Giorgio Battistelli, Richard III, dramma per musica in two acts, libretto by Ian Burton after Shakespeare; world premiere Vlaamse Opera, Antwerp/Ghent, 2005, directed by Robert Carsen. Sources: Casa Ricordi composer page (https://www.ricordi.com/en-US/Composers/B/Battistelli-Giorgio.aspx), "Richard III made its world premiere at the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp, in 2005, directed by Robert Carsen"; ResMusica review of the premiere run at Gent on 20 February 2005 (https://www.resmusica.com/2005/02/22/creation-mondiale-de-emrichard-iiiem-de-giorgio-battistelli/), which gives the genre, librettist and full cast; German Wikipedia (Robert Carsen) also records the Uraufführung in Antwerp 2005.