{"id":2577,"date":"2025-06-19T15:50:51","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donizettiopera.org\/the-team\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T15:08:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:08:41","slug":"the-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.donizettiopera.org\/en\/the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:80px;--awb-padding-bottom:80px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-blend:overlay;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2>FONDAZIONE TEATRO DONIZETTI<\/h2>\n<p><em>President<\/em><br \/><strong>Giorgio Berta<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Vice-President<\/em><br \/><strong>Emilio Bellingardi<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Board of Directors<\/em><strong><br \/>Vilse Crippa<br \/>Enrico Fusi<br \/>Nando Pagnoncelli<br \/>Elisabetta Ricchiuti<br \/>Roberta Sestini<br \/>Giovanni Thiella<br \/>Alessandro Valoti<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Statutory Auditor<\/em><br \/><strong>Marco Rescigno<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>General Director<\/em><br \/><strong>Massimo Boffelli<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Executive Assistant to the General Director<\/em><br \/><strong>Rachele Paratico<\/strong> | segreteria@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/p>\n<p><em>Administration and Accounting<\/em><br \/><strong>Barbara Crotti<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:crotti@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">crotti@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><br \/><strong>Emanuela Danesi<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:contabilita2@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">contabilita2@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><br \/><strong>Maristella Fumagalli<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:contabilita@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">contabilita@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><br \/><strong>Christian Invernizzi<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:concessioni@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">concessioni@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Communication<\/em><br \/><strong>Michela Gerosa<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:gerosa@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">gerosa@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Fundraising<\/em><br \/><strong>Riccardo Tovaglieri<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:tovaglieri@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">tovaglieri@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Events Production Manager<\/em><br \/><strong>Chiara Martinelli<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:martinelli@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">martinelli@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Logistics<\/em><br \/><strong>Thomas Poletti<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:poletti@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">poletti@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Usher Manager<\/em><br \/><strong>Miriana Sala<\/strong> | <a 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href=\"mailto:dona@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">dona@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Artistic Direction Consultant<\/em><br \/><strong>Marco Vinco<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Bottega Donizetti Coordinator and Casting Education Activities<\/em><br \/><strong>Giulio Zappa<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:bottega@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">bottega@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Stage Music Director<\/em><br \/><strong>Alberto Zanardi<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Stage Rehearsal Pianists<\/em><br \/><strong>Hana Lee, Ugo Mahieux, Daniela Pellegrino<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Stage Managers<\/em><br \/><strong>Marina Basso, Luisita Capelli, Marina Dardani, Maria Eletta Nava<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>R\u00e9p\u00e9titeurs<\/em><br \/><strong>Josefina Perez Escobar, Hinako Kosaka, Stanislaw Masseroli, Fabio Sebastiano, Alessandro Zilioli<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Lighting Designers<\/em><br \/><strong>Caterina Galiotto, Emilio Moriggi<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Surtitles Operator<\/em><br \/><strong>Alberto Sonzogni<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>DONIZETTI EDUCATION DEPARTMENT<\/h2>\n<p><em>Head of Donizetti Education<\/em><br \/><strong>Michela Mannari<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:formazione@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">formazione@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Organisational Secretariat and Relations with Schools<\/em><br \/><strong>Elisa Gambero<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:gambero@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">gambero@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Education Team<\/em><br \/><strong>Alberto Allegretti, Clelia Epis, Maria Teresa Galati, Alessandra Giolo, Mariagrazia Mercaldo<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>DONIZETTI OPERA \u2013 PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT<\/h2>\n<p><em>Production Director<\/em><br \/><strong>Mauro De Santis<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:desantis@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">desantis@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Production Administrative Manager<\/em><br \/><strong>Silvia Bonanomi<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:bonanomi@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">bonanomi@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Production Office<\/em><br \/><strong>Camilla Pagani<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:produzione@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">produzione@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Administration Office<\/em><br \/><strong>Simona Conforti<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:conforti@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">conforti@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Production Assistant<\/em><br \/><strong>Viola Luzzi<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>DONIZETTI OPERA \u2013 SET DESIGN DEPARTMENT<\/h2>\n<p><em>Head of Set Design<\/em><br \/><strong>Giulia Breno<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:breno@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">breno@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Set Design Office<\/em><br \/><strong>Umberto Kilian D\u2019Annolfo, Elisabetta Salvatori<\/strong> | <a href=\"mailto:allestimenti@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org\">allestimenti@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>DONIZETTI OPERA \u2013 TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT<\/h2>\n<p><em>Technical Manager<\/em><br \/><strong>Carlo Micheletti<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Head Stagehand<\/em><br \/><strong>Gabriele Buonomo<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Stagehands<\/em><br \/><strong>Pierantonio Bragagnolo, Marco Filetti, Giovanni Macis, Tommaso Maltoni, Andrea Marseglia, Alessio Onida, Riccardo Paolini, Pietro Patteri, Viviana Rella<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Head Electrician<\/em><br \/><strong>Alessandro Andreoli<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Electricians<\/em><br \/><strong>Matteo Benzoni, Mirko Bergami, Giovanni Bonalumi, Giorgio Gagliano, Roberto Gelmetti, Dalibor Kuzmanic, Manfredi Michelazzi, Cristian Tasca, Luca Topsidakis, Veronica Varesi Monti, Roberto Zenoni<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Props Master<\/em><br \/><strong>Alberto Allegretti<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Props Crew<\/em><br \/><strong>Eleonora Bertolucci, Nina Donatini, Laura Landi, Chiara Mazzotta, Simona Mosca, Erica Natali, Giulia Palladini, Chiara Taiocchi<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Head of Costume<\/em><br \/><strong>Anastasia Crippa<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Costume Department Staff<\/em><br \/><strong>Giulia Alvaro, Ambra Benintendi, Lara Maria Castiglioni, Rebecca Cattaneo, Paola Dioni, Anna Gaiti, Simone Martini, Marianna Peruzzo, Martina Redolfi, Diana Sandoval Ferrel, Francesco Tagliarini<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Head of Wigs &amp; Make-up<\/em><br \/><strong>Elena Polvani<br \/><\/strong><br \/><em>Wigs &amp; Make-up<\/em><br \/><strong>Adriana Hair Style, Laura Busetti, Chiara Cividini, Elisa Gobbi, Aurora Monea, Claudia Lacchini, Sofia Molinaro, Simona Razionale, Beatrice Tappani<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>DONIZETTI OPERA \u2013 MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS<\/h2>\n<p><em>Head of Marketing &amp; Communications<\/em><br \/><strong>Tania Cefis<\/strong> | <a 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