DONIZETTI ACADEMY 2026 Borderline One hundred girls and boys debuted today around the theme of safety on the stage of Bergamo's Donizetti Theater with a show entirely created by them, guided by the direction and dramaturgy of Silvia Briozzo, with sets by Alberto Allegretti and musical training by Mariagrazia Mercaldo 500 high school students from Bergamo and province were engaged in the morning in the 11 workshops on the performing arts professions and then warmly applauded their comrades on stage The project was designed and coordinated by the Donizetti Education sector of the Donizetti Theater Foundation, in collaboration with Dalmine ETS Foundation   Today, Thursday, May 21, 2026, was an extraordinary day for 600 high school students from Bergamo and province. Eleven experiential workshops on theater crafts and the debut of the collective show Boundary Line to reflect on issues of safety and relational awareness. The Donizetti Theater has thus become a great widespread laboratory for new generations thanks to the Donizetti Academy 2026, an innovative educational project that opens the theater's doors to local high schools and transforms it into a space for discovery, participation and growth. The initiative, born out of the synergy between the Donizetti Theater Foundation and the Dalmine ETS Foundation, aims to interweave theater culture, education and reflection on hot topics of the present, offering children a hands-on and engaging journey out of the ordinary. The morning was, therefore, kicked off with eleven workshops, 30 minutes each, divided into three categories - Opera and Theater, Thoughts and Words, and Safety - distributed in the most authentic and often hidden spaces of the Donizetti Theater, including understage, rehearsal rooms, Sale Nobili, Ridotto Gavazzeni and Donizetti Studio. The students each had the unique opportunity to choose and attend three workshop proposals, one in each category, led by industry professionals, to come into direct contact with artistic and technical disciplines, as well as paths dedicated to creativity, communication and organization, self-awareness and the topic of safety, also addressed later in the final performance. The "Opera and Theater" course offered to discover the secrets of voice in the choral field with pop music pills(Voice in Chapter!), try your hand at conducting(Try to be a conductor/leader), explore behind-the-scenes administrative and managerial work(Theater at the Desk) or get your hands dirty in the under-stage with props (Behind the scenes. Stage equipment and gilding technique. ). The "Safety" area offered workshops curated by Dalmine Foundation experts to reflect on the evolution of occupational safety through puzzles, between mathematics and programming(Safe in Time), graphics and effective communication(Eye on Safety) and a conscious comparison between yesterday and today(Safer!). "Thoughts and Words" opened up spaces for reflection dedicated to self-awareness, listening to the body and relational dynamics, from identifying "red flags" in relationships(Red flags in relationships: recognizing them to know each other) to body theater (Theatre is not a safe place. Theater workshop on the body ), to analyzing the language of the work to discover and understand our emotions, relationships, friendships and loves(Meloman Manifestos),