Education
Activities for schools
The class comes to the Theatre.
Discover the activities for schools: performances, dress rehearsals, guided tours and educational projects that bring students closer to the world of opera, music and the crafts of the theatre.
Dress rehearsals
Schools in the auditorium during the final rehearsals of operas, concerts and dance. Admission to the 2026 dates is free while places last.
Opera
Semele
22 October 2026 · At 15:00
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Conductor
- Giulio Prandi
Price
Gratuito
Opera
Semele
22 October 2026 · At 15:00
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Conductor
- Giulio Prandi
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Sinfonica
Chauhan, Brunello
5 November 2026 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Mieczysław Weinberg, Anton Bruckner
- Conductor
- Alpesh Chauhan
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Symphonic
Chauhan, Brunello
5 November 2026 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Mieczysław Weinberg, Anton Bruckner
- Conductor
- Alpesh Chauhan
Price
Gratuito
Opera
Samson et Dalila
11 November 2026 · At 15:00
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Conductor
- Roberto Abbado
Price
Gratuito
Opera
Samson et Dalila
11 November 2026 · At 15:00
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Conductor
- Roberto Abbado
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Sinfonica
Bolton
19 November 2026 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Conductor
- Ivor Bolton
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Symphonic
Bolton
19 November 2026 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Franz Joseph Haydn
- Conductor
- Ivor Bolton
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Gioia
Blex
21 November 2026 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Conductor
- Christian Blex
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Gioia
Blex
21 November 2026 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Conductor
- Christian Blex
Price
Gratuito
Dance
Notte Morricone
27 November 2026 · At 20:30
Teatro EuropAuditorium
- Music
- Ennio Morricone
- Company
- Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto
Price
Gratuito
Dance
Notte Morricone
27 November 2026 · At 20:30
Teatro EuropAuditorium
- Music
- Ennio Morricone
- Company
- Centro Coreografico Nazionale / Aterballetto
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Sinfonica
Angius, Grazia
11 December 2026 · At 10:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Pasquale Corrado, Paul Hindemith
- Conductor
- Marco Angius
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Symphonic
Angius, Grazia
11 December 2026 · At 10:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Pasquale Corrado, Paul Hindemith
- Conductor
- Marco Angius
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Gioia
Sauer
12 December 2026 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Conductor
- Benedikt Sauer
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Gioia
Sauer
12 December 2026 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven
- Conductor
- Benedikt Sauer
Price
Gratuito
Concerts
Gioia
Dal Maso, Mancini
2 January 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor
- Matteo Dal Maso
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Dal Maso, Mancini
2 January 2027 · At 17:30
- Music
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Price
3 €
Concerts
Sinfonica
Weigle
9 January 2027 · At 18:00
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Conductor
- Sebastian Weigle
Price
3 €
Concerts
Symphonic
Weigle
9 January 2027 · At 18:00
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
- Conductor
- Sebastian Weigle
Price
3 €
Opera
La straniera
19 January 2027 · At 15:00
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Conductor
- Fabrizio Maria Carminati
Price
5 €
Opera
La straniera
19 January 2027 · At 15:00
- Conductor
- Fabrizio Maria Carminati
Price
5 €
Concerts
Sinfonica
Poga
30 January 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Dmitrij Šostakovič
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
Price
3 €
Concerts
Symphonic
Poga
30 January 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Dmitrij Šostakovič
- Conductor
- Andris Poga
Price
3 €
Concerts
Sinfonica
Marshall, Turbil, Zhang
4 February 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Nicola Campogrande, Sergej Rachmaninov
- Conductor
- Wayne Marshall
Price
3 €
Concerts
Symphonic
Marshall, Turbil, Zhang
