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Schools meet the Festival dei Due Mondi

Now in its twelfth edition, this project aims to stimulate local primary and secondary school children and introduce them to the history of the Festival, its locations and its stages. Its mission is to show young and very young people how the city, the territory and its community are inseparably linked.

Students of Spoleto’s secondary schools will lead guided tours of the Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti and of the exhibition Frammenti di un percorso teatrale (Fragments of a theatrical journey) for young people from primary and secondary schools. Their experiences will be recounted through an essay, to be presented at Spoleto65, together with a second essay on gender equality.

This initiative has been a great success over the years and is an opportunity to rediscover the city through stories, memories, documents and archive material, as well as an opportunity to experience the Festival in the first person and contribute to its realisation.

educational@festivaldispoleto.com

The Festival takes you to the theatre

The Festival Piedibus promotes cultural sustainability, welcoming the public and raising awareness about the city’s alternative mobility routes. The project, one of the territory’s official schemes for secondary schools, aims to train young storytellers.

The Festival’s public will be accompanied by its young ambassadors to various performance venues in the historic centre of Spoleto through a physical and narrative itinerary.

Calendar of appointments

On the occasion of:

Inaugural concert
The Passion of Ramakrishna
Friday, June 24, 2022 6:30 pm
Access mobility Alternative gathering point
Ponzianina escalators
Treadmill and from the Posterna

Mariza
Thursday, June 30, 2022 8:30 p.m.
Access mobility Alternative collection point
Ponzianina Escalators
Treadmill and from the Posterna

Angélique Kidjo
Mother Nature
Friday, July 8, 2022 8:30 p.m.
Access mobility Alternative gathering point
Ponzianina Escalators
Treadmill and from the Posterna

Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano, Barbara Hannigan
Final concert
Sunday, July 10, 2022 6:30 pm
Mobility access Alternative collection point
Ponzianina escalators
Treadmill and from the Posterna

Free service on reservation

+39 0743 776444

educational@festivaldispoleto.com

An invitation to discover the secrets of “behind the scenes”, through tours led by the students of the Liceo Classico Sansi – Leonardi – Volta, who will accompany visitors to the Teatro Nuovo “Gian Carlo Menotti” in usually inaccessible paths, where preparations for the performances are in full swing.

Programme of meetings

Teatro Nuovo Gian Carlo Menotti

Sunday 26 June 2022 11:00 a.m.

Saturday 2 July 2022 at 15:00

Sunday 3 July 2022 11:00 a.m.

Saturday 9 July 2022 11:00 a.m.

Sunday 10 July 2022 9:30 a.m.

Free service by appointment
+39 0743 776444
promozione@festivaldispoleto.com

An exploration of the city’s hidden corners, curiosities, beauty and unknown stories, through which visitors will discover extraordinary works of art. The tour is organised by the Associazione Amici di Spoleto Onlus. Routes accompanied by tastings of Trebbiano Spoletino and other local products.

Saturday 25 June | The Crypt of the Patron and Monumental Cemetery of Spoleto – meeting at 10 a.m. at Piazzale San Ponziano, via S. Salvatore Basilica, 2 | Spoleto

Colle Ciciano has been a sacred place since ancient times, which can be testified by the presence of a pre-Roman burial site. The slopes of the site are home to the ancient crypt of San Ponziano, the remains of a Micaelico therapeutic sanctuary and the 18th-century Monumental Cemetery, a place for the burial of nobles that is immersed in the sacred silence of its cypress trees.

Wednesday 29 June | Villa Redenta and its Mysterious Park – meeting at 10 am at Villa Redenta, via di Villa Redenta, 1 | Spoleto

Just outside the 14th-century city walls stands the neoclassical Villa Redenta. Built on the remains of a Roman settlement and lived in by important noble families over the centuries, the villa is surrounded by a lush, mysterious park filled with obelisks, mithraea, grottoes, sundials and centuries-old trees.

Saturday 09 July | The Secret Waters of Spoleto, among sulphurous wells, fountains and nymphaea – meeting at 10 a.m. at the Casina dell’Ippocastano, via Giacomo Matteotti, 6 | Spoleto

Water is Spoleto’s eternal source of life. An itinerary to discover a city that has protected more than 50 public fountains and springs within its walls since the 14th century. Passing through the ancient mediaeval quarters we will discover an ancient vein of sulphurous water, courtyards and fountains of the city’s noble palaces, nymphaeums and a still active spring on Colle Sant’Elia.

Sunday 10 July | Clitunno Spring and its Temple – meet at 10 a.m. at the Fonti del Clitunno Park, via Flaminia, 7 | Campello sul Clitunno

The source of the river Clitunno, which follows the traces of the ancient lake Clitorio, offers a fascinating journey of discovery of its limpid waters and lush vegetation that has inspired poets and travellers through the ages. You will learn about its dedication to the God Jupiter Clitunno in Roman times and immerse yourself in its early Christian temple, the Church of San Salvatore (or Tempietto sul Clitunno), which marked the birth of a new style of religious eastern architecture. The church is a World Heritage Site.

