{"id":43175,"date":"2018-11-19T18:22:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sferisterio.it\/?page_id=43175"},"modified":"2025-06-12T17:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:21:09","slug":"the-accessibility-at-macerata-opera-festival","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sferisterio.it\/en\/the-accessibility-at-macerata-opera-festival","title":{"rendered":"The accessibility at Macerata Opera Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Our InclusivOpera project turns 17 years old!&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>Expanding and diversifyng Opera audience through accessibility: we have been leading the way since 2009.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All opera performances are <strong>audio described<\/strong> for blind or partially sighted people, with <strong>Italian<\/strong> and <strong>English<\/strong> pre-recorded introductory descriptions also available online. We also provide fully guided <strong>multisensory tours<\/strong>, <strong>sign-language-interpreted tours<\/strong>, personal hearing assistant, live surtitles in Italian and English for all opera performances.<\/p>\n<p>The InclusivOpera project is both unique and excellent in the field of accessibility. Coordinated by Prof. Elena Di Giovanni since its onset, it was awarded the <strong>national prize<\/strong> <strong>Inclusione 3.0<\/strong> in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The project has also been included in the \u201c<strong>European REACH (RE-designing Access to Cultural Heritage) Best Practice programme<\/strong>\u201d, for promoting a wider participation in the preservation, (re-)use and management of European culture.<\/p>\n<p>A PhD program co-funded by the Arena Sferisterio Association entitled: &#8220;Inclusive Theaters: Analysis of Inclusion Strategies and Practices of Performing Arts Organizations for Communities and Territories&#8221; was also launched in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The average audience is now around 400 participants, from all over Italy, aged between 5 and 85.<\/p>\n<p><strong>INCLUSIVOPERA TEAM <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coordinator: <a href=\"https:\/\/docenti.unimc.it\/elena.digiovanni\"><strong>Elena Di Giovanni<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Co-coordinator: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docenti.unimc.it\/f.raffi#content=info-and-bio\">Francesca Raffi<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>ITALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Ente Nazionale Sordi (Macerata, Italy); Museo Statale Tattile Omero (Ancona, Italy); Unione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti (Sezione di Macerata);&nbsp; Universit\u00e0 degli Studi di Macerata (Macerata, Italy); University of Pittsburgh (USA)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>RESEARCH OUTPUTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QX_dYQ9Vyf0\">Dall&#8217;accessibilit\u00e0 all&#8217;inclusione<\/a> <\/strong>| Elena Di Giovanni | TEDxMacerata<\/p>\n<p>Di Giovanni, E., Raffi, F., 2022, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intralinea.org\/specials\/inclusive_theatre\">Inclusive theatre-making: translation, accessibility and beyond<\/a><\/strong> Special Issue di INTRALINEA ON LINE TRANSLATION JOURNAL; 1; Bologna, Dipartimento di Interpretazione e Traduzione, Universit\u00e0 di Bologna; pp. 1 &#8211; 5 (ISSN: 1827-000X)<\/p>\n<p>Di Giovanni, E., Raffi, F., 2022 \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jatjournal.org\/index.php\/jat\/article\/view\/223\">Inclusive Theatres as Boosters of Well-being: Concepts and practices<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d in JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION; 1; London, ESIST; pp. 166 &#8211; 185 (ISSN: 2617-9148).<\/p>\n<p>Di Giovanni, E., Luchetti, M., Raffi, F., Turrini, A., 2022. \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1080\/26883597.2022.2045085\">Exploring how accessible cultural practices impact on community development: The case of InclusivOpera at the Macerata Opera Festival in Italy<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d in LOCAL DEVELOPMENT &amp; SOCIETY; 1; Oxford, Routledge Taylor &amp; Francis; pp. 1 &#8211; 15 (ISSN: 2688-3600).<\/p>\n<p>Di Giovanni, Elena, 2021. \u201c<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/siba-ese.unisalento.it\/index.php\/linguelinguaggi\/article\/view\/23652\/19769\">Oltre l&#8217;accessibilit\u00e0. I teatri inclusivi<\/a>.<\/strong>\u201d in LINGUE E LINGUAGGI; 43; Lecce, Universit\u00e0 del Salento, Coordinamento SIBA; pp. 15 &#8211; 31 (ISSN: 2239-0359).<\/p>\n<p>Di Giovanni, E., Raffi, F., 2021. \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/j2c9u\/\">Intersemiotic transcreation: the life and afterlife of Giuseppe Verdi&#8217;s Macbeth<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d in OPEN JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES; 7; Mantova, Universitas Studiorum; pp. 133 &#8211; 155 (ISSN: 2612-6966).<\/p>\n<p>Raffi, F., 2021 \u201c<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/siba-ese.unisalento.it\/index.php\/linguelinguaggi\/article\/view\/23653\">La valutazione dell\u2019esperienza del pubblico. Accessibilit\u00e0 e studi di ricezione al Macerata Opera Festival<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d in LINGUE E LINGUAGGI; 43; Lecce, Universit\u00e0 del Salento; pp. 33 &#8211; 64 (ISSN: 2239-0367)<\/p>\n<p>Di Giovanni, Elena, 2018. \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/jostrans.org\/issue29\/art_digiovanni.php\">Audio Description for Live Performances and Audience Participation<\/a><\/strong>.\u201d in THE JOURNAL OF SPECIALISED TRANSLATION; 29; Londra, London: London Metropolitan University; pp. 189 &#8211; 211 (ISSN: 1740-357X).<\/p>\n<p>DI Giovanni, Elena, 2018. \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jatjournal.org\/index.php\/jat\/article\/view\/50\">Participatory accessibility: Creating audio description with blind and non-blind children.<\/a><\/strong>\u201d in JOURNAL OF AUDIOVISUAL TRANSLATION; 1; London, ESIST; pp. 155 &#8211; 169 (ISSN: 2617-9148).[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;What is an inclusive festival?<br \/>\nFind out more!&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:center&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;100px&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1sOJAYfRD5M\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nK2QFeOb2dw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DJhOPljJGd4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fus9j-YPZGI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2025&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:right&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\">Once again this year, InclusivOpera brings a full lineup of events.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Discover what\u2019s new!&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Finclusivopera-2025|title:InclusivOpera%202023|target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-music&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-comment&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2024&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the occasion of the 60th season of the Macerata Opera Festival many appointments with InclusivOpera!