Opera

A night at the Opera

Turin & Genoa 2007/08 seasons

The lights dim, the curtain rises. Verdi, Puccini, Bellini, Donizetti .., where else to experience the opera, but in Italy ?

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Turin and Genoa each host a complete and varied opera season. Details of the first and last published performance dates are given below. Performances are not daily and if you intend to visit the opera, please confirm details directly on the weblinks provided.

Fondazione Teatro Regio di Torino (Turin)

The 'New Royal Theatre' was opened on 1740, suffered a long and chequered history, particularly under Napoleon, and was ultimately destroyed by fire in 1936. The rebuilt theatre, designed by Mollino, opened in 1973 behind the original facade, and seats 1,750 people.

From	To	Title	Composer	Note
7 Oct	24 Oct	Falstaff	Verdi
23 Nov	1 Dec	Ariane et Barbe-Bleue	Dukas	Ariane and Bluebeard
6 Dec	9 Dec	Le Corsaire	Adam & others	Bolshoi Ballet
12 Dec	16 Dec	Spartacus	Khachaturian	Bolshoi Ballet
19 Dec	23 Dec	Giselle	Adam	Bolshoi Ballet
18 Jan	3 Feb	Rigoletto	Verdi
26 Feb	9 Mar	Salome	Strauss R
3 Apr	18 Apr	Lucrezia Borgia	Donizetti
16 May	25 May	La Clemenza di Tito	Mozart
25 Jun	6 July	Edgar	Puccini

The Teatro Regio is centrally located in Piazza Castello.

More details, including casting, are available from www.teatroregio.torino.it

Teatro Carlo Fenice (Genoa)

The original Opera House was opened in 1828 but destroyed by incendiary bombs in 1942. The new theatre, designed by Rossi, opened on the same site in 1991. A little of the original facade remains. The theatre website puts the rebuilding cost at 120 billion lire ! The main hall seats 2,000 people.

From	To	Title	Composer	Note
19 Oct	28 Oct	I Vespri Siciliani	Verdi
20 Nov	28 Nov	Il capello di paglia di Firenze	The straw hat of Florence
5 Dec	12 Dec	Giselle	Adam	Ballet
10 Jan	20 Jan	Manon Lescault	Puccini
9 Feb	19 Feb	Der Rosenkavalier	Strauss R
7 Mar	19 Mar	Il trovatore	Verdi
1 Apr	3 Apr	Werther	Massenet	Concert performance
24 Apr	6 May	La Sonnambula	Bellini
23 May	I Jun	Eugene Onegin	Tchaikovsky
7 Jun		Tea: a mirror of the sun	Tan Dun	Italian premiere
13 Jun	18 Jun	Romeo e Guilietta	Prokofiev	Ballet

More details available from www.carlofelice.it

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