The Arena Opera Festival is increasingly accessible, thanks to its partnership with Müller
During the Arena di Verona Opera Festival 2024, Fondazione Arena, with the support of the Accessibility Partner Müller, presented the second edition of ‘Arena per Tutti (Arena for All)' the initiative for an even more accessible Arena di Verona Opera Festival. Multisensory paths to discover the backstage, accessible trailers and theatre books, cards in easy-to-read language and 1,500 more seats reserved for people with sensory and intellectual disabilities. All in three languages: Italian, English and German. The activity was coordinated by Professor Elena Di Giovanni with the support of Professor Francesca Raffi of the University of Macerata.
Opera is accessible every night at the Arena di Verona! Discover prices and info for the tickets reserved for people with disabilities and their accompanying persons.
26 evenings of opera with Nabucco, Aida, La Traviata and Carmen, from June to September, for the "Arena for All" project. 26 evenings that makes the Arena di Verona accessibile to all, during which everyone will be able to follow the opera with ad hoc supports and paths including audio description for the blind and specific subtitles for the deaf.
All the 26 evenings, including the 16 that offer sensory itineraries, are now available to book filling this online form.
For the 2025 edition of Arena for All, 16 evening out of the 26 with accessibility services for the sensory and intellectually disabled, include the possibility of booking a completely free, multisensory pathways completely free of charge.
During these routes, people with disabilities and their carers will be accompanied on stage to explore the sets, costumes, and props, guided by the stage staff and by the skilful hands of those who have realised the performances down to the smallest detail in the Fondazione Arena workshops. Each route is designed for people with different needs.
In 2023, as part of the ‘Arena for All’ project, inclusive digital materials for people with sensory and intellectual disabilities were created for the operas Aida, La Traviata, Rigoletto and Nabucco, in Italian and English, with the intention of adding new ones in the coming years to make more and more operas fully accessible. The ‘Arena for all’ project includes accessible digital trailers and theatre books, subtitles for the deaf, audio descriptions for the blind, and opera cards in Easy to Read language. From 2024, the materials were in Italian, English and German.
