Vivi il Festival

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.

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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.

The calendar of itineraries and meeting points is currently being finalised.

Free service on reservation

+39 0743 776444

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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
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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.

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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