Activities for elementary school

Through the fairy tale set to music by Giacomo Puccini, staged several times by Franco Zeffirelli, children will come into contact with the magic of opera and the mysteries of theatrical staging.

The activity for elementary school is developed in two different moments. The first takes place through the halls of the Museum. The children will participate in an interactive guided tour, focusing on the room dedicated to the different editions of Puccini’s opera.

Museum staff will tell the story of the Chinese princess and illustrate the exotic setting. For this, set sketches, some stage costumes and a three-dimensional model of the stage layout will be used.
Then, in a teaching room located on the first floor, the children will offer their own vision of the play through their drawings. They will reflect on the characters of the characters and the places where the action takes place. Some of the drawings will then be exhibited in the Museum’s premises.

The visit without workshop, lasting about 45″ has a cost of 8 euros per student.
The visit + educational workshop, lasting about 2 h, costs 10 euros per student. Teachers are entitled to free admission.

For information and reservations on the educational activity for elementary school:
e-mail address: education@fondazionefrancozeffirelli.com
tel. 055 281038

Thanks to the small company of traveling actors, whose story has been staged several times by Franco Zeffirelli, the children will be put in touch with the magic of opera and the mysteries of theatrical staging.

The activity develops in two different moments.
The first takes place through the rooms of the Museum, where the pupils will be taken on an interactive guided tour, with particular attention given to the room dedicated to the different productions of Ruggero Leoncavallo’s opera created by Franco Zeffirelli.

Here the story of Canio / Pagliaccio and Nedda / Colombina will be told, through the explanation of the different set designs, the colorful sketches for the stage costumes and a three-dimensional model of the stage.

Subsequently, in a classroom located on the ground floor, children will be offered some excerpts from the opera and will be invited to produce their own vision through their drawings, reflecting on the characters and the locations where the action takes place. Some of the works will then be exhibited in the Museum’s premises.

The visit without the workshop, which lasts about 45 minutes, costs 5 euros per student. The visit + the workshop, lasting about 2 hours, costs 7 euros per student. Teachers are entitled to free admission.

For information and reservations: education@fondazionefrancozeffirelli.com, tel. 055 281038

The visit and workshop have the following objectives:

• put children in touch with the magic of opera and theatrical staging
• understand how behind the staging of a play lies work that combines creativity and study.
• Solicit curiosity and observational skills from children by sharing their ideas as a group.
• stimulate creativity by inviting children to develop their own vision of the work.
• discover how opera theater connects disciplines as diverse as art, literature and music..