Michela Gerosa

Donizetti Theatre Foundation The Theater Season 2025-2026 Other Pathways The ghost songwriter by and with Ivan Talarico Thursday, Dec. 18 at the Social Theater   Begun with Natale in casa Cupiello, a classic by Eduardo De Filippo re-proposed in an original way by Luca Saccoia, the Donizetti Theater Foundation's Altri Percorsi review, dedicated to Benvenuto Cuminetti, continues Thursday, Dec. 18 at the Teatro Sociale (8:30 p.m.) with The Phantom Singer, a theater-song performance written and performed by Ivan Talarico. Duration 1 hour and 5 minutes without intermission. Ticket prices: 20 euros, reduced 16 euros. The Ghost Songwriter is a journey into the world of Italian songwriting but also a reflection on authorship in art. At a time in history such as the present, when the use of artificial intelligence has opened a wide discussion on the role of authorship and creativity, the show is a pataphysical investigation of authorship through the biography of singer-songwriter A. F.. The show's presentation notes state that A.F. was a singer-songwriter from Veneto, born in 1923 and disappeared from the scene in 1969. Her artistic journey was unfortunate: all the songwriters she met liked her songs and many plagiarized them. From those plagiarisms were born great masterpieces of Italian music and beyond; from Domenico Modugno to Lucio Battisti, from Luigi Tenco to Patti Smith, everything was written by A. F., but no one knows and she remained a ghost. This amazing and incredible story starts from a rare book found by chance: a long interview with an unknown singer-songwriter who is the real author of hugely successful songs. Through the interview, Talarico traces her history, her movements between Rome, Genoa and Milan, her relationship with many famous songwriters, her retirement from the stage and the disappearance of this giant but forgotten figure. How was his disappearance possible? And more: how do creative mechanisms work, what is an idea, who can truly call themselves the author of something? Ivan Talarico is a singer-songwriter, author and thespian. In 1999 he founded the theater company DoppioSenso Unico together with Luca Ruocco, with whom he writes and performs shows between the absurd and black comedy (among others La variante E.K., gU.F.O., Operamolla and Il successo non è successo). Since 2003 he has been writing and producing stage music for shows and soundtracks for short films. In 2009 he resumed writing songs and performing in concert. From 2013 he began a collaboration with writer Claudio Morici; over the years they will stage a series of readings with songs.With Gorilla Sapiens Editions he publishes two books of poems, Ogni giorno di felicità è una poesia che muore (2014) and Non spiegatemi le poesie che devono rimanere piegate (2016).He is among the eight winners and prize for Best Lyrics at Musicultura 2015 and is called as a guest, at the Ariston Theater, of the 2016 Tenco Prize. He is among the founders of the variety show Sgombro, since 2016 among the most followed in the Roman underground, in which he plays the

Benvenuto Cuminetti Archive 323 films of performances from 1983 to 2001 in digitized edition Twenty-five years ago, on September 6, 2020, Benvenuto Cuminetti, a fundamental figure in the theatrical, and more generally cultural, life of the City of Bergamo during his years as Artistic Director of the Prose Season of the Donizetti Theater, as well as creator of the Altri Percorsi review, left us. Today, the Donizetti Theater Foundation remembers his work by dedicating to him the Prose Season and Altri Percorsi 2025/2026 and with the establishment of theBenvenuto Cuminetti Archive which, over the course of three years, will lead to the digitization of the films, now preserved in analog format, of 323 performances staged at the Donizetti Theater from 1983 to 2001, totaling more than 700 hours of footage. The digitization of such impressive material, edited by Gianfranco Rota, will form a valuable documentation available for consultation at the Donizetti Theater Foundation Study Center. Among the many materials that theBenvenuto Cuminetti Archive will make available for viewing in digital format will be titles that remain in the collective memory, such as Six Characters in Search of an Author e Murder in the Cathedral, plays that, directed by Patroni Griffi and starring Giulio Bosetti, debuted in Bergamo and whose open rehearsals allowed a behind-the-scenes look at a production. Also available will be works with the marvelous set designs of Lele Luzzati, to whom Cuminetti also dedicated an exhibition, and performances by actors of the caliber of Vittorio Gassman, Aroldo Tieri, Lina Volonghi, Paola Borboni, Valeria Valeri, Tino Carraro, Anna Proclemer, Salvo Randone, Franco Parenti, Lucia Morlacchi, Corrado Pani, Turi Ferro, Alberto Lionello, and Carmelo Bene will be on view. But also artists who were beginning their journey in the 1980s and 1990s: this is the case of companies such as Ravenna's Teatro delle Albe or Laboratorio Teatro Settimo. For some of these shows, the footage in the Foundation's archive is the only existing copy, which makes it even more valuable. "We are particularly pleased to be able to announce the creation of theBenvenuto Cuminetti Archive, a fitting tribute to the man who made our theater grow to become one of the most important theatrical performance venues nationwide," comments Massimo Boffelli, General Director of the Donizetti Theater Foundation, "As part of our activities, scientific research and historical documentation play a role of absolute importance: the archive dedicated to Benvenuto Cuminetti fits right into this vein, underscoring the value of a legacy that we want to share with our audiences and with theater scholars." Maria Grazia Panigada, Artistic Director of the Prose Season and Other Paths, remembers the man who can be considered his elective teacher this way: "I believe that our theater owes Cuminetti in so many ways: it is as if he was the founder of the Donizetti Theater as far as prose is concerned. Not because it wasn't being done before, but because Cuminetti set a precise cultural policy and carried it out: convinced that a civic theater

