Opera and Ballet

Tokyo, Bunka Kaikan
Yokohama, Kanagawa Kenmin Hall
23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31 July and  1 August 2010

Shanghai, Grand Theatre
4 and 6 August 2010
Shanghai, Expo Auditorium
5 August 2010

This summer the Teatro Regio will be the protagonist of an important tour of Japan and China, where it is the only Italian opera company to be invited to the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, thus setting in motion one of the most prestigious events of the Regio’s long artistic history.

Taking opera to Tokyo and Yokohama is surely a sign of the artistic maturity that the Regio has attained in recent years and which has grown with the presence of Music Director  Gianandrea Noseda, an impetuous and captivating spirit for all the artistic forces.

In Japan, at the Bunka Kaikan of Tokyo – one of the most important concert halls in the country – we will stage our new production of La Traviata (23, 26, 29 July and  1 August). The protagonists in Verdi’s opera will be two authentic stars: Natalie Dessay and Matthew Polenzani.

The first competition for the stage direction, sets and costumes ofRigoletto

For the first time, Teatro Regio announces a competition for the creation of the stage direction, sets, costumes and lighting of one of the world’s most popular operas: Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi.

The Regio has certainly demonstrated great interest in creativity in recent years, regularly inviting those directors who, with their work, are leaving their mark on the international scene. With this initiative, the Regio intends to go further in order to discover that which is still unfamiliar, and, at the same time, give the opportunity for those who haven’t yet established themselves to demonstrate their talent.

The best idea, i.e. the project which best utilizes the 200,000 euros made available for the realisation of the staging – inclusive of costumes, accessories, props and lighting  – will be performed in the next Opera Season at the Regio, and will become part of the repertoire that the Regio also takes, with great success, on tour around the region.
Definitely an opportunity not to be missed for all those who feel they are ready to face a challenge involving in primis the Regio, and that, we hope, can contribute to developing new points of view and generate new cultural debate.

Semyon Bychkov conducts Wagner’s great Romantic opera

Teatro Regio, Tuesday 16 March 2010 at 7.30 pm

Britten’s opera as interpreted by Yutaka Sado

Teatro Regio, Wednesday 24 February 2010 at 8 pm

On Wednesday 24 February, one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century opera will be presented for the first time in English at the Teatro Regio: Peter Grimes, the opera in a prologue and three acts by Benjamin Britten, from the poem The Borough by George Crabbe on the  libretto by Montagu Slater. The staging, from the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie of Brussels, carries the name of the prestigious German “cult” director Willy Decker, while on the podium of the Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro Regio will be maestro Yutaka Sado in a double debut for the conductor born in Kyoto in 1961: 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.