The Fondazione del Teatro Grande is pleased to announce that from Saturday, March 25 at 10.00 AM the sale of tickets for the opera Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini will be officially open to the public. The opera will debut exceptionally this summer, in July.

The opening of the Opera and Ballet Season 2023 will therefore be dedicated to a title historically very dear to the Teatro Grande: in May 1904 in Brescia, after the unexpected fiasco of the Milanese premiere, the new version – the “bresciana” one – achieved ainternational success and sanctioned the immortality of Puccini’s masterpiece.

The show will be a new staging (international co-production Teatro di OperaLombardia, Teatro del Giglio di Lucca, Estonian National Opera) in which will be proposed the second edition of the opera, that will debut on the stage of the Teatro Grande on July 20 at 8.00 pm with a repeat on July 22 at 6.00 pm and Premiere on July 17 at 5.00 pm.

The title role will played by Eleonora Buratto (after this year’s debut at the Metropolitan in the role). One of the most famous Italian conductors in the world will be conducting the orchestra: Maestro Riccardo Frizza. The opera will be directed by the talented Greek director Rodula Gaitanou, in continuation of that “pink thread” that distinguishes the three opening regias of the 2022-2024.

Tickets for the show will be available at the Teatro Grande Ticket Office and online on teatrogrande.it and vivaticket.com from Saturday 25 March. A student ticket is discounted at 50% of the full price. The Teatro Grande Box Office is open from Tuesday to Friday from 1.30pm to 7pm, Saturday from 10 am to 13 pm and from3 pm to 7 pm.

On the occasion of the important event of the Capitale Italiana della Cultura, the Teatro Grande opens its extraordinary artistic heritage through special visits that will give visitors the opportunity not only to discover the magnificent spaces of the Theatre, but also to know anecdotes and curiosities that have made the Teatro Grande famous all over the world.

“Rien n’est plus joli” wrote Stendhal in 1823 in his Vie de Rossini describing the beauty of the spaces of the Grande. Over the years, in addition to establishing itself as the main city theater, the Teatro Grande has been declared a well of important historical and artistic interest, with particular reference to the spaces of the Sala Grande and the Ridotto. During the 20th century the Grande acquired an increasing importance even among national theaters until, in the 70s, the Italian State identified it as one of the Italian Theatres of Tradition, recognizing for the first time the cultural functions, social and educational activities of music, programming and opera production.

The visits will be scheduled during the weekends and will give visitors the opportunity to admire the Ridotto – one of the most evocative architectural wonders of the city of Brescia – the Sala Grande with its unmistakable layout, and the splendid Sala delle Statue, recently restored with its over 200 years of history.

Tickets can be purchased on teatrogrande.it or at the Theatre ticket Office at a cost of € 8 per person (discount for Under30 to €5). The visits last 45 minutes, accessible from the main entrance of the Theatre (corso Zanardelli, 9).

The Fondazione del Teatro Grande di Brescia presents the 2023 Season, a single multidisciplinary great Season that will attract the greatest artists in the world, from famous conductors to well-known choreographers, as well as young talents. A billboard that grows both in quality and in quantity compared to the usual Season to respond to the special event of 2023.

Along the lines drawn by the strategic design of Bergamo Brescia 2023, high-level programming will be dedicated to quality, internationality, territory, excellence and youth, so as to make the territory of Brescia a national and international excellence thanks to shows and concerts of high artistic value with emblematic characters of the cultural scene. A strategic opening of the Theatre, which will include, alongside the preservation and enhancement of tradition, an innovation of languages and formats, with a particular attention to a new audience. The path that the Fondazione has started since its inception, begins from the reflection on what can be today the role of a historical institution, on what can be the cultural, civil and social function of a “Teatro di Tradizione” that must be confronted with the change of society and territory, the diversification of the public, its tastes and its habits. The 2023 edition thus becomes a forum for reflection to be shared with artists and the public. The occasion of the Capitale della Cultura will make even stronger the positioning of the Teatro Grande as a center of creative excellence and a place for sharing experiences, also with a view to shared sociality.

Tickets and special booklets for all Music and Dance performances of the 2023 Season will be on sale from Friday 9 December* at the Teatro Grande Box Office and online.
Discover the TICKETS AND CARNETS created for the 2023 Season:
• Carnet Capitale
• Carnet Musica
• Carnet Musica Senior
• Carnet Danza
• Carnet Young 

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* Excluding the performances of the Opera and Ballet Season 2023 and the special projects La Grande Notte del Jazz, Facciamo la Banda, Orchestra STU.D.I.O. of the Conservatorio Luca Marenzio of Brescia, Bergamo Brescia Drive, Festa dell’Opera, GrandeBrixia, Great Community, The Great in the Province, Detaching the shadow from the ground and The Great for the little ones.

The projects Agorà, Festa dell’Opera and Les Baigneurs have free participation.