Alessandro Barbero presents St. Francis December 15, 2025 - 6:30 p.m. at the Donizetti Theater Alessandro Barbero returns Monday, Dec. 15, to the Donizetti Theater in Bergamo (6:30 p.m.; tickets sold out) to present his new book dedicated to St. Francis, which was released last September and immediately entered the bestseller lists. The special event is organized by the Donizetti Theater Foundation in collaboration with Editori Laterza and is supported by Intesa Sanpaolo, BCC Oglio e Serio and Sitip Spa. Max Pavan, head of news services for Bergamo TV, will introduce. At the end of the meeting Alessandro Barbero will be available for signacopies in the "Gavazzeni" Ridotto of the Donizetti Theater. "We are delighted to welcome the return to our theater of Alessandro Barbero, one of the most revealing figures in Italian culture in recent years, a scholar and popularizer who knows how to communicate great events and historical figures like no other."-comments Massimo Boffelli, general director of the Donizetti Theater Foundation - "Barbero was the protagonist, with great success, of the first edition of Lezioni di Storia in 2024 and having him back with us for a special event, thanks to the now well-established partnership with Editori Laterza and the sponsors supporting us on the occasion, has a special significance in reaffirming the importance and value of our cultural proposals." "Intesa Sanpaolo is pleased to support an initiative capable of enhancing the dissemination of culture and knowledge, values that are central to the growth of the communities in which we operate. The collaboration with the Donizetti Theater Foundation confirms our commitment to fostering cultural projects that enrich the territory and help make it more attractive and inclusive," says Daniele Pastore, Regional Director Lombardy North Banca dei Territori of Intesa Sanpaolo. "Supporting initiatives that promote knowledge, in-depth study and cultural dialogue is an integral part of the mission of our bank, which has always been close to the growth of the territory and the enhancement of its best energies. The meeting with Professor Barbero represents an extraordinary opportunity because it offers an original and rigorous look at a central figure of our tradition such as St. Francis. We are therefore particularly proud to support the Donizetti Theater Foundation in such a high-profile cultural project, which confirms the theater's role as a point of reference for the cultural life of the city and province," says Andrea Corti, Head of the Bergamo Micromarket of Bcc Oglio e Serio. "We are pleased to support a cultural event of such great appeal, capable of bringing history, popularization and civic participation into dialogue. The presence of Professor Alessandro Barbero at the Donizetti Theater represents a valuable opportunity for the city and for all enthusiasts. We deeply believe in the value of culture as an engine of growth and sharing, which is why we are proud to contribute to the realization of such high-level initiatives," comments Silvana Pezzoli, vice president and commercial director of Sitip Spa. During the “meeting, Alessandro Barbero will explore the many

For the Opera&Concerts section of the Donizetti Theater Foundation's Theater Season, a concert with the emblematic title of Disney In Concert is scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 13, at the Teatro Sociale (3:30 p.m.). On the occasion, soloists of the Italian Philharmonic Orchestra will perform some of the most famous melodies from the most beautiful animated films created by Walt Disney: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mary Poppins, Cinderella, The Charge of the 101, The Jungle Book, The Aristocats, The Little Mermaid, Mulan, Pocahontas, Beauty and the Beast, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Coco, Oceania. Piano and concertmaster Domenico Clapassaon. Soloist voice Giorgia Semeraro. Tickets. Full 20 euros, reduced 15 euros. It was October 16, 1923 when the Walt Disney Company was born. Disney in Concert reintroduces the magic that has been making children and adults dream for more than a century with its fabulous and now classic film creations. Revised in the refined and captivating arrangements of Domenico Clapasson, some unforgettable melodies from Disney's most successful productions satisfy the taste of audiences of all ages, pleasing both the most demanding connoisseurs and those who simply love to be caught up in the phantasmagorical atmospheres of the most beloved fairy tales ever. Disney in Concert is a show under the banner of fun, poetry and magic, where candor and virtuosity come together in a single musical language that is homogeneous yet engaging, simple yet refined, easy yet complex. In each case so immediate and fresh as to bring back to each of us that joy of life that has always animated all the characters that came out of Walt Disney's inexhaustible imagination.

