by G. Rossini (Enrique Mazzola, conductor, Giorgio Pressburger, director). Presently the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale collaborates with the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and with the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, Teatro dell'Opera of Roma, Arena Sferisterio of Macerata, Teatro Nazionale of Rome (Midea 2 by Oscar Strasnoy, 2001). In the last years the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale has gone further afield in teaching and in music training by organising, together with the Region of Umbria, the Province of Perugia and the European Social Fund, courses for accompanists, for piano technicians and for tuners. The "Sperimentale" organises also since 1993 the "Orpheus" International Competition for New Chamber Operas, dedicated to Luciano Berio, who was president of the International Jury since the first edition. The winning composition will have its world première in Spoleto in September during the Opera Season. In 1995 the "Teatro Lirico Sperimentale", after the first Training Course for Orchestra Players, has also given life to the OTLiS (Orchestra of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto). Young musicians chosen through a national selection, attend a two-month course in Spoleto under the guidance of highly qualified teachers (Francesco Manara, Luciano Giuliani, Paolo Centurioni, Angelo Persichilli, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, Spiros Argiris, Massimiliano Stefanelli, Romolo Gessi, Carlo Palleschi, Massimo De Bernart, Bruno Aprea) and are then selected again in order to form, with other young and established musicians, the orchestra that plays during the Opera Season in Spoleto and in the following Regional Opera Season (Perugia, Terni, Assisi, Todi, Città di Castello). The Orchestra also performed at several symphony concerts and at the opening night of the First World Military Games – Olympic Stadium, Rome, 1995. The courses for Orchestra Players, organised in collaboration with the Region of Umbria and the European Social Fund, since 1996 are now open to young musicians of the European Community. In 1992 the Institution was awarded the "Caleidoscopio" Prize from the European Community's Commission for Culture and in 1994 the prestigious "Premio Abbiati" from the Italian Music Critics for "the assiduous contribution to the training of new performers and for the creation and setting up of the "Orpheus International Competition"". In 1999 the production of Don Giovanni staged in the 1998 Opera Season was awarded with the Premio PierLuigi Samaritani for the scenes designed by Roberta Lazzeri. In 2001 the National Association of Italian Music Critics has awarded the Abbiati Prize of the critics to Denis Krief for the direction of