OPEN is the project of the Fondazione del Teatro Grande dedicated to sensory disabilities with the aim of bringing the sensory (visual and auditory) disabled to the Teatro Grande and making the shows understandable and open to all.
This year, as in the past, the OPEN project team actively collaborates with people with sensory disabilities to create services and experiences designed together.
Among the services of the project that will be active for all the performances of Opera and Ballet scheduled in the Season September December 2022, in addition to the Italian surtitles, present in all the performances, during the performances scheduled for Friday evening, assisted listening will be available for the deaf and hearing impaired thanks to the Sennheiser Mobile Connect system. During the Sunday performance it will be available the audio description of the opera, while in the morning at 11 am there will be a multi-sensory tour on the stage of the Theatre to discover the secrets of the show. To make the activity even more inclusive, the Teatro Grande has opened the tour to anyone who wants to take part in these special initiatives, creating an event by reservation through the Eventbrite platform. At the same time, for each work, a video presentation of the performances in Italian Sign Language will be distributed through the social channels of the Theatre, to make the understanding of the Opera as inclusive and accessible as possible.

For more information about the project, the methods of participation and reservations, you can always contact the e-mail address accessibilita@teatrogrande.it or call 0302979347.

After the holiday break, the Caffè del Teatro Grande Berlucchi reopens this weekend, inaugurating the autumn restart with an exceptional event: la Note della Cultura. Saturday, October 1, the Cafe will officially reopen to the public at 3PM, extending the opening hours until 11PM to allow those who are around the city centre druing this special evening to sip a glass of Berlucchi or enjoy a croissant signed Pasticceria Il Simposio. Sunday morning, October 2, the Café will be open from 10PM to 1PM.

For the first time this Season, the Caffè del Teatro Grande Berlucchi will be open exclusively to the public of the performances of the Teatro Grande starting one hour before the performance scheduled for that day.

All updates about schedules and special events are published in real time on the dedicated page of this website and on the social channels of the Caffè del Teatro Grande Berlucchi.
Many surprises are coming… We can’t wait to reopen the doors of our magnificent Ridotto for you!

The 2022 Season welcomes back the cycle of events dedicated to stories and insights about the Operas presented in the next months at the Teatro Grande.

Roberto Tagliani (philologist), Piergiorgio Vittorini (criminal lawyer), Paolo Bolpagni (art historian), Roberto Gazich (latinist) and Marco Degiovanni (mathematician) are ready to take the public through five introductory conferences, proposing interesting readings and food for thought ranging from the analysis of the text to the history of each title. The meetings with these music lovers will take place in the evocative setting of the Salone delle Scenografie and will be open to the most transversal public, from beginners to fans of the genre.

The first appointment will be with Roberto Tagliani Saturday, September 24th at 11.00AM: the meeting will be dedicated to Norma by Vincenzo Bellini, the Opera that will debut on Friday, September 30th at 8PM (in replica Sunday, October 2nd at 3.30PM plus a special premiere on September 28 at 5PM dedicated to the students), before continuing the tour at the partner theaters of OperaLombardia.

All other appointments with the Pazzi are available here.

As for the previous editions, admission is free while seats last. Please note that access to the Salone delle Scenografie is through via Paganora 19.

OperaLombardia is organizing the auditions for background actors for the production of Norma by Vincenzo Bellini, with the direction of Elena Barbalich, for the 2022 Season.
We are looking for 8 people meeting the following criteria:
– men
– over the age of 18 

Those interested should send their application to info@teatrogrande.it with the subject “APPLICATION BACKGROUND ROLES NORMA 2022” by and no later than Thursday, 7th July 2022, specifying their personal data (time and place of birth, residence address, tax code, VAT identification number – if existent), a telephone number, a resumè, photos. It is also required to fill in the measures form attached in the following file (notice of selection).

Auditions are scheduled for Wednesday, 13th July 2022 at 4.30PM at the Teatro Grande (backstage entry, via Paganora 19/a).

È previsto un incontro di selezione mercoledì 13 luglio 2022 alle ore 16.30 presso il Teatro Grande (ingresso artisti, via Paganora 19/a).

For further information and for the rehearsals schedule, please download the NOTICE OF SELECTION.

From Tuesday, 14th June to Saturday, 18th June the subscription campaign for the Opera and Ballet Season 2022 is open. 

The subscription package includes four Opera titles (Norma, Don Giovanni, La Gioconda, La Traviata) and a Ballet (La Cenerentola), celebrating the marriage between tradition and contemporaneity that has always been the foundation of the artistic proposal of the Teatro Grande.

It is possible to subscribe both online and at the ticket office.
For further information biglietteria@teatrogrande.it.

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This week, the opening times of the Caffè del Teatro Grande Berlucchi will slightly change.

On the occasion of the departure of 1000 Miglia 2022, on Wednesday 15th June the Cafè will be open from 1oAM to 8PM.

This weekend, the opening times will be as follows:
– Friday, 17th June from 6PM to 11PM
– Saturday, 18th June from 10AM to 6PM
– Sunday, 19th June from 10AM to 8PM

The opening hours of the whole season are available on the specific section of this website.