With three weekends of performances and more than thirty initiatives for all audiences, the 2025 edition of the festival dedicated to the great Bergamo composer once again confirms itself as an unmissable event for international audiences and for the city of Bergamo The 2025 edition of the Donizetti Opera festival-organized in Bergamo by the Donizetti Theater Foundation chaired by Giorgio Berta, with the general direction of Massimo Boffelli and the support of the City of Bergamo-has just concluded, with Riccardo Frizza serving for the first time in the dual role of artistic and musical director. From mid-October to Nov. 30, the international festival dedicated to the famous Bergamo composer was at the center of the city's cultural life and a major tourist attraction, as well as in the spotlight of national and international music critics with 94 publications present, including 42 foreign ones. Fundamental to the realization of Donizetti Opera, in addition to institutional partners such as the Ministry of Culture, the Region of Lombardy and the Bergamo Chamber of Commerce, has been the support of private individuals, starting with Allianz, Main Partner of the Donizetti Theater Foundation, Intesa Sanpaolo, SIAD and the growing number of companies and entities adhering to the Donizetti Ambassadors project that support the festival and the Foundation's activities through Art Bonus. The 2025 edition confirms the consolidation of the event, with total attendance at the shows exceeding 12,200. This also translates in terms of takings, which exceed 20 percent over 2023, the year of Bergamo-Brescia Capital of Culture, broadly comparable in type of proposals to this year's festival. Added to these figures is the participation of the public in the rich off schedule, which with more than 30 activities, many of them free, including meetings, concerts, presentations, convivial moments, guided tours and open rehearsals, involved about 1,800 people. And particularly high is the attention paid to the younger generation: the Donizetti Education section alone during the festival period saw the involvement of more than 6,000 children and young people from schools in the Bergamo area with teachers and families, including theater and classroom activities, plus another 3,000 attendees over the calendar year. "This edition of Donizetti Opera represented a significant step for me, having taken over the artistic direction, as well as the musical one, at the beginning of the year," declares Maestro Riccardo Frizza, at the head of the event. "Although the programming was not entirely concerted by me, I wanted to make the most of each title and each artist involved, following the guidelines declared from the beginning of my mandate. I am, therefore, happy with the outcome of the Festival and with the vocal and musical level proposed, thanks to very talented performers, to the young conductors on the podium and to the artistic groups, the Donizetti Opera Orchestra, Gli Originali and the Accademia Teatro alla Scala Chorus, which guaranteed high professionalism. The response of the public and national and international critics also confirms the artistic maturity of the event and

Last performances of the operas Caterina Cornaro, Il furioso on the island of St. Domingo and the diptych Il campanello and Deux hommes et une femme along with the concluding events of the Donizetti OFF, including presentations, the debut of the family opera "Il furioso Gaetano" and the Donizetti Brunch   Donizetti Opera 2025 is heading into its final days with the third weekend featuring as its central day the celebration of Gaetano Donizetti' sDies Natalis , Saturday, Nov. 29, with a program spread among Bergamo's Donizetti theaters and venues, with performances, meetings and music for all ages around the last three performances of the scheduled operas. Friday, Nov. 28, the day is dedicated to appointments outside the theater of the widespread exhibition Caterina Cornaro experience. A queen to remember: at 4 p.m., at the Gaetano Donizetti Music Library (Via Arena 9), which holds the composer's precious musical and documentary collection, Fabrizio Capitanio, curator of the Donizetti Music Library, and Paolo Fabbri, director of the Centro Studi Donizettiani, will lead the public on a special tour, Caterina Cornaro in the Library, to discover the materials on display among the autograph sources and the history of the opera's reception. Admission is free and free of charge. At 5 p.m., in the nearby Donizettiano Museum, also located at 9 Arena Street, the public will be able to participate in the visit Donizetti, standing portrait, curated by Paolo Fabbri, to explore