<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Find out more!&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:%20https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Finclusivopera-2024|title:Inclusivopera%202022|target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2023&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:right&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\">Our 2023 inclusive programme is underway, with a number of events and activities for all ages and (dis)abilities.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Find out more!&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Finclusivopera-2023|title:InclusivOpera%202023|target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-music&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-comment&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2022&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Find out more about our 2022 inclusive programme!<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Find out more!&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Finclusivopera-2022|title:Inclusivopera%202022|target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2021&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:right&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\">The \u201cInclusive Guides\u201d project, aimed at young people with visual and hearing sensory impairment, is now official. Our inclusive tours become \u2018multisensory\u2019 experiences to further explore the many ways in which opera interacts with all our senses. What\u2019s more, young people and adults with mild cognitive impairment can now participate in a series of workshops and inclusive activities to enjoy the opera experience.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Find out more&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Fmacerata-festival-off%2Finclusivopera-2021||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-music&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-comment&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2020&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Our inclusive tours now include Musei Civici di Palazzo Buonaccorsi thanks to the \u201cTi racconto un&#8217;opera inclusiva\u201d program.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Find out more&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Fmacerata-festival-off%2Finclusivopera-2020||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2019&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:right&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">A new inclusive tour is offered to deaf and hard of hearing audiences to experience the sounds and noises related to an opera performance. Our accessible tours are now &#8220;inclusive and participatory&#8221; tours, fully guided by blind and visually impaired, deaf and hard of hearing young people.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Find out more&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Fmacerata-festival-off%2Finclusivopera-2019||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-music&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-comment&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2018&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Accessibility workshops<\/b>&nbsp;for blind and deaf children; audio descriptions are streamed in real-time on users\u2019 smartphones and deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members can optimise intelligibility and sound quality thanks to the new Sennheiser\u2019s MobileConnect technology (Sennheiser Streaming Technologies).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Find out more&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Finclusivopera-the-lab-with-opera-domani||target:%20_blank|&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2017&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:right&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s1\">Surtitles and AD are in Italian and English. Moreover, in partnership with Ente Nazionale Sordi Macerata (Macerata Association for Deaf people), a&nbsp;<b>sign-language-interpreted<\/b>&nbsp;tour guides the hearing impaired through the theatre, the stage, and its backstage areas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;FIND OUT MORE&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Finclusivopera-lis|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-angellist&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-laptop&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2015&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A new worthy addition: the <strong>translated English version of the surtitles<\/strong> and the AD will be supplied for all opera performances. It\u2019s also possible to listen previously the AD on our website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2014&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:right&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s2\">Partnership with <strong>Museo Tattile Statale Omero<\/strong> (Ancona)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;FIND OUT MORE&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Fle-tavole-tattili|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-map-o&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fa fa-blind&#8221; color=&#8221;custom&#8221; align=&#8221;right&#8221; custom_color=&#8221;#e40520&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2012&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Touch tours<\/b> take place before the audio described performance for all visitors, in particular for the blind and visually impaired. Visitors can touch various specially-made models and other tactile objects in order to gain a special awareness of the theatre, its history, and the operas which will be performed. Our partnerships with \u201cEnte Nazionale Sordi \u2013 Sezione di Macerata\u201d and \u201cUnione Italiana Ciechi e Ipovedenti \u2013 Sezione di Macerata\u201d is now official.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;Find out more&#8221; style=&#8221;classic&#8221; shape=&#8221;square&#8221; color=&#8221;danger&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fsferisterio.it%2Fen%2Finclusivopera-i-percorsi-tattili|||&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<div class=\"myrow for_sep myaligncenter\"><div class=\"mysep\"><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2009&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|text_align:right&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span class=\"s1\">The Macerata Opera Festival&nbsp;<b>launches an ambitious and unique accessibility project<\/b>&nbsp;with self-funded AD for 2 operas.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Surtitles<\/strong>&nbsp;are projected onto the big wall of the Arena Sferisterio, during all opera performances so that not only people with a hearing impairment but also the whole audience can easily follow the librettos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;FIND OUT MORE&#8221; 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