Madonna will fund a youth art project to celebrate her 66th birthday

ROME (AP) — Madonna will fund an inventive mission involving youths, she introduced throughout her 66th birthday celebrations in Pompeii.

Whereas touring the Pompeii archeological park Friday with its director, Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the American pop star met a gaggle of youngsters concerned in “Sogno di Volare,” or “Dream of Flying.”

As a part of the mission now in its fourth yr, tons of of younger artists carry out re-adapted comedies by Aristophanes, ranging from Pompeii’s amphitheater, Teatro Grande, after which touring different Italian theaters. Madonna introduced she would fund “Dream of Flying” for one yr — about 250,000 euros ($275,000).

“This mission generously supported by Madonna is strategic for Pompeii, as a result of it’s directed to the individuals who stay on this marvelous and sophisticated territory, particularly youths,” mentioned Zuchtriegel. He famous that lots of the youngsters concerned stay in poor southern cities the place charges of college dropout and unemployment are greater.

Zuchtriegel introduced that the present financed by Madonna’s basis can be on stage at Pompeii’s Teatro Grande in Could 2025.