Teatro Regio di Torino

The Teatro Regio di Torino is one of the oldest opera theatres in existence today: its origins date back to 1740, the year in which it opened as a magnificent venue of the Savoy Court. Designed by architect Benedetto Alfieri with innovative criteria, it soon became a destination of the grand tours of the period. After almost two centuries of uninterrupted activity, the old building, a theatre “all’italiana” with five tiers of boxes, was destroyed in a violent fire on the night between 8 and 9 February, 1936.

The fire did not interrupt the programming of the Regio, which continued in other theatres across the city until the opening of the present structure. Unique in all the world for its design, thanks to the genius of architect Carlo Mollino, it was inaugurated in 1973 with I Vespri siciliani by Verdi, in the one and only stage direction of Maria Callas and Giuseppe Di Stefano.

One Theatre, many proposals

The Teatro Regio offers a rich Opera and Ballet Season consisting of numerous operas, ballets and musicals. Together with the main Season there are also many other activities: symphonic-choral and chamber music concerts involving the Orchestra, Chorus and Children’s Chorus of the Teatro Regio; a series of shows staged at the Piccolo Regio Puccini and intended for schools and families; lectures, guided tours, exhibitions and special events realized in collaboration with the City of Torino and other institutions like MITO SettembreMusica. All events that put Teatro Regio at the centre of the cultural and artistic life of Torino, Piemonte and more.

How to arrive

By train

From both of the Torino train stations, Porta Susa and Porta Nuova, the Theatre can be reached by taxi (10 minutes) or on foot (about 20 minutes).

You can find your train to Torino at these internet sites:

Trenitalia

NTV-Italo

GTT-SFM

SNCF-TGV

By car

Depending on where you’re coming from, these are the main routes:

From the north and north-east
Motorway A4 Torino-Milano-Trieste or Motorway A5 Torino-Aosta, in both cases the exit is Corso Giulio Cesare

From the west
Motorway A32 Torino-Bardonecchia, exit Corso Regina Margherita

From the south and south-east
Motorway A6 Torino-Savona or Motorway A21 Torino-Brescia, exit Corso Unità d’Italia

Parking in the city center is by payment, both in the street and in the numerous underground car parks located near the Theatre:

Roma/San Carlo/Castello

Santo Stefano

Vittorio Veneto

Valdo Fusi

Please note that in Torino there is a Limited Traffic Zone (ZTL) that prohibits access to the city centre from 7.30 a.m. to 10.30 a.m. from Monday to Friday; some other streets are reserved for public transportation from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. If you are staying in a hotel situated within the ZTL, the hotel can provide you with a pass to enter with your car.

Public transportation

The stops nearest to the Teatro Regio are:

Castello: lines 13, 15, 55, 56

Garibaldi: lines 4, 11, 27, 51, 57, Star2

The nearest stops of the Metro are at the train stations of Porta Nuova and Porta Susa (XVIII Dicembre).

Porta Nuova

Porta Susa (XVIII Dicembre)