For the second consecutive year , the Donizetti Theater Foundation’s courses for training lighting and sound engineers will be held at the Donizetti Theater.

The objective of the courses is to offer the opportunity to have a first direct, theoretical, but above all practical contact with the profession of the theater technician, providing a series of basic preliminary elements and tools, preparatory to an initial approach to the world of performing arts.

The courses are taught by the technical staff of the Donizetti Theater Foundation-Alessandro Andreoli, chief electrician and light designer, and Cristian Tasca, sound engineer-with support from Sergio De Giorgi and Giulia Breno of the Stage Staging Office. Project curated by Maria Grazia Panigada.

“Ours is a theater that follows a line that combines technologically advanced equipment and methodologies with what is the tradition of the Donizetti Theater itself, which maintains an Italian-style stagecraft conception where manual skill plays a very important role,” says Sergio De Giorgi, Head of the Stage Staging Office, “Today in many theaters there is a tendency to make use of the most sophisticated technology, while we continue to refer to tradition, strong in the historical nature of a 19th-century theater that has preserved its functionality. We therefore carry on a discourse of preservation of historical memory, because in our opinion there is no awareness of the present without a historical knowledge of the theatrical journey, even from a technical point of view.”

“These courses, together with the acting and dramaturgy courses, represent a fundamental part of our activity, going to integrate with all the performance proposals at Teatro Donizetti and Teatro Sociale,” specifies Maria Grazia Panigada, Artistic Director of the Prose Season and Other Paths of the Donizetti Theater Foundation, “They constitute the educational part and are important for us because we feel it is our duty to give young people the opportunity to learn about the professions of theater and to be able to approach this world and then perhaps in the future be able to be part of it. Personally, I am grateful to all those who make this project possible by putting their professionalism on the line and showing educational concern.”

Once again this year, building on the positive feedback from past years, the Donizetti Theater Foundation is issuing a call for applications to participate in the lighting and sound engineering courses related to the Prose Season and Altri Percorsi, conducted by the Foundation’s own expert staff.

The courses are aimed at young people aged 17 and older (also yet to be completed, as long as it is by the end of 2024). To participate, applicants should send their curriculum vitae containing any previous experience and studies done, as well as a motivational letter, by filling out the form at this link no later than noon on Wednesday, April 17.. Following selection on the basis of the submitted documents and letters, the outcome of the call for applications will be announced on Wednesday, May 8. The lighting course will start on Monday, June 3, while the phonics course will start on Tuesday, June 4.

Both courses, at the end of which a certificate of attendance will be issued, will provide theoretical elements of the basic criteria, methodology and terminology, followed by practical rehearsals with the Donizetti Theater’s chief electrician and chief sound engineer. A common introductory meeting is planned for both courses; following this, each course will be held over two intensive days where the theoretical and practical foundations of the disciplines will be laid. Participants in the lighting engineering course will have the opportunity to have a hands-on experience at the Claypaky company, an international benchmark brand in professional lighting systems. The day will include a visit to the company’s museum and production area and a technical session. Students in the phonics course, on the other hand, will experience recording a live band.

For more information:

Phone 035.4160612
E-mail info@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org