What is Teatro Regio (Turin)?
{{coord|45|4|14|N|7|41|16|E|region:IT_type:landmark|display=title}} [[File:Pietro Domenico Oliviero - The Royal Theater in Turin.jpg|right|thumb|250px|18th century painting of the Royal Theatre of Turin, by Pietro Domenico Oliviero]] [[File:Teatro Regio - sala 2005b.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The theatre in 2005]] The '''Teatro Regio''' ('Royal Theatre') is a well-known [[opera house]] and [[opera]] company in [[Turin]], [[Italy]]. Operas had been performed in various buildings in Turin during the [[17th century]] but it was not until 1713 that a proper opera house was planned. It was not built and finished until [[1740]]. It was a beautiful opera house with 1,500 seats and with 139 boxes. In 1792 it was closed and became a warehouse. With the French occupation of Turin during the [[Napoleonic War]] the theatre was renamed the ''Teatro Nazionale'' and finally, after [[Napoleon]] became [[emperor]], renamed again as the ''Teatro Imperiale''. When Napoleon's lost power in 1814 it got its original name back: the ''Regio''. Other theatres were built and gave seasons of opera in Turin. Among them was the restored ''Teatro Carignano'' in 1824. It was taken over by the municipality in 1932 and, after the destruction by fire of the ''Teatro Regio'' in 1936, the Carignano was the main opera house in the city until the ''Regio'' reopened in 1973. The Regio was rebuilt in 1905 but the theatre closed during the [[First World War]] and re-opened in 1919. Until February 1936, seasons of opera were presented until fire then destroyed everything except the front of the building. It remained closed for thirty-seven years. [[Arturo Toscanini]] was the [[Conducting|conductor]] of the Turin Opera from 1895 to 1898, during which time several production of works of [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] were given their first Italian performances. The opera house was rebuilt an opened in 10 April 1973 with a production of [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]]'s ''[[I Vespri Siciliani]]'' directed by [[Maria Callas]] and [[Giuseppe Di Stefano]]. The new