of the Donizetti Opera festival: to tell them – reads the presentation of the exhibition – ten keywords and many images taken from the iconographic heritage of the Foundation that documents the vision of artistic director Francesco Micheli and the spirit that animated it, feeding the city's memory. As the opening image L'ange de Nisida, a symbol opera of these ten years and what characterized them: first of all Gaetano Donizetti and his music, but also courage, vision, rediscoveries, study, research, continuous public involvement, overcoming traditional boundaries, recognition from national and international critics. The ten words/sections that guide the collection of images are: theater and city, boundaries, rediscoveries, masterpieces, women, Covid-19, awards, night, masters, youth. The morning activities continue in Città Alta where, in Piazza Vecchia at 10:30 am, the choral flash mob G like Giacomo and Gaetano is scheduled; November 29 is also the date of Giacomo Puccini's death exactly 100 years ago. For this reason, schools throughout Italy have been encouraged by Opera Education / AsLiCo in collaboration with AGIS to participate in a choral flash mob that, in Bergamo, will unite Donizetti with Puccini. The program includes two choirs from Turandot (“Là sui monti dell’est”, “O sole, vita, eternità”) and two from Don Pasquale (“Bella siccome un’angelo”, “Che interminabile andirivieni”). At 11:15 am, the















