Tuesday 14 April, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>
Participatory performance with puppets, soprano, and actor<\/p><\/div>
Tano di Lammermoor<\/h1><\/div><\/div>A project by Manuel Renga<\/strong> and Simone Dini Gandini<\/strong>
\nDramaturgy of Simone Dini Gandini
\n<\/strong>Directed by Manuel Renga<\/strong>
\nScenes and costumes by Alberto Allegretti<\/strong>
\nWith Daniele Cortesi<\/strong> and his puppets
\nAnd with Roberto Dibitonto<\/strong>, Francesca Longa<\/strong>, Leonardo Moroni<\/strong>
\nMusical supervision by Alberto Zanardi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.donizettiopera.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Donizetti-Opera-Copertia-Tano-di-Lammermoor.webp\" "\\"Donizetti")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>DESCRIPTION
\n<\/b><\/strong>Little Tano (a very young Gaetano Donizetti) is seven years old and has a stormy temperament. A quarrel with his parents is just around the corner: this time, the cause of his anger is his refusal to eat spinach and his demand to eat only cake. And so? Off to bed without dinner.
\nSo far, nothing new in the Donizetti household, but what is happening in Tano’s bedroom?
\nThe young musician takes out all his anger on his toys: he puts on his father’s jacket, draws a moustache on his face and starts giving orders left, right and centre. He forces the beautiful Lucia (a gorgeous puppet) to marry the evil Lord Bucklaw (a puppet with a wicked grin), compels the Colonel (a highly decorated Scottish puppet) to guard Lammermoor Castle and finally charges his musician puppet, forcing him to play continuously.
\nBut the toys have a secret: they are alive! Until now, the Rule of Rules had never been broken; it states that no toy can be seen alive by human children.
\nAfter a series of twists and turns and mistreatment, the rule is broken and Gaetano finds himself talking, reasoning and arguing with his toys: together with them, he will embark on a journey of growth that will lead him to understand that obligations and deception are never a good idea and that everyone has rights but also duties.
\nSo while he eats his spinach (not without difficulty), he allows Lucia to meet and marry her lover Edgardo. Who knows if, struck by the magical events of that night, Tano will decide to devote himself to music and write a beautiful opera dedicated to Lucia di Lammermoor.<\/p>\nCLASSROOM WORKSHOP
\n<\/strong><\/b>The young audience participates in a workshop at school in preparation for the opera to learn the choruses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Info<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div>
A project by Manuel Renga<\/strong> and Simone Dini Gandini<\/strong> DESCRIPTION CLASSROOM WORKSHOP
\nDramaturgy of Simone Dini Gandini
\n<\/strong>Directed by Manuel Renga<\/strong>
\nScenes and costumes by Alberto Allegretti<\/strong>
\nWith Daniele Cortesi<\/strong> and his puppets
\nAnd with Roberto Dibitonto<\/strong>, Francesca Longa<\/strong>, Leonardo Moroni<\/strong>
\nMusical supervision by Alberto Zanardi<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\n<\/b><\/strong>Little Tano (a very young Gaetano Donizetti) is seven years old and has a stormy temperament. A quarrel with his parents is just around the corner: this time, the cause of his anger is his refusal to eat spinach and his demand to eat only cake. And so? Off to bed without dinner.
\nSo far, nothing new in the Donizetti household, but what is happening in Tano’s bedroom?
\nThe young musician takes out all his anger on his toys: he puts on his father’s jacket, draws a moustache on his face and starts giving orders left, right and centre. He forces the beautiful Lucia (a gorgeous puppet) to marry the evil Lord Bucklaw (a puppet with a wicked grin), compels the Colonel (a highly decorated Scottish puppet) to guard Lammermoor Castle and finally charges his musician puppet, forcing him to play continuously.
\nBut the toys have a secret: they are alive! Until now, the Rule of Rules had never been broken; it states that no toy can be seen alive by human children.
\nAfter a series of twists and turns and mistreatment, the rule is broken and Gaetano finds himself talking, reasoning and arguing with his toys: together with them, he will embark on a journey of growth that will lead him to understand that obligations and deception are never a good idea and that everyone has rights but also duties.
\nSo while he eats his spinach (not without difficulty), he allows Lucia to meet and marry her lover Edgardo. Who knows if, struck by the magical events of that night, Tano will decide to devote himself to music and write a beautiful opera dedicated to Lucia di Lammermoor.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/b>The young audience participates in a workshop at school in preparation for the opera to learn the choruses.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Info<\/h2><\/div>