Italian and international partners: Ente Nazionale Sordi (ENS) – Sezione di Macerata; Museo Statale Tattile Omero di Ancona; Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti (UICI) – Sezione di Macerata; Municipality of Macerata; University of Macerata; University of Pittsburgh, USA.

What is an inclusive festival? Expanding and diversifying Opera audience through accessibility: we have been leading the way since 2009. The average audience is now around 400 participants, from all over Italy and Europe, aged between 5 and 85. The InclusivOpera project, coordinated by Prof. Elena Di Giovanni since its onset, is aimed at people with sensory and cognitive impairments, with a special focus on young people. All opera performances are audio described for blind or partially sighted people, with Italian and English pre-recorded introductory descriptions also available online. We also provide fully guided multisensory tours, sign-language-interpreted tours, personal hearing assistant, live surtitles in Italian and English for all opera performances.
InclusivOpera is also part of “Marche for all. Percorsi di Arte e Spettacolo per un turismo culturale accessibile” project carried out by the Municipality of Jesi, in collaboration with Pergolesi Spontini Foundation, Arena Sferisterio Association and Fondazione Rete Lirica delle Marche, with the support of Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Ministro per le Disabilità and the co-financing of the Marche region.

InclusivOpera at the Macerata Opera Festival

tuesday july 18

Cooperativa sociale Di Bolina

10:30 am – An inclusive workshop inspired by the music of Carmen 

sunday july 30

Sferisterio Arena

4:00 pm – From Workshop to Stage

Together with Cooperativa Sociale Di Bolina Onlus
we will stage a performance at arena Sferisterio based on Bizet’s Carmen

saturday august 5

Sferisterio Arena (La traviata)

6:00 pm – Multisensory tour: discovering the instruments and orchestra (UICI)

6:30 pm – Italian Sign Language tour: discovering the instruments and orchestra (ENS)

9:00 pm – La traviata with audio description and surtitles

sunday august 6

Sferisterio Arena (Carmen)

6:00 pm – Multisensory tour: discovering the set and props (UICI)

6:30 pm – Italian Sign Language tour: discovering the set and props (ENS)

9:00 pm – Carmen with audio description and surtitles

thursday august 17

Sferisterio Arena (Lucia di Lammermoor)

6:30 pm – Multisensory tour: discovering the wardrobe and make-up (UICI)

9:00 pm – Performance with audio description

saturday august 19

Sferisterio Arena (Lucia di Lammermoor)

6:30 pm – Italian Sign Language tour: discovering the wardrobe and make-up (ENS)

9:00 pm – Performance with surtitles

All tours are free and available for up to 35 people,

while tickets for the performances are available at a reduced rate.

For more information: inclusivopera@sferisterio.it

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