{"id":40016,"date":"2026-05-22T11:04:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teatrodonizetti.it\/donizetti-academy-2026-boundary-line\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:04:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:04:22","slug":"donizetti-academy-2026-boundary-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teatrodonizetti.it\/en\/donizetti-academy-2026-boundary-line\/","title":{"rendered":"DONIZETTI ACADEMY 2026. Boundary line"},"content":{"rendered":"

DONIZETTI ACADEMY 2026
\nBorderline<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n

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<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The project was designed and coordinated by the Donizetti Education sector of the Donizetti Theater Foundation, in collaboration with Dalmine ETS Foundation<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Today, Thursday, May 21, 2026, was an extraordinary day for 600 high school students from Bergamo and province.<\/strong> Eleven experiential workshops on theater crafts and the debut of the collective show Boundary Line<\/em> to reflect on issues of safety and relational awareness.
\nThe Donizetti Theater has thus become a great widespread laboratory for new generations thanks to the Donizetti Academy 2026<\/strong>, 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.
\nThe initiative, born out of the synergy between the Donizetti Theater Foundation <\/strong>and the Dalmine ETS Foundation<\/strong>, 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.
\nThe morning was, therefore, kicked off with eleven workshops<\/strong>, 30 minutes each, divided into three categories – Opera and Theater, Thoughts and Words, and Safety<\/strong> – distributed in the most authentic and often hidden spaces of the Donizetti Theater, including understage, rehearsal rooms, Sale Nobili, Ridotto Gavazzeni and Donizetti Studio.
\nThe 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.<\/p>\n

The “Opera and Theater” <\/strong>course offered to discover the secrets of voice in the choral field with pop music pills(Voice in Chapter!<\/em>), try your hand at conducting(Try to be a conductor\/leader<\/em>), explore behind-the-scenes administrative and managerial work(Theater at the Desk<\/em>) or get your hands dirty in the under-stage with props (Behind the scenes. Stage equipment and gilding technique. <\/em>).
\nThe “Safety”<\/strong> 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<\/em>), graphics and effective communication(Eye on Safety<\/em>) and a conscious comparison between yesterday and today(Safer!<\/em>).
\n“Thoughts and Words”<\/strong> 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<\/em>) to body theater (Theatre is not a safe place. Theater workshop on the body <\/em>), to analyzing the language of the work to discover and understand our emotions, relationships, friendships and loves(Meloman Manifestos<\/em>), to creative writing to counter haters with expressive power on social media by drawing inspiration from Japanese art(Social Kintsugi<\/em>), the latter workshop designed in collaboration with the Bergamo Provincial School Network for Countering Bullying and Cyberbullying.<\/p>\n

“Donizetti Academy represents a milestone in our journey of opening up to new generations,”<\/em> said Massimo Boffelli, general director of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation<\/strong>. “Transforming the Donizetti Theater into a living educational environment, where 600 young people can learn through doing and discover the complex behind-the-scenes mechanisms of a performance, is an extraordinary opportunity. Experiences such as this are crucial for young people: not only because they bring them closer to the crafts and culture of theater, but because they offer them a safe space for personal growth, confrontation and the development of a critical consciousness on crucial issues such as safety and relationships. The theater is not a dusty place or a temple to be afraid to enter, but a living place of encounter, confrontation and expression, in which the new generations can and should feel like protagonists.”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Manuel Tonolini, director of Dalmine Foundation: <\/strong>“Fondazione Dalmine, together with Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, has brought its expertise to bear to create an educational project capable of interweaving industrial culture, performing arts and civic education. A collaboration that enhances two complementary heritages – the industrial and the artistic – putting them at the service of the growth of the new generations. We have always been committed to promoting the culture of work and safety, industrial memory and education for active citizenship. In partnership with Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, thanks to the participation of 600 school children, we have expanded this commitment, creating a bridge between history, technology and theatrical languages. The school thus becomes the meeting point between these worlds, a space where we can imagine new forms of awareness together.”<\/em><\/p>\n

And the final performance Linea di confine (Borderline)<\/em><\/strong> raised the curtain on a true collective creation in five acts<\/strong>, born of the work done throughout the school year by students from five high schools in the Bergamo area, together with stage professionals: the Sacra Famiglia Vocational Training Institution, Betty Ambiveri Institute, I.S.I.S. M. Mamoli, G. Falcone Language High School and Liceo Artistico “Giacomo e Pio Manz\u00f9.”
\nEach picture is inspired by everyday stories that adolescent girls and boys experience outside and inside school every day: stories of growth, exclusion and acceptance, of self and other, of vocation, listening, talent and sharing. Five short acts coordinated by the directorial and dramaturgical vision of Silvia Briozzo<\/strong>, with sets by Alberto Allegretti<\/strong> and musical training by Choir Master Mariagrazia Mercaldo<\/strong>.
\nOver all, at the center of the stage like a work of art, dominated a large mechanism made of golden gears to metaphorically evoke the factory, with its values of ingenuity, cooperation and transmission of energy from one component to another, because only by cooperating, respecting our own and others’ rules and spaces, can great works be generated. <\/p>\n

The secret? Finding each of us our own “boundary line” that allows us, in the harmony of the group, to best express our talents and give voice to our emotions, most authentic and deepest.
\nThe result? Standing ovation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. 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