A great cast for Peter Grimes

Opera and Ballet Season

One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century opera will be presented for the first time in English at the Teatro Regio: Peter Grimes by Benjamin Britten, from the poem The Borough by George Crabbe. The staging, from the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie of Brussels, carries the name of the prestigious German director Willy Decker, while on the podium of the Orchestra of the Teatro Regio will be maestro Yutaka Sado in a double debut for the conductor in Peter Grimes and in the direction of an opera in Italy. Great interpreters, beginning with tenor Neil Shicoff in the starring role and Cornelia Wulkopf, who will appear at the Regio for the first time. Returning to the theatre are Mark S. Doss, the unforgettable Jochanaan in Salome of Carsen, Nancy Gustafson, Elena Zilio and Mark Milhofer. The Chorus Master will be Roberto Gabbiani.

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Teatro Regio, 24 February 2010 - 10 March 2010

Tannhäuser according to Bychkov

Opera and Ballet Season

Semyon Bychkov

Semyon Bychkov, one of the most important conductors of our times, returns to the Regio to perform Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner in concert form. In the cast are the best interpreters of the Wagnerian repertoire: the South African tenor Johan Botha in the role of the protagonist; baritone Boaz Daniel is be the minnesinger Wolfram von Eschenbach; the female roles of  Elisabeth and Venus are interpreted respectively by Ricarda Merbeth and Michaela Schuster; Kwangchul Youn is Hermann; the tenor Jörg Schneider is Walther von der Vogelweide and baritone Jochen Schmeckenbecher sings Biterolf.
Chorus Master is Roberto Gabbiani. The Children’s Chorus of the Teatro Regio and the “G. Verdi” Conservatory of Torino is prepared by Claudio Fenoglio.
Tannhäuser will be broadcast live by Rai-Radio3 on 16 March at 7.30 pm and will be presented to the public by Enrico Girardi during the usual Incontro con l’Opera to take place at the Piccolo Regio Wednesday 10 March at 5.30 pm.

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Teatro Regio, 16 March 2010 - 20 March 2010

The Concerts 2009-10

Concerts

Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio

The Concerts of the Regio have started on 31 October. The 2009-2010 Symphony Season of the Teatro Regio and the Filarmonica ’900 is scheduling nine concerts; two of these appointments will see the Regio’s Music Director, Gianandrea Noseda, as protagonist, while making their happy return will be artists of the calibre of Gian Maria Testa, Mario Brunello and Ezio Bosso who will present, as a world premier, his latest work. Alternating on the podium of the Filarmonica ’900 will be such international conductors as Yutaka Sado and Henrik Schaefer, in concert with pianista Barry Douglas, while Regio orchestra members Sergej Galaktionov and Silvio Gasparella will be personally engaged on the podium.

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Teatro Regio, 31 October 2009 - 24 May 2010

Backstage at the Regio: a daily discovery

Visits and workshops

The Regio hall

The guided tours of Backstage at the Regio has started again on Tuesday 15 September. Tickets (6 euro) are put on sale, as usual, the same day at the Box Office; there is free admission for young people up to 16 years of age if accompanied by a person with a full-price ticket and for Museum Card holders.

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