4 February 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Nicola Campogrande, Sergej Rachmaninov
- Conductor
- Wayne Marshall
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Steri, Pignoni
6 February 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Franz Joseph Haydn
- Direttrice
- Azzurra Steri
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Steri, Pignoni
6 February 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Franz Joseph Haydn
- Conductor
- Azzurra Steri
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Lavrenčič, Incerti
20 February 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Ignaz Danzi
- Conductor
- Mojca Lavrenčič
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Lavrenčič, Incerti
20 February 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Ignaz Danzi
- Conductor
- Mojca Lavrenčič
Price
3 €
Dance
Sergio Bernal Dance Company
13 March 2027 · At 16:00
Teatro Comunale
- Music
- Canto Gregoriano; José Jiménez "El Viejin"
- Company
- Sergio Bernal Dance Company
Price
5 €
Dance
Sergio Bernal Dance Company
13 March 2027 · At 16:00
Teatro Comunale
- Music
- Canto Gregoriano; José Jiménez "El Viejin"
- Company
- Sergio Bernal Dance Company
Price
5 €
Concerts
Gioia
Nir, Zahn
20 March 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Luigi Boccherini, Pablo Casals, Franz Schubert
- Conductor
- Rotem Nir
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Nir, Zahn
20 March 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Luigi Boccherini, Pablo Casals, Franz Schubert
- Conductor
- Rotem Nir
Price
3 €
Opera
Madama Butterfly
27 March 2027 · At 16:00
Teatro Comunale
- Conductor
- Stefano Ranzani
- Director
- Monica Manganelli
Price
5 €
Opera
Madama Butterfly
27 March 2027 · At 16:00
Teatro Comunale
- Conductor
- Stefano Ranzani
- Director
- Monica Manganelli
Price
5 €
Dance
Querencia
10 April 2027 · At 16:00
Teatro Comunale
- Music
- Moisés Sánchez
- Company
- Compagnia Antonio Najarro
Price
5 €
Dance
Querencia
10 April 2027 · At 16:00
- Music
- Moisés Sánchez
- Company
- Compagnia Antonio Najarro
Price
5 €
Concerts
Sinfonica
Boreyko, Ho
15 April 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Valentin Silvestrov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Igor’ Stravinskij
- Conductor
- Andrey Boreyko
Price
3 €
Concerts
Symphonic
Boreyko, Ho
15 April 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Valentin Silvestrov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Igor’ Stravinskij
- Conductor
- Andrey Boreyko
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Azzena, Mariotti
17 April 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor
- Nicolò Azzena
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Azzena, Mariotti
17 April 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Franz Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor
- Nicolò Azzena
Price
3 €
Concerts
Sinfonica
Shokhakimov, Petrova
22 April 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Jean Sibelius, Nicolaj Rimskij-Korsakov
- Conductor
- Aziz Shokhakimov
Price
3 €
Concerts
Symphonic
Shokhakimov, Petrova
22 April 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Jean Sibelius, Nicolaj Rimskij-Korsakov
- Conductor
- Aziz Shokhakimov
Price
3 €
Opera
Carmen
6 May 2027 · At 16:00
Teatro Comunale
- Conductor
- Emmanuel Villaume
- Director
- Pier Francesco Maestrini
Price
5 €
Opera
Carmen
6 May 2027 · At 16:00
Teatro Comunale
- Conductor
- Emmanuel Villaume
- Director
- Pier Francesco Maestrini
Price
5 €
Concerts
Gioia
Hoffmann, Formentelli
15 May 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Philipp Stamic, Franz Joseph Haydn
- Conductor
- Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Hoffmann, Formentelli
15 May 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Philipp Stamic, Franz Joseph Haydn
- Conductor
- Niklas Benjamin Hoffmann
Price
3 €
Concerts
Sinfonica
Renzetti, Bertolazzi
20 May 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi, Hector Berlioz
- Conductor
- Donato Renzetti
Price
3 €
Concerts
Symphonic
Renzetti, Bertolazzi
20 May 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi, Hector Berlioz
- Conductor
- Donato Renzetti
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Boni, Frisone
22 May 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor
- Marco Boni
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Boni, Frisone
22 May 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor
- Marco Boni
Price
3 €
Concerts
Sinfonica
Lyniv, Ovcharenko
