teatro regio performance. 

the teatro regio offers a rich opera and ballet season consisting of numerous operas, ballets and musicals. together with the main Season there are also many other activities: symphonic-choral and chamber music concerts involving the orchestra, chorus and children’s chorus of the teatro regio; a series of shows staged at the piccolo regio puccini and intended for schools and families; lectures, guided tours, exhibitions and special events realized in collaboration with the city of torino and other institutions like MITO SettembreMusica. all events that put teatro regio at the centre of the cultural and artistic life of Torino, Piemonte and more.

The Teatro Regio di Torino is one of the oldest opera theatres in existence today: its origins date back to 1740, the year in which it opened as a magnificent venue of the Savoy Court. Designed by architect Benedetto Alfieri with innovative criteria, it soon became a destination of the grand tours of the period. After almost two centuries of uninterrupted activity, the old building, a theatre “all’italiana” with five tiers of boxes, was destroyed in a violent fire on the night between 8 and 9 February, 1936.

The fire did not interrupt the programming of the Regio, which continued in other theatres across the city until the opening of the present structure. Unique in all the world for its design, thanks to the genius of architect Carlo Mollino, it was inaugurated in 1973 with I Vespri siciliani by Verdi, in the one and only stage direction of Maria Callas and Giuseppe Di Stefano.

performance at sydney opera house.

built to “help mould a better and more enlightened community,” in the words of New South Wales Premier Joseph Cahill in 1954, the Sydney Opera House has been home to many of the world’s greatest artists and performances, and a meeting place for matters of local and international significance since opening in 1973.

today it is Australia’s number one tourist destination, welcoming more than 8.2 million visitors a year and one of the world’s busiest performing arts centres, presenting more than 2000 shows 363 days a year for more than 1.5 million people, from the work of the seven flagship arts companies to which it is home to First Nations’ arts and culture, talks and ideas, theatre and dance and the superstars of classical and contemporary music.

the royal opera.

located in France, the royal opera house was created by an architect by the name Ange-Jacques Gabriel. Louis XIV wanted to give the palace a concert hall that could accommodate the luxurious decor needed to host shows with machines. the aim was to bring back all the information and technical data necessary to allow Versailles to build a perfect theatre. it would not be designed to host ordinary shows but grand events with a large number of spectators (nearly 1,500 people).

the manaus opera house.

the idea of creating the Manaus Opera House came from Antonio Jose Fernandes Junior, a member of the House of Representatives. he had a passion for opera and the arts, leading to the inspiration coming from the belle époque period. this began in 1871, when he proposed to build this theatre in the heart of the amazonian jungle, in Brazil. it took around 15 years to create due to the climate and very few funding. most of the materials used to build the Manaus came from different countries in Europe such as France, Italy, and England. an Italian artist by the name Domenico de Angelis painted decorative panels on the ceiling and audience chambers, also. they show scenes of music, dance, drama, and act as homage to Carlos Gomes. unfortunately, after not reaching it’s full potential during the 19th century, the city fell into extreme poverty. in the 1950’s, they were to rebound and preserve the theatre. today it hosts festivals such as the Amazonas Film Festival.

marilyn horne.

june second, nineteen eighty one.

la scala, also known as teatro alla scala (theatre at the stairway), is located in milan, italy. it is one of the principal opera houses in the world and the leading italian house.

built in 1776 by empress maria theresa of austria, who was the leader at the time, had replaced an earlier verison of this theatre. it then shut down due to world war i. leading into the 1920’s, a conductor named arutro toscanini raised money to reopen the theatre.

the la scala is recognized to be one of the most varied than the other leading opera houses. it includes large numbers of unfamiliar works balanced by a limited number of popular favorites.

it is associated with a ballet company, ballet school, and singing school.