The fee for the Spoleto tour is €15; that for the tour of Campello sul Clitunno is €20. An aperitif with typical products is provided at the end of each tour. Each tour lasts approximately 3 hours. Book while places available

Festival Box Office

Via Saffi, 12| Spoleto

Open every day from Monday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

+39 0743 776444

For a Sustainable Festival

As a promoter of local development, the Festival dei Due Mondi is sensitive to the theme of economic, environmental and social sustainability.

For information on initiatives, meetings and projects:

Green Corner c/o Festival Box Office

Via Saffi, 12| Spoleto

Open every day from Monday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

educational@festivaldispoleto.com

Paths of Theatrical Mediation

curated by

Lorella Natalizi and Mauro Pietrini

Aimed at students and adults, the theatrical mediation project includes a series of appointments aimed at preparing audiences to see the show, encourage engagement and stimulate a critical capacity.

CondiVisioni Senior

Staying for the first time or simply returning to Spoleto during the Festival dei due Mondi is the way to become a witness of beauty, an aware spectator of a city with a stratified history starting from its walls, streets, buildings and the many theatres where art in all its many forms opens up to the spectator’s gaze. Sharing Senior is the appointment of every weekend for passionate and/or curious tourists. The meetings will take place at the Terrazza Gattapone, a suggestive space located in the Hotel Gattapone in Spoleto from which one can enjoy a splendid panorama. It will be an opportunity both to prepare for the viewing of the shows and to encourage the involvement of participants and stimulate their critical sense. Finally, the initiative will enable the spectators to feel part of the experience, not only through the materials and stimuli provided by the theatre mediators, but with the awareness that they are active and responsive users of the theatrical experience.

Participation in the “CondiVisioni Senior” theatre mediation meetings is free of charge.

Places are limited – Registration compulsory.

Info and booking
+39 0743776444
biglietteria@festivaldispoleto.com

CondiVisioni Senior Calendar

I Weekend

Theatre mediation meeting on Friday 24 June from 16.30 to 18.30 at Terrazza Gattapone c/o Hotel Gattapone

Performances:

– INAUGURAL CONCERT – 24 June PIAZZA DUOMO 7.30 p.m.

– LE CROCODILE TROMPEUR – 25 June SAN SIMONE 7.00 p.m.

– THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE – 26 June TEATRO ROMANO 9.30 p.m.

Registration by 20 June, possibility to include other performances on request by 21 June

II Weekend

Theatre mediation meeting on Thursday 30 June from 18.00 to 20.00 at Terrazza Gattapone c/o Hotel Gattapone

Performances:

– MARIZA – 30 June PIAZZA DUOMO 9.30 p.m.

– DEMI VERONIQUE – 1 July AUDITORIUM DELLA STELLA at 5 p.m.

– SANS TAMBOUR – 2 July SAN SIMONE 4 p.m.

– LA VOIX HUMAINE – 2 July PIAZZA DUOMO 9.30 p.m.

– WEG – 3 July TEATRO NUOVO GIAN CARLO MENOTTI 4.30 p.m.

– DIANNE REEVES – 3 July PIAZZA DUOMO 9.30 p.m.

– SHAME CULTURE – 4 July ROCCA 9.30 p.m.

Registration by 27 June, possibility to include other performances on request by 27 June

III Weekend

Theatre mediation meetings on Thursday 7 July from 16.30 to 18.30 and Sunday 10 July from 17.30 to 19.30 at Terrazza Gattapone c/o Hotel Gattapone

Performances:

– IL GABBIANO – 7 July CAIO MELISSO THEATRE 7.00 p.m.

– MYSTERY SONATAS/FOR ROSA – 7 July 9.30 p.m. at the TEATRO ROMANO

– HỲBRIS – 8 July SAN SIMONE 7.00 p.m.

– ANGÉLIQUE KIDJO – 8 July PIAZZA DUOMO 9.30 p.m.

– TONÁ – 9 July AUDITORIUM DELLA STELLA 5.00 p.m.

– HISTORY OF VIOLENCE – 9 July TEATRO NUOVO GIAN CARLO MENOTTI 7 p.m.

– ATTACCO AL POTERE – 10 July ROCCA 3 p.m.

Registration by 4 July, possibility to include other performances on request by 4 July

CondiVisioni Junior is a workshop promoting pedagogical, practical and theoretical initiatives run by theatre professionals from the arts sector. The curiosity of young people is playfully stimulated through learning activities, in the anticipation of the artistic event, before, during and after the event.

For the 65th edition of the Festival, the cultural mediation project is held in collaboration with the Liceo ‘Sansi Leonardi Volta’ of Spoleto, which provides meeting spaces in Palazzo Toni, at its headquarters in Piazza Carducci, and is reserved for students from the city’s secondary schools.

Participation in the project and in the performances is free of charge subject to availability of places.

For information:

educational@festivaldispoleto.com

Promoted by the Umbria Region and part of the Spoleto65 programme, the Festa dei Boschi is a day entirely dedicated to trees, with open-air workshops, family activities and readings to deepen knowledge of the Sacred Wood of Monteluco, a place rich with biodiversity, culture and local traditions.

