Daniel Lumera, Ti lascio andare at Teatro Brancaccio, March 23, 2027

Daniel Lumera brings Ti lascio andare to Teatro Brancaccio on Tuesday, March 23, 2027 at 21:00, at Via Merulana 244 (00185 Rome), on the Esquiline Hill: it is a show by and with Lumera, produced by Vera Produzione, devoted to the theme of letting go, lasting 90 minutes. The full prices published by the theater range from 27 euros in second balcony B to 45 euros in premium orchestra A. Tickets are bought from the show's page on Brancaccio's official website, which links to the authorized presale circuit, or at the box office on Via Merulana, open Tuesday to Saturday from 16:00 to 19:00. The theater is a few minutes from the Vittorio Emanuele stop on metro line A. Buses 16, 75, 714, 717 and C3 run on Via Merulana.

Language: performed in Italian. No English version or English surtitles are announced.

It's the first time Lumera brings this theme to the theater, and the presentation insists on one point: not a subject to be told, but an experience to be lived. Words, silence, breath and moments of shared practice alternate, and the boundary between stage and audience, by intention, dissolves.

Ti lascio andare at Brancaccio in brief

Daniel Lumera's Ti lascio andare is at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome for a single night, Tuesday, March 23, 2027 at 21:00, lasting 90 minutes, with tickets from 27 to 45 euros.

Date and time

A single Rome date, Tuesday, March 23, 2027, starting at 21:00. With a running time of 90 minutes the exit is expected around 22:30.

Prices

Brancaccio publishes these full prices: premium orchestra A 45 euros, orchestra A 40 euros, orchestra B 35 euros, first balcony A 35 euros, first balcony B 31 euros, second balcony A 31 euros, second balcony B 27 euros. The sales circuit's fees are extra.

Where to buy

From the show's official page on the Teatro Brancaccio website, which leads to the authorized presale circuit, or at the box office at Via Merulana 244, open Tuesday to Saturday from 16:00 to 19:00. March 23 is a Tuesday: the box office is open on the day of the show too.

Production

The show is by and with Daniel Lumera, produced by Vera Produzione, the company founded by Paolo Ruffini. The theater places it in the one man show category, next to the storytelling and comedy shows of the season, although the nature of the evening, made of shared practice, makes it a case apart in the schedule.

Ti lascio andare: what happens in the hall

Ti lascio andare is an immersive evening in which Daniel Lumera weaves together words, silence, breath and practice to take on the theme of letting go: farewells, bonds, seasons that end, forgiveness.

The starting questions

The presentation starts from questions that concern everyone: how many times we thought something would last forever, and how many times life asked us to open our hands. A love that ended, a grief never worked through, a person who is no longer there, a role, a grudge, a fear: everyone, the text says, has something they can't let go of.

The tools

The story proceeds through stories, archetypes, scientific evidence and moments of shared practice. So it is neither a lecture nor a theatrical monologue in the strict sense: the audience is called on to take part, with breath and with silence, in exercises led from the stage.

The underlying idea

The official text sums up the thesis in a few words: letting go doesn't mean losing, but flowing, trusting the current of life and making room for the new. And it ends with a promise: you go in carrying a weight, you come out with a lighter breath.

Who Daniel Lumera is

Daniel Lumera is a naturalist biologist, writer and lecturer, considered a reference in the fields of wellness science, quality of life and the practice of meditation. He is the creator of the My Life Design method.

His education

A naturalist biologist by training, he is also listed on his official website as a research fellow in sociology of cultural and communication processes. The Spanish-language biography of his project notes that he studied meditation with Anthony Elenjimittam, a direct disciple of Gandhi.

Books

He is the author of bestsellers published by Mondadori: La cura del perdono in 2016, Ventuno giorni per rinascere in 2018 with Franco Berrino and David Mariani, La via della leggerezza in 2019 with Berrino. With the Harvard scientist Immaculata De Vivo he writes the trilogy on the biology of values: Biologia della gentilezza, La lezione della farfalla and Ecologia interiore, between 2020 and 2022. Among the most recent titles are 28 respiri per cambiare vita and Come se tutto fosse un miracolo.

The method and the organizations

The My Life Design method, the conscious design of personal, professional and social life, is applied in public and private bodies, in schools, in prisons, in health care and in end-of-life care. Lumera founded the volunteer organization My Life Design and the International Kindness Movement. In 2024 he created the Lumera Institute.

