Entrance to theTeatro Regio di Torino

Teatro Regio di Torino

The Teatro Regio in Turin was inaugurated in December 1740 as the theatre of the Court of Savoy. From the beginning it was an opera house of great international importance and celebrated the world premieres of Puccini's Manon Lescaut and La bohème.
From the very beginning it was considered a house of great international importance, celebrating the world premieres of Puccini's Manon Lescaut and La bohème.
The old theatre was destroyed by fire in 1936, and the new, architecturally stunning building was
inaugurated in April 1973 and quickly developed a reputation as one of the leading Italian opera houses