{"id":4727,"date":"2025-10-16T15:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T15:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donizettiopera.org\/caterina-cornaro-experience\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T16:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T16:36:26","slug":"caterina-cornaro-experience","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.donizettiopera.org\/en\/caterina-cornaro-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Caterina Cornaro Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 15 to November 30 2025<\/p>\n<\/div>

Caterina Cornaro Experience<\/h1><\/div>

A queen to remember<\/p><\/div>

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Citywide historical-theatrical exhibition<\/strong><\/p>\n

A project by Fondazione Teatro Donizetti<\/strong><\/p>\n

In collaboration with<\/strong>\u00a0Accademia Carrara,
\nBiblioteca Civica Angelo Mai, Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio
\nand Museo delle storie di Bergamo<\/p>\n

Curated by<\/strong> Tania Cefis, Clelia Epis,
\nLuca Loglio, Alessio Francesco Palmieri Marinoni<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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The\u00a0experience<\/em>\u00a0dedicated to Caterina Cornaro is based on the opera of the same name by Gaetano Donizetti, which, as the opening title of Donizetti Opera 2025, returns to the theatre named after him after thirty years.<\/p>\n

The project, promoted by the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti as part of the Donizetti Opera festival, brings together Bergamo’s most important cultural institutions with the aim of offering the public a widespread experience to learn about both 16th-century Venice, against which the profile of the Queen of Cyprus stands out, and the echo of the myth of this famous figure throughout the 19th century, right up to the present day.<\/p>\n

The exhibition, held in the\u00a0Donizetti Studio<\/strong>, stems from the desire to showcase the materials held in the iconographic archive of the Fondazione Teatro Donizetti, which allow us to recount the fascination that Caterina Cornaro inspired in the 19th-century opera world and beyond, and to reconstruct the powerful visual dimension linked over time to such an iconic figure.<\/p>\n

The exhibition features a special section, curated by the Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio in Florence, which presents a reconstruction of the stage costumes worn by the character of Caterina Cornaro in the first Neapolitan performance in 1844 and the sumptuous dress worn by the Queen of Cyprus in the painting by Francesco Hayez kept at the Accademia Carrara.<\/p>\n

This is a unique opportunity because, for the first time ever, the costumes from a Donizetti premiere have been reconstructed. Also on display is the stage costume worn by soprano Denia Mazzola, the protagonist in the 1995 Bergamo production directed by Gianandrea Gavazzeni.<\/p>\n

Caterina Cornaro returns to Bergamo after thirty years, still as charming as ever, just like a queen to be remembered.<\/p>\n

The experience continues outside the theatre<\/strong>, transforming Bergamo into a veritable open-air museum: at\u00a0Accademia Carrara<\/strong>,\u00a0Biblioteca Musicale Gaetano Donizetti<\/strong>,\u00a0Museo Donizettiano<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Mura di Bergamo: il Museo<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Caterina Cornaro Experience<\/em> Pass<\/strong><\/h4>\n

By showing a ticket for the Donizetti Opera 2025 festival or the Caterina Cornaro pin (available at the Teatro Donizetti box office for only \u20ac2) at the ticket offices of participating museums, you are entitled to reduced admission, where applicable.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, if you visit all the venues on the exhibition route and answer the four questions asked by the Donizetti Theatre ticket office correctly, you can purchase a ticket for an opera of your choice from the Donizetti Opera 2025 festival with a 45% discount on the full price<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Project curated by<\/strong>: Tania Cefis, Clelia Epis, Luca Loglio, Alessio Francesco Palmieri Marinoni<\/p>\n

Promoted<\/strong>\u00a0by<\/strong>: Fondazione Teatro Donizetti \u2013 Donizetti Opera<\/p>\n

In collaboration with<\/strong>: Accademia Carrara, Biblioteca Civica Angelo Mai, Fondazione Arte della Seta Lisio, Museo delle storie di Bergamo<\/p>\n

Special thanks to:<\/strong>\u00a0Elena Baistrocchi, Giulia Barcella, Giada Borlotti, Fabrizio Capitanio, Oriana Castagnozzi, Lucia Cecio, Mario Digiglio, Paolo Fabbri, Roberta Frigeni, Cristiana Iommi, Paola Marabelli, Giovanni Mario Nizzola, Francesco Ortona, Felice Pessi, Andrea Rossato, Gianfranco Rota, Nicoletta Tognoni<\/p>\n

Photo credits: Fondazione Accademia Carrara \u2013 Bergamo, Fondazione Adelaide e Maria Antonietta Pagliara \u2013 Universit\u00e0 degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa di Napoli, Ministero della Cultura \u2013 Le Gallerie degli Uffizi, Photo Studio U.V.<\/p>\n

Graphic Design<\/strong>: NT Next Evolving Communication<\/p>\n

Exhibition Set-up<\/strong>: Con.All. Di Conte Giuseppe S.R.L.<\/p>\n

Video<\/strong>: Giancarlo De Angeli<\/p>\n

Technical<\/strong>\u00a0partners<\/strong>: Casa d\u2019Arte Fiore Srl, La Nazionale Manifatture s.r.l. Bollate, Manifattura Marina s.a.s. Busto Arsizio, Opera Rara, Silvana Monti Fashion School Busto Arsizio<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Info<\/h2><\/div>
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Date<\/p><\/div>

From 17 October to 29 November 2025
\nFridays and Saturdays | 4:30\u20138:00 PM
\nClosed on 1 November<\/p>\n<\/div>

SPECIAL OPENINGS<\/p><\/div>

Tuesday 11, Wednesday 12, Thursday 13 November | 4.00\u20137.30 PM
\nThursday 27 November | 5.00\u20138.30 PM
\nSunday 16, 23, 30 November | 10.00 AM\u20133.30 PM<\/p>\n<\/div>

LOCATION<\/p><\/div>

Donizetti Studio<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Free admission<\/p>\n<\/div>

Discover the programme and the venues of the experience<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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