Surtitles

We provided Italian and English surtitles to the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. We showed them with a projector or LED wall for opera performances and lyric concerts. The service ran from September 2022 to February 2023. It ran again from June 2025 to December 2026.
It was a very prestigious experience. The San Carlo is one of the symbolic places of international musical culture. It opened in 1737. It is the oldest opera house in the world still in use. For almost three centuries it has been a landmark in the history of opera.

The Teatro Comunale di Bologna (TCBO) was founded in 1763. It is one of the most important opera and symphonic theatres in Italy and in the world. Its historic venue is in the centre of Bologna. It is known for its excellent acoustics. It has also hosted many works by Giuseppe Verdi. Today, besides the historic venue, it also has the Comunale Nouveau. This space opened in 2022. It hosts most of the programme while the theatre is being restored and redeveloped.
Since 2022, TCBO has used the LYRI system for every performance of the opera season and for lyric concerts. Surtitles and in-app subtitles are always in Italian and English. If the text is sung in another language, the app can also show surtitles in the original language at any time.

In 2023, LYRI’s surtitles went with the opera performances at the Arena di Verona. The Italian and English texts appeared right on the LED walls of the amphitheatre.
A project in a place that is unique in the world. Here the grandeur of the Arena meets the great opera tradition. The stage welcomes thousands of people. Every performance becomes a shared experience, with strong visual and musical impact.

In 2026, we provided Italian and English surtitles for all performances of Esencia (performed in Spanish), a drama production presented as part of the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto.
The service let Italian and international audiences follow every performance. It broke down language barriers. The show reached a wider and more varied audience.
The composer Gian Carlo Menotti founded the Festival in 1958. He wanted a meeting point between European and American culture. For almost seventy years it has been a leading international event for theatre, music, dance and the performing arts.

At the beginning of 2026, we provided the Piccolo Teatro di Milano with surtitles in English and accessible Italian with sound description via projector for the weekend performances of Escaped Alone. The service allowed the audience to fully follow the performance, making its content more accessible within one of the most prestigious Italian theatre institutions. One of the distinctive features of the project was the projection of accessible Italian surtitles, including sound description, using different colours for each character. This solution allowed the audience to immediately identify who was speaking, making the performance even clearer and more accessible.

In 2024, we provided Italian and English surtitles for the opera performances at the Baths of Caracalla. We showed the text on an LED wall.
The service supported performances in one of the most striking summer venues for opera. Here the grandeur of the ancient Roman baths meets the power of the stage and the music. The audience had an intense and gripping experience.

Teatro Stabile del Veneto “Carlo Goldoni” (TSV) is a major Italian theatre institution. It was founded in 1992. It is recognised as a National Theatre. It runs the seasons of the Teatro Goldoni in Venice and the Teatro Verdi in Padua. It promotes the making and sharing of theatre culture. It pays special attention to classical drama and to Carlo Goldoni.
TSV promotes access for all. It wants to remove physical, sensory and cognitive barriers. It offers shows with audio description and subtitles in the LYRI app, and on smart glasses too. This makes the experience open to everyone.
“Il gabbiano” (The Seagull) was directed by Filippo Dini. With this production, the accessible-for-all model also reached one performance in Trento and one in Lucca.

In 2026, LYRI’s surtitles went with the lieder concerts for voice and piano at the Trame Sonore festival in Mantua. The texts were in the original language and in Italian.
The service let the audience fully understand the meaning of the words and how they speak with the music. It showed the intimacy and expressive power of this repertoire. In it, voice, poetry and piano become one listening experience.