the figure of Donizetti through autograph scores, musical instruments, paintings, statues and personal objects. A journey that brings out the man and the artist in his most intimate and human dimension (guided tour €5.00, reservations required on Ticketlandia and for information info@museodellestorie.bergamo.it). Finally, at 8 p.m., the diptych formed by The Bell and Deux hommes et une femme at the Social Theater. On Saturday, November 29, Dies Natalis day, the city pays tribute to Donizetti with a full day of events that will open, as per tradition, in the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore at 11:15 a.m. with Best Wishes Gaetano!, musical elevation by the ensemble of the Politecnico delle Arti of Bergamo interspersed with Our Letter for Gaetano, public reading of letters from high school children in Bergamo, the result of the creative writing workshop held by trainer Maria Teresa Galati (free admission). In addition, from the morning Donizetti's Birthplace will be extraordinarily open to the public for individual tours from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., with guided tours by Clelia Epis at 3 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. (tickets on sale at donizettiopera.org). At 3:30 p.m., the Donizetti Theater will host theparticipatory opera for families The furious Gaetano on the island of St. Domingo. Or rather the astonishing memoirs of a visionary musician. , preceded by a musical workshop at 2:30 p.m. Direction and dramaturgy are by Manuel Renga, musical dramaturgy by Alberto Zanardi created in collaboration with Mariagrazia Mercaldo, conducting by Giulio Arnofi, sets and costumes by Aurelio Colombo. In the pit the Ensemble

The handover ceremony was attended by Donizetti Theater Foundation President Giorgio Berta, Bottega Donizetti coordinator Giulio Zappa and Rotary Club Bergamo Terra di San Marco and Carlo and Claudio Curnis, supporters of the project   They are one of the revelations of Donizetti Opera 2025 and have received wide and unanimous acclaim from music critics and audiences: we are talking about the students of Bottega Donizetti, young professionals who have tackled in recent months an in-depth work on Donizetti's vocality and who, last night, following the second performance of the diptych The bell e Deux Hommes Et Une Femme at the Social Theater, received certificates of participation from Julius Zappa, coordinator of Bottega Donizetti, in the presence of. George Berta, president of the Donizetti Theater Foundation, and supporters of the project: the Rotary Club of Bergamo Terra di San Marco, represented by the president Gisella Inverardi and by Vilse Crippa, e Charles Curnis Who, together with his father, Claudio, supports Bottega Donizetti. The ceremony involved the six artists of Bottega Donizetti 2025, sopranos Lucrezia Tacchi e Cristina De Carolis, the tenor Cristóbal Campos Marín, the mezzo-soprano Eleanor de Prez and baritones Francesco Bossi e Pierpaolo Martella, and took place under the satisfied gaze of some of the coaches of this edition: the director Stefania Bonfandelli, who signed the staging of the Donizetti diptych, the baritone Alexander Corbelli, on-stage mentor of young talent and starring in Deux hommes et une femme, and the conductor Henry Pagan. The project, now in its fifth year, is part of the Donizetti Theatre Foundation's desire to support young artists and training within the Donizetti repertoire, a line widely shared and promoted by Donizetti Opera's artistic and musical director, Riccardo Frizza, which aims at the growth of a new generation of bel canto artists. This year the level of participants was recognized as very high, in line with the aim of assigning the leading roles in the two one-acts staged at the Teatro Sociale. In recent years the Bottega Donizetti has trained many voices that have refined the art of belcanto, and many of them have received engagements in Italian and European theaters. This year, another stage has, moreover, been added, that of the Ridotto Gavazzeni of the Donizetti Theater, for Donizetti Songs, a project in collaboration with Opera Rara - a British cultural institution whose aim is to rediscover, study and popularize little-performed compositions - aimed at the live performance of romanze, arias, barcarole, composed by Gaetano Donizetti, some of them in world premiere. The artists of the Bottega Donizetti can be heard live again on Friday, Nov. 28, at 8 p.m. at the Teatro Sociale for the last repeat of the diptych The Bell e Deux hommes et une femme and on Sunday, November 30 at 11 a.m. at the Ridotto Gavazzeni of the Donizetti Theater for the second date with Donizetti Songs as part of The Donizetti Brunch cycle.   For the full program and more information: donizettiopera.org

