Teatro Regio (Turin)

The Teatro Regio di Torino is a theater and opera house in Turin.

History

The Teatro Regio was built by the architect Benedetto Alfieri after plans by the architect Filippo Juvarra at the Piazza Castello in the city center. 1740 took place the opening with a performance of a work by Francesco Feo. On a royal order go the theater was closed in 1792 and the building was used as a warehouse. During the French occupation under Napoleon Bonaparte Turin, the theater was reopened and renamed Teatro Nazionale. After the withdrawal of the French theater was opened, but was renamed again in Teatro Imperiale. After times of financial uncertainty, the house was taken over in 1870 by the City of Turin. A heyday of the house were, inter alia, the years 1895-1898 under the direction of Arturo Toscanini with numerous premieres of the works of Richard Wagner. Furthermore, the premiere of Giacomo Puccini's La bohème took place on 1 February 1896. 1936 burned the Teatro Regio and was only built under architect Carlo Mollino in 1967 again. It was reopened in 1973 with a performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Les vêpres siciliennes.