Orchestra
and Chorus

Together with the Orchestra and the Children’s Chorus, the Chorus of Teatro Comunale di Bologna is one of the permanent artistic ensembles of the Fondazione Teatro Comunale, with which the institution gives around 80 opera and ballet performances and 30 symphonic concerts a year in Bologna. One of the most renowned choral ensembles on the international scene, it has been led over the years by Gaetano Riccitelli, Leone Magiera, Fulvio Fogliazza, Fulvio Angius, Piero Monti, Marcel Seminara, Paolo Vero, Lorenzo Fratini, Andrea Faidutti, Alberto Malazzi and, from September 2021, Gea Garatti Ansini. Since June 2026 the Chorus has been directed by Claudio Marino Moretti.

Together with the Orchestra and the Chorus, the Children’s Chorus is one of the permanent artistic ensembles of the Fondazione Teatro Comunale di Bologna. It is made up of around fifty singers aged between 7 and 17 and ranges across a wide field of musical interests.