Reruns of Il furioso nell'isola di S. Domingo and Caterina Cornaro continue at Teatro Donizetti, and at Teatro Sociale of the diptych Il campanello and Deux hommes et une femme. For the Donizetti Off review, the appointments A colazione con Gaetano and The Donizetti Brunch return, and the family show Piccolo Signor Rumore debuts.. Double appointment with Opera Stories: the presentation of Alberto Mario Banti's book dedicated to the Beatles in Feltrinelli and the meeting with Valerio Massimo Minale and Paolo Fabbri on Caterina Corner at the Donizetti Theater. After the success of the first weekend, from tomorrow the operas return to the stage: opening will be Il furioso nell'isola di S. Domingo on Friday, Nov. 21 at 8 p.m. at the Donizetti Theater; followed by Caterina Cornaro on Saturday, Nov. 22, also at the Donizetti Theater at 8 p.m., and completed with Il campanello and Deux hommes et une femme at the Teatro Sociale on Sunday, Nov. 23 at 3:30 p.m. Donizetti Off, the calendar of meetings, events, presentations and performances for families that enriches the artistic offerings of the Donizetti Opera festival by involving different audiences in the name of Donizetti, also continues. Opening the off programming of the second weekend, on Friday, November 21 at 6 p.m., at Libreria Feltrinelli Bergamo (Via XX Settembre 55), historian Alberto Mario Banti will present his book The Beatles. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Carocci, 2024). The book tells how the Beatles' album was able to capture the most important fruits of the coeval countercultural communities and at the same time stimulate unexpected creative developments: progressive rock, world music, and experimentation in the recording studio. This is why Sgt. Pepper still deserves to be regarded as one of the absolute pinnacles of 20th-century Western musical culture, just as the works of the great 19th-century composers were able to capture and bring to the stage the issues of the society of the time. Participation is free with reservations at donizettiopera.org. Donizetti Opera's Saturday afternoons are dedicated to families, and on Nov. 22, at 4 p.m. at the Ridotto Gavazzeni of the Donizetti Theater, the musical performance Piccolo Signor Rumore, conceived by Enrico Gabrielli and aimed at children ages 3 and up, will be staged as part of Opera Family. Performed by the ensemble Esecutori di Metallo su Carta with Gabrielli himself on piano, Sebastiano De Gennaro on percussion and noises, and Marcello Corti on brass and narrator, the concert-game tells the story of a curious wad in search of a home; it will be the audience that guides him through drawings, sounds and noises, challenges and riddles. Preceding the performance is a creative workshop at 3 p.m. Tickets (Full €10.00, Under 14 €5.00) are on sale online and at the Donizetti Theater box office. The Opera Stories review doubles this weekend, and at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 22 in the Riccardi Room of the Donizetti Theater, there will be a conversation Caterina Corner. Cyprus between Byzantium and Venice between legal

Inaugural performance Prose Season 2025-2026 Pignasecca and Pignaverde with Tullio Solenghi December 6 to 14 at the Donizetti Theatre   The Donizetti Theater Foundation's Prose Season 2025-2026, in memory of Benvenuto Cuminetti on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his death, is on the starting blocks: from Saturday, Dec. 6 to Sunday, Dec. 14, with the exception of Monday, Dec. 8, it will be staged at the city's main theater Pignasecca and Pignaverde, a title that reprises one of the classics of the Genoese comic actor Gilberto Govi with, at the forefront, also in the role of director, Tullio Solenghi, a popular TV and theater face who is also of Genoese descent. The show is based on the original play written by Emerico Valentinetti, adapted into two acts by Solenghi himself and Margherita Rubino, with scenic design by Davide Livermore. Makeup and wig by Bruna Calvanesi taken over by Barbara Petrolati. Set design by Anna Varaldo. On stage, in addition to Tullio Solenghi: Claudia Benzi, Laura Repetto, Matteo Traverso, Stefano Moretti, Roberto Alinghieri, Mauro Pirovano, Stefania Pepe. Production Teatro Sociale di Camogli and Teatro Nazionale di Genova. Duration 1 hour 50 minutes including intermission. Times: evening 8:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7 and 14 3:30 p.m. Ticket prices: from 15 to 45 euros, reduced from 12 to 36 euros. Pignasecca and Pignaverde is, along with Manezzi per maritare