Recognitions

International Forgiveness Day, which he promoted, received the Medal of the President of the Republic in 2017, 2018 and 2020. In 2020 Lumera received the Giancarlo Dosi National Prize for Scientific Popularization for the life and health sciences, and in 2021 the Spanish prize Optimistas Comprometidos en Transformación Social.

Outreach

He edits the column 7 Respiri for the weekly 7 of Corriere della Sera. Among his best-known projects is La Mente Meditante, an experimental project carried out with the research team of the neuroscientist Giacomo Rizzolatti of the CNR Institute of Neuroscience.

The Lumera Institute

In 2024 Lumera founded the Lumera Institute, a space for research and training devoted to the meeting of science and spirituality. Under it come the Filo d'Oro paths, the My Life Design Academy, the Centro L'Incontro, the volunteer organization My Life Design and the International Kindness Movement. From the Filo d'Oro path also came Dhyana, an academy of meditation and conscious breathing.

Kindness

The International Kindness Movement, founded by Lumera, presents itself as non-denominational, nonpartisan and apolitical, and aims to turn kindness into concrete projects with bodies, companies and institutions. In Italy the movement has also taken the name Movimento Italia Gentile.

From forgiveness to letting go: Lumera's path

The theme of Ti lascio andare grows out of work that Daniel Lumera has carried on for more than 10 years on forgiveness, which began with the International School of Forgiveness in 2013.

The School of Forgiveness

The International School of Forgiveness was born in 2013 to develop models and methods that help in understanding the process of forgiveness. Three years later La cura del perdono comes out, the book that makes Lumera known to the wider public.

Forgiveness Day

International Forgiveness Day has obtained, in addition to the presidential medals, the patronage of the UNHCR, the Italian National Commission for UNESCO, the Italian Red Cross, the ministries of Culture and Justice, the Lazio Region and Roma Capitale. For a Roman evening on detachment, it's a precedent with roots in the city.

Prison

Among the projects of the method is the first meditation room opened in an Italian penitentiary, at the Casa Circondariale Pagliarelli in Palermo. It's an experience that says a lot about the kind of audience Lumera addresses: not only meditation enthusiasts, but anyone who has to come to terms with a weight.

How to prepare for an evening like Ti lascio andare

Ti lascio andare asks something more of the audience than mere presence: the presentation speaks of a completely immersive evening, and a few precautions help you live it well even if you have never practiced meditation.

No experience required

The practice offered in the hall is shared and designed for a theater audience, not for expert practitioners. You don't need to have read Lumera's books or to know the My Life Design method: the thread of the evening is the theme, not the technique.

A thought to bring

The presentation closes with an image: you go in carrying a weight. Arriving with a concrete situation in mind, a farewell, a grudge, a role that weighs on you, makes the path the evening offers more personal. Nobody asks you to share it out loud.

Who to go with

It's an evening you can live alone, and for some it is in fact the best way. If you go as a couple or with friends, you'd do well to talk about it beforehand: the theme touches different chords in each person, and after the show it can be useful to have time to tell each other what happened.

A Vera week at Brancaccio

Ti lascio andare is the second of the five evenings that Teatro Brancaccio devotes, from March 22 to 27, 2027, to the shows produced by Vera, Paolo Ruffini's company, all starting at 21:00.

The schedule

Monday, March 22, Le donne non fanno ridere, with Ruffini and an all-female comedy club. Tuesday the 23rd, Ti lascio andare by Daniel Lumera. Wednesday the 24th, Viaggio al centro della fisica by Vincenzo Schettini, also written by Ruffini, who directs it. Thursday the 25th, Inimitabile by Ubaldo Pantani. Saturday the 27th, Din Don Down, with Ruffini and the Compagnia Mayor Von Frinzius.

A common thread

Set side by side, the five titles tell of an idea of popular theater that runs from laughter to popularization to inclusion. Ti lascio andare is the most intimate of the five: no announced jokes, a single voice on stage and a hall called on to take part.

A curiosity about Daniel Lumera, Ti lascio andare at Teatro Brancaccio, March 23, 2027

The most unusual curiosity is about the producer. Ti lascio andare is produced by Vera, Paolo Ruffini's company, the same one that brings Le donne non fanno ridere, Vincenzo Schettini's Viaggio al centro della fisica, Ubaldo Pantani's Inimitabile and Din Don Down to Brancaccio in the same week. The biologist of meditation and forgiveness is on the bill between two nights of comedy: on Monday Ruffini's female comedians, on Wednesday one of the most followed physics teachers on the web.

The second curiosity is about the word chosen for the title. Lumera has spent years writing about forgiveness and kindness. Here the verb is letting go, which holds both themes but shifts their center. Forgiveness is about others, letting go is above all about yourself: the fears, the roles, the ideas of yourself that no longer serve.

