
The second part of the renovation will take place from June to September 2022 and includes interventions on the lower stage mechanics of the Regio stage and the restructuring of the systems and the stage and hall lights of the Piccolo Regio Puccini auditorium. Work on the mechanics above Teatro Regio's stage in numbers: 27,000 hours of work for the design, construction, and installation of the new systems 21 km of steel ropes for the scenery 80% increase in the performance of the new machines, equipped with a driving force of 0.7 Mega Watts the weight of the sets that can be hung at the same time is 22.5 tons and 75 tons of old implants were removed. Teatro Regio therefore reopens and can finally welcome the public to its halls, thanks to the conclusion of the first and most important part of the modifications and renovation of the theater's scenic system, works funded as part of the €8.5 million loan made available by the Ministry of Culture, and which will allow Teatro Regio, founded in 1740 and one of the oldest theaters in Europe, to become one of the most technological in the world. This is a doubly symbolic choice, given that this new staging incorporates the original designs of the world premiere and that this production too was canceled a few days after its staging in March 2020, when the first lockdown was enforced. The inauguration of the 2022 Opera and Ballet Season of Teatro Regio will be on Saturday, February 12 at 8 pm and it could only be with Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, the opera that was staged for the first time at Teatro Regio on February 1, 1896. LA BOHÈME Teatro Regio inaugurates with a symbolic opera