una figlia and Colpi di Timone, one of the most representative shows of the comic art of Gilberto Govi, an actor deeply attached to his city to the point of transposing the texts of his shows into Genoese dialect. His fame, however, thanks to an irresistible comic vis and extraordinary facial expressions, has largely crossed regional and national borders. Long the focus of a rediscovery, the work and figure of Gilberto Govi have in Tullio Solenghi one of the most sincere supporters and popularizers. It is Tullio Solenghi himself who narrates his love for Govi: "The thrilling outcome of Manezzi per maritare una figlia, which in the span of 80 performances entertained and moved an audience of at least 50,000 spectators, could only prelude a new adventure with the other great classic of Gilberto Govi's masterful repertoire, Pignasecca e Pignaverde. I leave the shoes of the submissive "Steva" to step into those of the more sullen Felice Pastorino with unchanged enthusiasm, a mask that, unlike the previous one, hides, among the inevitable cues of great comedy, dark and intriguing human sides to be investigated and represented. This new Govian character represents, in fact, the eternal archetype of the miser, around which revolve characters and situations that go to make up, in the careful observation of reality, that microcosm of Ligurian style that manifests itself in a sort of precious "period photo." It is precisely by browsing through these scenic images that the audience participated in our "Manezzi," in a kind of collective ritual that I want to punctually recreate with this new performance." "In Pignasecca and Pignaverde the mask becomes more authentic,

Inaugural performance Other Pathways 2025-2026 Christmas in the Cupiello House with Luca Saccoia Thursday, December 4 at the Social Theater   The Donizetti Theater Foundation's Season of Theaters begins again, offering numerous events in the vein of drama, music and opera until May. It begins with Altri Percorsi, an open window on the different facets of theatrical expressiveness, whose 2025-2026 edition is symbolically dedicated to Benvenuto Cuminetti, who was the enlightened inventor of the review. The first of seven titles on the bill, scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 4 at 8:30 p.m. at the Social Theater, is Natale in casa Cupiello, Eduardo De Filippo 's classic revived by Luca Saccoia in a special version, cum figuris. In fact, the show sees the actor interacting with seven puppets made by set designer Tiziano Fario, author of the entire scenography, and animated by a group of maneuvers formed ad hoc for the project and coordinated by Irene Vecchia. The direction is by Lello Serao. Lighting by Luigi Biondi and Giuseppe Di Lorenzo. Costumes by Federica Del Gaudio. Original music by Luca Toller. Production Teatri Associati di Napoli/Interno 5 with the support of Fondazione Eduardo De Filippo and Teatro Augusteo. Running time 1 hour 50 minutes including two intermissions. Ticket prices: 20 euros, reduced 16 euros. The show, faithful to Eduardo's text, evokes the events of the Cupiello family, opening a rift within the imagination and memory of every spectator. A dream that comes to life through figure theater in which Luca Saccoia immerses himself by re-emerging as "Tommasino" who, after saying the fateful "yes" to his father, relives and revives that "Christmas" that has been with us for 90 years. Says director Lello Serao in his notes presenting the play, "The project is the brainchild of Luca Saccoia and Vincenzo Ambrosino, which took shape from a meeting with myself and set designer Tiziano Fario. The nativity scene is the horizon within which the whole work moves in both a real and metaphorical sense; the nativity scene is the element Luca Cupiello needs in order to hope for a renewed and conflict-free humanity, but it is also the representation of birth and death, it is the time of transition from the old to the new, it is the mixture of past and present, it is an established iconography and at the same time to be continuously deconstructed. The Nativity scene is remade every year, it is cyclical like the seasons, it can be liked and disliked. It is precisely from this last statement that we started: what has become of that Tommasino, "Nennillo," as his mother calls him, considering him an eternal child? How did he transform after that fateful "yes" on his father's deathbed? We have tried to flesh out these answers by imagining that Tommasino said that "yes" convinced, that from then on, there had to be a change, thinking that it was not just a way of pleasing his dying father, but that it was the beginning of a new path,