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Roberto Bolle in Caravaggio
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Ballet in Two Acts
Music by Bruno Moretti
Production ARTEDANZASRL
Lights and shadows, revealed, sensual bodies: the world of Michelangelo Merisi, aka Caravaggio, inspires choreographers, for his work and for his restless biography.
They are the artists who, like the painter, know how to work on the plasticity of human musculature, enhanced by the scenographic use of light. The painter of the Boy with the Basket and the Boy Bitten by a Lizard, of Bacchus and the Penitent Magdalene, of the Musicians, of Judith and Holofernes, of David with the Head of Goliath, of Amor vincit omnia, who was born in Milan in 1571 (and not in the Marquisate of Caravaggio), activator of the naturalistic movement, precursor of the Baroque, master of the dramatic use of chiaroscuro, inspired Mauro Bigonzetti, the most prominent international neo-post-classical Italian choreographer, to create a ballet in the name of the most disturbing Caravaggio, created in 2008 for the darting qualities of the Ukrainian star Vladimir Malakhov, then head of the Staatsoper Berlin.
Those who loved the duo from this Caravaggio in the Bolle and Friends gala in January 2025 at the Teatro Regio, with Roberto Bolle and Melissa Hamilton, will also love the full-evening extension that our iconic dancer produces for himself and for the chosen group that will give life to a sculptural dance, with the music of Claudio Monteverdi, re-orchestrated by Bruno Moretti, and the light design of Carlo Cerri, in dialogue with the skin-costumes of Lois Swandale and Kristopher Millar.
Program and cast
Roberto Bolle Étoile
Mauro Bigonzetti choreography
Carlo Cerri scenography and lights
Lois Swandale e Kristopher Millar costumes
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)
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