The meeting is organised by the Museo delle Scienze e del Territorio – MuST in collaboration with the Municipality of Spoleto and the Fondazione Festival dei Due Mondi di Spoleto.

Sunday 10 July, 10.00-22.00

Meeting at 10.00

10.30 Track Hunters. Strolling through the La Vallotta Visitors’ Centre, the public will be “guided” on a treasure hunt through which they will learn about the fauna that populates the Monteluco forest.

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12.30 Lunch at an agreed price in collaboration with local restaurateurs.

15.30 – 1, 2, 3… wood! Games, workshops, nature animation, readings and many other activities to discover the forest and its many facets. The trees, animals and fantastic creatures will accompany the group as they discover the magical forest over the course of an afternoon. Activities in collaboration with local associations.

19:00 Dinner at a special price in collaboration with local restaurateurs.

20.30 – 22.00. Bat night: what do you know about bats? An entire evening dedicated to these fascinating creatures. Participants will be guided through the Sacred Wood, listening to the bats’ ultrasound with special instruments used by researchers. We will dispel myths and beliefs linked to these mysterious and much-feared animals.

For information and bookings:

+39 349 2254072

info@mustspoleto.com

A meeting place for many cultures, the Festival dei Due Mondi has started its path of integration with local schools. Some Ukrainian children have already arrived at schools in the area and more will do so over the coming days. The project, initiated together with the Associazione Musicale Europa InCanto, uses music as a tool for school and social inclusion. From now until the start of the festival, the students will participate in in-depth lessons and workshops, learning about music and how to listen to it, before attending a performance at the Festival.

For information:

educational@festivaldispoleto.com

A program of yoga and meditation meetings by the Ondine Center in the evocative atmosphere of the Spoleto Festival. Moments of observation and contemplation of thoughts, search for the links between body and mind in the discovery of harmony. The classes, connected to the Festival performances through selected themes, invite the viewer to reflect on balance, emotions, connection with nature, the cycle of the universe and beauty.

Cost of participation €15.00 per class – class duration 1 hour

For reservations +39 379 136 2873

Schedule of appointments

COMPLESSO MONUMENTALE DI SAN NICOLÒ

– Friday, June 24 9:30 a.m. FREE LESSON.

Meditation class – Class theme: The Ancestral Sacred, the essence of woman, origins, roots.

– Saturday, June 25 6:30 p.m.

Yoga class – Class theme: The OM cycle (universe, love, let, devour, let die. The cycle of the universe.

– Saturday, July 2 5 p.m.

Yoga class – Class theme: The visible and the invisible, the rational world, the world of emotions.

– Sunday, July 3 5 p.m.

Yoga class – Class theme: Slow rhythm exercises, listening and suspension. Relaxation.

– Friday, July 8, 10:00 a.m.

Yoga class – Class theme: Love and connecting with nature, mindfulness, truth and trust.

– Saturday, July 9 6:00 p.m.

Yoga & meditation class – Class theme : Symbolism of the rose and mystery. Meditation, breath and mudra, fluidizing energy.

– Sunday, July 10 10 a.m.

Yoga class – Class theme : The beauty of diversity.

Educational and immersive workshops, a space dedicated to the youngest children who, through games, workshop activities, cultural and naturalistic animation, readings and many other activities, are accompanied by qualified educators in a fun immersion in the atmosphere of the Festival.

The initiative is organised by the Agrileisuretime educational farm and hosted in the playroom of the Palazzo Mauri Library.

Cost of the service €10.00 per hour

Service aimed at children aged between 6 and 11 years old
For bookings +39 328 466 9918

In cooperation with the Pro Loco Associations, the Festival offers a program of guided tours to discover the beauty of the area, local traditions and historical and environmental heritage.

SENSORIAL WALK AND APERITIVO THROUGH THE LAVENDER FIELD LAVANDETO
La Fattoria del Castello

The experience includes a walk suitable for both adults and kids, the harvesting of herbs and their uses along with facts on the historical and popular tradition.
There is going to be an aperitivo at the end of the walk, set in the lavender field.

On Sunday 26th of June 2022, starting from 18:30 / 6:30 PM
In Via dell’artigiano nr. 21- Baiano di Spoleto (Pg)
Adults 12 €
Kids from 3 to 14 years 8 €

Info & reservations
Sara: 3337427541
Valeria: 3336187339
e-mail: fattoriadelcastello@gmail.com

DISCOVERING THE TERRITORIES OF BAIANO AND ALTA MARROGGIA
Association Proloco-Baiano of Spoleto

Alta Marroggia tour: a narrative journey among castles, villas, palaces and churches, discovering the masterpieces of the territory.

Meeting: Saturday 9th July at 09.30 in “VILLA MERINI” in via Lenin nr 20 – Baiano di Spoleto
Visit to “Palazzo Merini- Ancient cellars and private Chapel, Church Madonna della Cura, Baiano Castle”.

Info & reservations (until 7 July)
Cost: 15 € each, with tasting of local products
Tania: 3402989431

tania.rosati@alice.it