Piccolo Regio Puccini

General data

Year of construction

1973, on an architectural project of Carlo Mollino and Marcello Zavelani Rossi

Types of programming

Musical theatre - Concerts (chamber music, choral) - Dance - Cinema - Video - Conferences – conventions - Meetings

Other uses

Concerts (jazz, folk, pop) - Plays – Figure Theatre

Location

The theatre is situated under the Galleria Francesco Tamagno, at a level of - 6,15 m, with the entrance from Piazza Castello. Established with the name of Piccolo Regio on 1 February 1996 – on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the world premier of La bohème, which took place at the Teatro Regio of Torino – in honour of the composer it was re-baptised ‘Piccolo Regio Giacomo Puccini’. It has its own box office situated on the stairs leading down to the foyer.
Total area: 1,953 sq m
Total volume: ~10,000 cubic m

The foyer and the auditorium

The foyer, laid out on a single level, has a total area of 380 sq m and is equipped with a cloakroom, bar and information desk.
At the end of the foyer is situated the Sala del Pavone, characterised by a large stage panel representing a peacock (created by Paolo Bregni for the opera Die Drei Pintos by C.M. von Weber). This is a small hall of 150 sq m used for conferences and projections, with a seating capacity of 88. The hall has an audio-video link with Piccolo Regio via two fixed speakers and a television camera, directed from the control room. The link allows for the transmission on screen of performances from the stage of Piccolo Regio (for example, to allow more people to enjoy the event when the hall is sold out).
The auditorium of Piccolo Regio, with a seating capacity of 380, is constituted in part by stalls (164 seats), in part by tiers (216 seats); there are also 2 seats available for wheelchair users. The walls are decorated with a series of panels designed by the stage designer Lele Luzzati for the opera Il matrimonio segreto by Domenico Cimarosa.

Difference in level between the stage and stalls: 1 m
Difference in level between the stalls and the last tier: 2.65 m
Number of rows: 25
Depth of the auditorium: 22.65 m
Width of the auditorium: 12.6 m
Distance of stage from the first row: 1.2 m

The stage

Stage

Area: 120 sq m
Usable dimensions: 12.8 m in width x 9.5 in depth (using the backstage, it is possible to reach a maximum depth of 16.2 m)
Height of ceiling from the stage: 5 m
Maximum height possible for sets: 3.8 m
Curtain: pink, by electric control

Technical systems

Stage lighting system

90 circuits of 2 KW
90 spotlights of 1 KW
Total power: 200 KW

Stage sound system

Fixed system with 10 speakers for total power of 3000 W
Wireless microphone
5 conference microphones

Lighting and sound system in the direction control room

ADB tenor light mixer with 24 manual regulators
Soundcraft 16 channel sound mixer (16/8/2)
Computer for audio and video production on CD and DVD
dat player/recorder
2 recorders
Revox recorder
CD player
500 W power amplifier
Equalizer
Video recorder
2 professional cassette recorders

Projection systems

Video projector
35 mm film projector
Screen
Possibility of front and back projection

Backstage

4 artists’ dressing rooms
Props workshop
Electrical storeroom
2 offices
2 storerooms