Teatro Regio

Everyone knows Summertime, but few know that it is one of the wonderful songs of this “folk opera” with which Gershwin ended prematurely his career. Aspects of jazz, spirituals, musicals and theatre are the ingredients of the greatest American opera of the twentieth century, an authentic cross-section of Afro-American life.

The eternal love story conceived by the genius of Shakespeare becomes a ballet thanks to Prokofiev’s splendid score. One of the greatest choreographers of the twentieth century, MacMillan, revived it for two ballet stars, Fonteyn and Nureyev, highlighting all of the passion of the two lovers.

The phenomenon of sleepwalking and insanity in general is, in opera, a way to exalt vocal virtuosity. Bellini excels in radiating with his lyric style the tender and hard-won love between the protagonists, whom he entrusts with enchanting music.

«The most moving and evocative opera I’ve ever conceived», wrote Puccini. A story of sexual tourism, because that’s what it’s about, put to music at the dawning of the twentieth century. And since then it has been captivating audiences all over the world. Watch out! You might cry…

The opera of all operas, able, in its universality, to touch people's heart all over the world. Based on the bestseller La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, La Traviata is unbridled passion, a clash between rigid morality and freedom.

«Exquisite and vivid, with scenes of great power»: it is Verdi’s words that best describe one of the most noir operas of all time, immortalized by such arias as Di quella pira and Stride la vampa. The force of his music and the devastating passion cannot leave you indifferent.

Tenderness and comedy, emotion and charm have seldom known such happy coexistence as in this comic masterpiece by Donizetti. A «playful melodrama» in which a man pursues a woman’s love in every way, encountering the rivalry of the typical tough guy before being helped by a “good charlatan”…