The third is about science. Lumera's name is linked to that of Giacomo Rizzolatti, of the CNR Institute of Neuroscience: with his team of researchers, the project La Mente Meditante was carried out, which involved the public of a museum. The scientific evidence cited in the presentation of Ti lascio andare comes from that kind of collaboration.

Teatro Brancaccio, the venue for Ti lascio andare

Teatro Brancaccio, at number 244 on Via Merulana, is a large Italian-style hall that opened in 1916 as Teatro Morgana and was reshaped in 1937 into its current form, with two foyers, a spacious orchestra section and two tiers of balconies.

A big theater for an intimate experience

An evening of breath and silence in a hall this size is a gamble: the silence of hundreds of people weighs differently from that of a room. For Ti lascio andare, in our opinion, the size of the hall is part of the experience, more than an obstacle.

The sections

The orchestra is divided into poltronissima A and poltrona A and B. Above it are the first and second balconies, both in bands A and B. The balconies can only be reached on foot: the theater has no elevators.

The complex

Next to the main hall is the Brancaccino, about 100 seats, with spaces for courses and workshops. It is run by Viola Produzioni. The full listing is the one for Teatro Brancaccio.

Something nobody tells you about Daniel Lumera, Ti lascio andare at Teatro Brancaccio, March 23, 2027

What is rarely said is that Ti lascio andare is not a show to watch seated with your arms crossed. The presentation talks about shared practice and a boundary between stage and audience that dissolves: in the hall you breathe together, you stay silent, you follow instructions. Whoever imagines a lecture with slides will find something else, closer to a meditation gathering with hundreds of people.

The second thing is about the emotional tone. The text mentions a love that ended, a pain never worked through, a person who is no longer here. Whoever is dealing with a recent loss or a difficult separation may find the evening useful, but also intense. It is good to know this beforehand, and perhaps to choose who to go with.

The third is practical. An evening built on silence is fragile: a ringing phone, a latecomer looking for a seat, a bottle that falls break the atmosphere for the whole hall. Brancaccio's rules do not allow entry once the show has started, and in this case the rule protects those who are already seated.

Finally, seats in the second balcony cost €27 and €31, and for an experience made of voice and breath more than images, the view matters less than at other shows. The advice on choosing a seat, for once, is different from the usual.

My advice for visiting Daniel Lumera, Ti lascio andare at Teatro Brancaccio, March 23, 2027

My advice is to choose your seat for listening, not for seeing. On an evening of words, silence and breath, Lumera's voice and the quality of the silence around you are everything. The first balcony A, at €35, combines good sound with a wide view of the hall, and the second balcony is a more than decent option for those who want to spend less.

The second piece of advice is to arrive early. With a start at 21:00, being at the theater around 20:30 lets you settle in, really turn off your phone and reach the first moment of practice with your breathing already calm. Rushing from Via Merulana to your seat is the worst way to begin an evening about letting go.

The third is about clothing: the theater asks for dress suited to the decorum of the hall, without a specific code. For an evening with breathing exercises, it is better to prefer comfortable clothes that don't feel tight.

Finally, in our opinion it is best not to fill the time after the show. A slow walk along Via Merulana toward San Giovanni, before heading home, is the most fitting way to end it.

How to get to Teatro Brancaccio

Teatro Brancaccio is at Via Merulana 244, in the Esquiline Hill district, between Santa Maria Maggiore and San Giovanni in Laterano, a short distance from Termini station.

Metro

Line A stops at Vittorio Emanuele, on Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, a few minutes on foot from Via Merulana. Those on Line B can get off at Cavour and walk a bit more. You can also walk from Termini, passing by Santa Maria Maggiore.

Buses and trams

The theater lists three nearby stops: Merulana/Brancaccio and Merulana/Mecenate, served by lines 16, 75, 714, 717 and C3, and Labicana/Merulana, where 3, 53, 75, 85, 87, 186, 571, 810, C3 and the night line N10 pass.

Taxi

The taxi stands listed by the theater are in Largo Brancaccio, at Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II 113, at Via Principe Amedeo 138, at Via Giolitti 6 and on Via Venosta.

Car

The theater lists no affiliated parking, and evening parking on the Esquiline Hill is difficult. It is best to leave the car near a metro station and check the route on the Atac journey planner.

