"Con gli Occhi Aperti" School Theatre Festival

In 2025, the school theatre festival of Bottega degli Apocrifi involved the educational communities of Mattinata, Manfredonia, Monte Sant'Angelo, and Zapponeta, in the province of Foggia. The path, started in January, combined workshops in schools, performances by guest companies, and musical moments. The closing, on June 13, 2025, at the "Lucio Dalla" Theatre in Manfredonia, was entrusted to "Il canto dei cigni", a concert-show created with the ICO "Suoni del Sud" Orchestra and the "Umberto Giordano" Conservatory of Foggia, with compositions by maestro Fabio Trimigno inspired by Saint-Saëns, Sibelius, Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky, and the voice of Rosalba Mondelli. On stage, together, the young people of the "Felici Pochi" orchestra, the students of the Conservatory, and the professionals of the ICO.