Lighting and Phonics Courses.
Selections kick off

 

The Lighting and Phonics Courses promoted by the Donizetti Theater Foundation are back: included in the project Il Cantiere del Teatro of the Prose Season and Altri Percorsi, the courses, the call for which is available on the Foundation’s website, are aimed at young people aged 17 or older (also yet to be completed, as long as it is by the end of 2026). To participate, applicants should send their curriculum vitae containing any previous experience and studies they have done, as well as a motivational letter, by filling out the appropriate form included in the call for applications no later than noon on Tuesday, May 5. Following selection on the basis of the submitted documents and letters, the outcome of the call for applications will be announced on Tuesday, May 12. The courses do not involve the payment of registration fees and will begin on Monday, June 8.

Both courses, at the end of which a certificate of attendance will be issued, will provide theoretical elements of the basic criteria, methodology, and terminology, followed by practical tests with the chief electrician and chief sound engineer of the Donizetti Theater. There will be a common introductory meeting for both courses; afterwards, each course will take place over four intensive days where the theoretical and practical foundations of the disciplines will be laid.

Participants in the lighting engineering course will also have the opportunity for a hands-on experience at Claypaky, an international leader in professional lighting systems, during which they will learn about the history of lighting engineering, the company’s products and experience their use during a dedicated technical session.

Students in the phonics course, on the other hand, are scheduled to attend an in-depth meeting, “The Hidden Jobs of Sound Engineers, Orchestral Microphones and the Future of Phonics,” by musician, composer and mix engineer Francesco Bonalume, and a lecture/workshop, titled “Beyond the Screen – Sound Narration Workshop,” scheduled at Triangolo Lab, a recording and music production studio. Both courses will conclude with the experience of recording a live band on the stage of the Donizetti Theater.

For Maria Grazia Panigada, Artistic Director of the Prose Season and Other Paths of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation, “The courses we promote as part of Il Cantiere del Teatro constitute a very important part of our activities, because we feel it is our duty to give young people the opportunity to learn about the professions of the theater and to be able to approach this world and then in the future be able to be part of it. Personally, I am grateful to all those who make this project possible by putting their professionalism on the line and showing educational concern.”

 

For more information: email: info@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org