Donizetti Theater Foundation

Prose Season 2025/2026 concluded
51,706 total audience

With the last of the performances of Richard III, with a magnetic Maria Paiato who literally won over the audience, the Prose Season of the Donizetti Theater Foundation ended on Sunday afternoon: 51,706 total admissions – 5,763 subscriptions – which together with the more than 7,000 recorded by the Other Paths review, which ended last March, attest to a full success.

“Once again, we cannot but express great satisfaction with these results,” comments Massimo Boffelli, General Director of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation, “The Prose Season confirms itself as one of our most qualified and qualifying proposals, and this is demonstrated precisely by the attention and affection of the audience, which is increasingly loyal. The now well-established eight performances for each of the seven titles on the playbill is a number that few other theaters nationwide can count on today, even in cities larger than Bergamo. So a heartfelt thank you goes out to our audience and to all those who contribute to the success of the Prose Season and Other Paths and all our other initiatives.”

Coming to the individual shows, the palm of the most-watched and applauded goes to Lysistrata with Lella Costa, which totaled 8,979 admissions, including the 1,000 students who enjoyed the extraordinary replica dedicated to them. Also on the podium were Pignasecca and Pignaverde, with Tullio Solenghi, and Crisi di Nervi, with Maddalena Crippa.

Vivid satisfaction is also expressed by Maria Grazia Panigada, Artistic Director Prose Season and Other Paths: “It is always nice to see so many people at the theater, to grasp the spirit of sharing an experience that goes far beyond the entertainment aspect. And it is wonderful to see the considerable number of young people: we have been dedicating specific educational projects related to certain shows to them for some time now, and this year we have involved more than 3,700 young people from 36 schools in Bergamo and its province.” “And we cannot hide the great pleasure we feel every time our guest actors and directors express their appreciation for the warm welcome they receive from the audience and all the staff of the Donizetti Theater,” Maria Grazia Panigada concludes.

With one season archived, they are already looking to the future: in fact, the 2026/2027 Season of Prose and Other Pathways will be presented in the coming weeks.