Baby BoFe’ 2026 - Bologna Festival

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Baby BoFe’ is designed for children of all ages. Each production follows a music-theatre format, drawing on repertoire for instrumental ensembles, solo instruments, or the great operatic tradition, with specially created scripts, sets, costumes, stage direction, and choreography tailored to each performance.

Live music is always the starting point for the creative process, combined with theatrical storytelling. The repertoire ranges from Baroque to contemporary music, from opera to modern dance.

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Baby BoFe’ – 2026 Season

Six stories, six female figures—through music, courage, and imagination

The 2026 season of performances for children unfolds through six stories and six female figures, guiding audiences on a journey rich in courage, determination, and wonder.

Sisters, daughters, mothers, wives; musicians, princesses, heroines without swords or armor. Real women and fictional characters share the stage in a season that celebrates the power of imagination and the diversity of women’s experiences

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The Protagonists of the 2026 Season

Senta – Dream and the Infinite
The heroine of The Flying Dutchman, Senta dreams of fantastical worlds and ghostly ships with an intensity that makes them almost real. Her visionary gaze opens the season into a dimension suspended between reality and imagination.

Nannerl – Talent and Convention
Mozart’s elder sister, Nannerl, was a prodigious musician who shone on Europe’s stages before being forced to withdraw into domestic life in accordance with the conventions of her time. Her story restores a voice to a talent too often left in the shadows.

Clara – Care and Protection
The young mother from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess appears in Armonie di bimbi, cradling her child to the notes of Summertime, a soothing and protective lullaby intended to shield him from the dangers and hardships of the world.

Gilda – Freedom and Choice
The daughter of the court jester in Rigoletto, gentle and delicate, Gilda confronts unjust and oppressive rules. Her journey becomes a search for freedom and self-awareness.

Giuseppina Strepponi – Intelligence and Dedication
A woman of remarkable intelligence and profound musical culture, Giuseppina Strepponi was a constant guide to Giuseppe Verdi. Her story speaks of expertise, gratitude, love, and devotion to music, and is ideally intertwined with Gilda’s fate.

Aurora – Waiting and Hope

The young princess of the famous ballet reminds us that patience and hope can transform a time of silence into a moment of magic.

A Season of Music, Dreams, and Courage

Through sound, storytelling, and stage imagery, these female figures accompany the entire series, showing how strength of spirit, ingenuity, passion, and imagination can take many different forms.

The 2026 season thus offers a journey designed for children and families, where even the smallest gesture can reveal great value.