{"id":5029,"date":"2025-08-10T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T08:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/a-sensory-experience-discovering-opera-singing-arena-per-tutti-at-veronas-philharmonic-theater\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T08:03:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T08:03:59","slug":"a-sensory-experience-discovering-opera-singing-arena-per-tutti-at-veronas-philharmonic-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citislab.it\/en\/a-sensory-experience-discovering-opera-singing-arena-per-tutti-at-veronas-philharmonic-theater\/","title":{"rendered":"A sensory experience discovering opera singing: &#8220;Arena per Tutti&#8221; at Verona&#8217;s Philharmonic Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1147774334\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2112110975\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2>A sensory journey to discover opera singing up close in preparation for the magic of Aida at the Arena di Verona.<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1099169566\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"slider-wrapper relative\" id=\"slider-1536128164\" >\n    <div class=\"slider slider-nav-circle slider-nav-large slider-nav-light slider-style-normal\"\n        data-flickity-options='{\n            \"cellAlign\": \"center\",\n            \"imagesLoaded\": true,\n            \"lazyLoad\": 1,\n            \"freeScroll\": false,\n            \"wrapAround\": true,\n            \"autoPlay\": 6000,\n            \"pauseAutoPlayOnHover\" : true,\n            \"prevNextButtons\": true,\n            \"contain\" : true,\n            \"adaptiveHeight\" : true,\n            \"dragThreshold\" : 10,\n            \"percentPosition\": true,\n            \"pageDots\": true,\n            \"rightToLeft\": false,\n            \"draggable\": true,\n            \"selectedAttraction\": 0.1,\n            \"parallax\" : 0,\n            \"friction\": 0.6        }'\n        >\n        \n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_685125021\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"Citislab members: Ivana Passamani, Daniela Fiordalisi and Mario Redaelli at the &quot;Arena per Tutti&quot; 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