Overviews: [ Culture ]
Turin has a lively cultural life and cinemas, theatres and concert halls all attract knowledgeable crowds. The main cultural venue is the Teatro Regio, Piazza Castello 215 (tel: (011) 8815 557; website: www.teatroregio.torino.it), where operatic and classical music concerts are staged. The Auditorium Giovanni Agnelli, Via Nizza 280 (tel: (011) 664 0458; website: www.expo2000.it), is currently the home of the classical Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI (website: www.orchestrasinfonica.rai.it), while the Orchestra Filarmonica di Torino hold chamber music concerts at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi, Piazza Bodoni 6 (tel: (011) 817 8458; website: www.conservatorio-torino.it).
Teatro Carignano, Piazza Carignano 6 (tel: (011) 547 048; website: www.teatrostabiletorino.it), is a stunning 18th-century theatre. Plays can also be seen at Alfa Teatro, Via Casalborgone 16/l tel: (011) 819 3529; website: www.alfateatro.com).
Ballet and dance performances take place at the Teatro Nuovo, Corso Massimo d’Ageglio 17 (tel: (011) 650 0200; website: www.teatronuovo.torino.it), many of them avant-garde in style. Ballet can also be seen at the Teatro Regio (see above).
The main venue for mainstream musicals is Teatro Alfieri, Piazza Solferino (tel: (011) 562 3800; website: www.torinospettacoli.com).
Cinemas in the city include the Massimo, Via Montebello (tel: (011) 812 5658), which shows many films in English. There is also the 11-screen Pathe complex at Lingotto, Via Nizza (tel: (011) 667 7856), or Romano, Galleria Subalpina (tel: (011) 562 0145).
Listings appear on Fridays in La Stampa, the main local newspaper.
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