“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 29 to July 3. The action takes place in a military camp where Maria and her many fathers live: the soldiers who raised her. Now Maria is a bright girl, full of courage, whose life is on the threshold of great change. A great stage play where roles are turned upside down and stereotypes are fought against, with love and lightness. Finally, from July 6 to 10 , the music will be that of the Cinderella: Rossini’s opera is transformed into a fairy tale where goodness and intelligence triumph. Angelina(aka Cinderella) is a young woman who, with humility and wisdom, defeats all forms of wickedness. A more mature and profound reading of a classic story that invites reflection on true inner strength.

The pedagogical and artistic part is conducted by specialized trainers from the Donizetti Theater Foundation: Silvia Briozzo, a drama trainer who is an expert in school workshops and has been entrusted with the reduction of the libretto of the operas and the direction of the final recital; Alessandra Giolo, a music trainer specializing in childhood and a teacher of the Donizetti Opera teaching team, who will take care of the musical reduction of the operas and the preparation of the sung parts; and Alberto Allegretti, a props trainer of the Donizetti Theater and a teacher of the teaching team who will be responsible for the sets and costumes. The group is managed by certified educators from the Alchimia Cooperative.

To participate, there is a registration fee of € 230.00 per week for each participant in addition to registration. Meals can be provided independently by the family or one can use a school cafeteria service at a cost of €35.00 per week.

The initiative is made possible thanks to the support of UniAcque. Details and registration at the following link: https://www.teatrodonizetti.it/it/donizetti-summer-camp/