27 May 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Eduard Resatsch, Sergei Eduardovič Bortkjevič, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy
- Conductor
- Oksana Lyniv
Price
3 €
Concerts
Symphonic
Lyniv, Ovcharenko
27 May 2027 · At 14:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Eduard Resatsch, Sergei Eduardovič Bortkjevič, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy
- Conductor
- Oksana Lyniv
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Bottani, Donato
29 May 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Joseph Haydn
- Conductor
- Anna Bottani
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Bottani, Donato
29 May 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Joseph Haydn
- Conductor
- Anna Bottani
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Micieli, Ranaldi
5 June 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor
- Ruben Micieli
Price
3 €
Concerts
Gioia
Micieli, Ranaldi
5 June 2027 · At 17:30
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
- Music
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Conductor
- Ruben Micieli
Price
3 €
Opera
Vanessa
8 June 2027 · At 15:00
Teatro Comunale
- Conductor
- Francesco Lanzillotta
- Director
- Leo Muscato
Price
5 €
Opera
Vanessa
8 June 2027 · At 15:00
Teatro Comunale
- Conductor
- Francesco Lanzillotta
- Director
- Leo Muscato
Price
5 €
Special projects
Performances, talks, guided tours and workshops built together with schools.
Performance
All school levels
Telling the opera
Autumn 2026 and spring 2027
At the schools
The plots and main numbers of some of the finest operas, alternating storytelling and music with the young singers of the Academy. The school needs an assembly hall or an auditorium. Dates and times to be agreed with each school.
Autumn 2026: Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. Spring 2027: Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi.
Price
Free
Talk
Upper secondary schools
The crafts of the theatre
Dates to be agreed
At the schools
Stage technicians, prop makers, carpenters, electricians, set designers, costume makers, make-up and wig artists: some of the Theatre's staff describe what each of these roles involves and the training it takes to do them. Dates and times to be agreed with each school.
Price
Free
Educational project
All school levels
Students at the opera
4 December 2026 · At 11
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
An introduction to opera for primary and secondary schools. The 2026 edition presents Mozart's The Magic Flute in a shortened version, with the young singers of the Academy and the Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna.
Price
Free
Concert
All school levels
Remembrance Day concert 2027
27 January 2027 · At 11
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
For Holocaust Remembrance Day, Teatro Comunale di Bologna invites the schools of the metropolitan city to a concert with the Children's Chorus and the Theatre's Orchestra.
Price
€3 per student
Concert
All school levels
Everyone in costume!
Tuesday 9 February 2027 · At 11
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
Masks in opera. In the Carnival season, a musical date devoted to masks and disguise in the operatic repertoire, with the Children's Chorus and the students of the Academy in numbers from famous operas.
Children are warmly invited to come in costume, dressed as the great composers in the history of music.
Price
€5 per student
Guided tour
All school levels
Behind the curtain
Monday 15 March 2027
Teatro Comunale di Bologna
The musical treasure hunt. The Theatre opens the doors of its historic home to the schools of the metropolitan city with an interactive guided tour: technicians at work on stage, the chorus rehearsing, singers and players studying, told by the people who do it every day.
Length: about one hour.
Price
€5 per student
Workshop
Teachers
Choral workshops
Saturday 8 May 2027 · At 11
Teatro Auditorium Manzoni
L'elisir d'amore. Three meetings of about two hours each for teachers, led by Alhambra Superchi, Children's Chorus Master, to prepare a few numbers from Donizetti's opera in class. At the end, students attend a shortened version of the opera at the Auditorium Manzoni, with the chance to sing what they have learned from the stalls together with the Children's Chorus.
Price
€15 per teacher
Support for schools
Our team is available to help schools and teachers choose the activities that suit them best: performances, dress rehearsals, guided tours and educational projects.