Fondazione Teatro di San Carlo

Teatro di San Carlo is the most ancient opera house still performing in Europe. Based in the historical heart of Naples, it is worldwide renowned for its great music tradition expressed through more than 250 performances of opera, ballet and music every year. Teatro San Carlo Orchestra was born in 1737 and has been for centuries one of the most prestigious music groups worldwide: in the XIX cent. even Rossini, Donizetti and Verdi composed some of their masterpieces right for this Orchestra. The Orchestra is now lead by Dan Ettinger, as Music Director. The Choir was founded a couple of centuries later to get a stable vocal ensemble for San Carlos opera and concerts both in Italy and abroad; Jose Luis Basso is the actual Chorus Master. The Corps de Ballet is as ancient and prestigious as its name Theatre: its first performance was, in fact, for the opening night of November 4th 1737. Since then it has grown in its prestige for centuries and at the end of the war the Company establ...