Another well-known fact, yet rarely cited

It is well known that Daniel Lumera is an author of books on wellness and meditation. It is less often remembered that his method has entered places very far from the glossy image of wellness: prisons, where the first meditation room in an Italian penal institution was created at the Pagliarelli prison, hospitals, and care for people at the end of life. The theme of Ti lascio andare, seen from there, is anything but abstract.

The second rarely cited fact is about his scientific collaborations. Lumera's best-selling books are co-written with researchers: with Franco Berrino, an epidemiologist, and with Immaculata De Vivo, a professor at Harvard, with whom he has co-signed three books on the biology of values. In 2020 the Giancarlo Dosi National Science Communication Prize awarded him in the section dedicated to life and health sciences.

The third is about Teatro Brancaccio. Everyone associates it with musicals and big shows. Fewer people remember that from 1985 to 2000 it hosted the Rome Opera Foundation, and that from 2000 to 2007 it was run by Gigi Proietti. A hall that knew the silence before the great arias now hosts the silence of a collective practice.

The right photo to take of Daniel Lumera, Ti lascio andare at Teatro Brancaccio, March 23, 2027

Photos and filming are not allowed in the hall: Brancaccio's rules forbid it, and on an evening made of silence the lit screen of a phone disturbs more than any noise. Take the photo beforehand, from the sidewalk across the street, with the theater's lit facade and the title on the billboard.

The second photo, in our opinion the most fitting for the evening, is taken on the way out: an empty Via Merulana after 22:30, with the perspective of the streetlights toward San Giovanni in Laterano. It is an image of an empty street and long breaths, suited to the title.

The third is for those who arrive in the afternoon: the facade of Santa Maria Maggiore in the light of late March, from the start of Via Merulana. Then you walk down toward the theater, leaving the basilica behind you.

Around Brancaccio: from the Esquiline Hill to Monti

Teatro Brancaccio sits halfway along Via Merulana, between two of Rome's four papal basilicas, in a neighborhood that mixes Umbertine buildings, historic gardens and ancient remains.

The basilicas

To the north is Santa Maria Maggiore, to the south St. John Lateran. For an evening devoted to detachment and forgiveness, a visit to one of the two in the afternoon is a fitting prelude.

Palaces and gardens

Along the street is Palazzo Merulana, with its collection of 20th-century Italian art. The theater borders the gardens of Palazzo Brancaccio. A little further on is the Auditorium of Maecenas, a hall from the Roman era.

Piazza Vittorio and Monti

North of the theater opens Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II, with the Porta Alchemica in the gardens. To the west begins Rione Monti, with osterias and wine bars.

Some important events that happened here in history

Teatro Brancaccio opened in January 1916 under the name Teatro Morgana, next to the embankment of the gardens of the Field Brancaccio palace, the family linked to Isabella Field, who married Prince Brancaccio. In 1937 the hall took on its current appearance, with two foyers, a spacious orchestra section and two balconies, and was named Teatro Brancaccio.

From 1985 to 2000 it was the home of the Rome Opera Foundation. Afterward, the city government entrusted its management to Gigi Proietti until 2007, then to Maurizio Costanzo until 2010 and to Stage Entertainment Italia until 2012. Since September 2012 the artistic direction has been Alessandro Longobardi's. Today the theater is run by Viola Produzioni.

In Daniel Lumera's story, the dates to mark are 2013 for the Scuola Internazionale del Perdono, 2016 for La Cura del perdono, 2017 for the first presidential medal for the Forgiveness Day, 2024 for the Lumera Institute. On March 23, 2027, at Brancaccio, his work comes to the theater for the first time with this theme.

Who has passed through Daniel Lumera, Ti lascio andare at Teatro Brancaccio, March 23, 2027

Actors such as Totò, Anna Magnani, Aldo Fabrizi and Gigi Proietti have been on Brancaccio's stage, and musicians such as Fabrizio De André, Louis Armstrong and Jimi Hendrix. For 15 years the hall was the home of the Rome Opera.

In the same week, the leading names of the Vera family pass through Brancaccio: on March 22 Paolo Ruffini with the female comedians of Le donne non fanno ridere, on the 24th Vincenzo Schettini with Viaggio al centro della fisica, on the 25th Ubaldo Pantani with Inimitabile, on the 27th Ruffini and the Compagnia Mayor Von Frinzius with Din Don Down. Before them, from March 17 to 21, Frida Opera Musical, Viva la Vida. After, from March 31, Mrs Doubtfire il Musical.

Ideally, the names of his training and collaborations also pass through Lumera's evening: Anthony Elenjimittam, with whom he studied meditation, Franco Berrino and Immaculata De Vivo, co-authors of his books, and Giacomo Rizzolatti, with whom he worked on La Mente Meditante.

House rules at Brancaccio: what to know

The rules of Teatro Brancaccio ask you to arrive well ahead of time, do not allow entry once the show has started and forbid photos, filming and food in the hall. On an evening of silence, these rules matter more than usual.

Items not allowed

Umbrellas, plastic bottles over half a liter, glass containers, helmets, professional cameras, tripods and selfie sticks are not allowed in the hall. The theater has a coat check and a bar.

Your seat

You take only your assigned seat. During the breathing practices it can help to have space around you. Those going with friends do well to buy seats next to each other, so as not to have to ask strangers to move.

Accessibility at Teatro Brancaccio

Teatro Brancaccio declares the orchestra section free of architectural barriers, with a ramp, an area for wheelchairs and an accessible restroom on the ground floor, reachable from the foyer.

Orchestra and balconies

The balconies are not accessible to those using a wheelchair because there are no elevators. Those with mobility difficulties do well to write to the box office before buying, to arrange seats in the orchestra.

Age

The theater lists no age limits. The theme, made of grief, farewells and separations, and the 90-minute length with moments of silence make the evening better suited to adults and older teenagers.

How to organize the Tuesday of Ti lascio andare

With a start at 21:00 and an exit around 22:30, the evening of Ti lascio andare is organized around a quiet afternoon on the Esquiline Hill, a light and early dinner, and a trip home without rushing.

The afternoon

March 23 is a Tuesday and the box office is open from 16:00 to 19:00: those who don't have a ticket yet can buy it directly on Via Merulana in the afternoon. Before that there is time for Santa Maria Maggiore or for Palazzo Merulana, during opening hours.

Dinner

For an evening of breath and practice, in our opinion, a light dinner is best: a heavy meal right beforehand doesn't help with sitting in silence.

Getting back

Metro A at Vittorio Emanuele is a few minutes away. At the Labicana/Merulana stop the night line N10 passes. The Atac route planner shows the Tuesday evening frequencies.

Where to eat near Brancaccio

Around Teatro Brancaccio are the places on Via Merulana, the cuisines of many countries around Piazza Vittorio and, a quarter of an hour on foot away, the trattorias and wine bars of Monti.

Before the show

With a start at 21:00, dinner should be moved up to 19:00 or 19:30. Around Piazza Vittorio you find vegetarian and Asian restaurants, suited to a light meal before the evening.

After

On the way out, around 22:30, in Monti you still find places open for an herbal tea or a glass of wine, for those who don't want to end the evening right away.

Frequently asked questions about Ti lascio andare in Rome

When is Daniel Lumera's show in Rome?

Daniel Lumera's Ti lascio andare is at Teatro Brancaccio in Rome on Tuesday, March 23, 2027 at 21:00, at Via Merulana 244. It is the only Rome date announced by the theater, with a running time of 90 minutes.

How much do tickets for Ti lascio andare cost?

Full-price tickets for Ti lascio andare at Teatro Brancaccio cost €45 in poltronissima A, €40 in poltrona A, €35 in poltrona B and in first balcony A, €31 in first balcony B and second balcony A, €27 in second balcony B.

What is Ti lascio andare about?

Ti lascio andare is an immersive evening by Daniel Lumera on the theme of detachment, from farewells to relationships that end up to forgiveness, built with stories, archetypes, scientific evidence and moments of shared practice of breath and silence.

Who is Daniel Lumera?

Daniel Lumera is a naturalist biologist, writer and teacher in the field of wellness sciences and meditation, creator of the My Life Design method and author for Mondadori of books such as La cura del perdono and Biologia della gentilezza.

Is Ti lascio andare a lecture or a show?

Ti lascio andare is presented by Teatro Brancaccio as a one man show, but the official presentation describes it as an experience to live rather than a subject to tell: the audience takes part with breath and silence.

How do I get to Teatro Brancaccio?

Teatro Brancaccio can be reached by metro A, Vittorio Emanuele stop, a few minutes on foot. Buses 16, 75, 714, 717 and C3 pass along Via Merulana, and at the Labicana/Merulana stop the night line N10 as well.

Final advice on Ti lascio andare

Ti lascio andare is an unusual evening for a big hall like Brancaccio: 90 minutes of words, silence and breath, in which Daniel Lumera brings the theme of detachment to the theater for the first time. My advice is to go ready to take part, not just to listen: choose your seat for the sound, arrive half an hour early, really turn off your phone, eat a light dinner and leave the time after free. The ticket can also be bought at the box office, open on Tuesday from 16:00 to 19:00.

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