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The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily.It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II.It is the biggest in Italy, and one of the largest of Europe (at the time of its inauguration, it was - with its area of 7730 m 2 - the third largest opera house in Europe after the Palais Garnier in Paris, and the K. K. Hof ...
The theatre of Italy originates from the Middle Ages, with its background dating back to the times of the ancient Greek colonies of Magna Graecia, in Southern Italy, the theatre of the Italic peoples and the theatre of ancient Rome. It can therefore be assumed that there were two main lines of which the ancient Italian theatre developed in the ...
La Scala (UK: / l æ ˈ s k ɑː l ə /, US: / l ɑː-/, [1] Italian: [la ˈskaːla]; officially Teatro alla Scala [teˈaːtro alla ˈskaːla], lit. ' Theatre at the Scala ') is a historic opera house in Milan, Italy. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778 and was originally known as il Nuovo Regio Ducale Teatro alla Scala (lit.
Ancient Roman theatres in Italy (1 C, 16 P) O. Opera houses in Italy (4 C, 61 P) Pages in category "Theatres in Italy"
In 1870, the theatre architect Carlo Sada was appointed to find a suitable site for the new theatre. Many location options were considered for the long desired "Massimo" theatre. One location was chosen only to be turned down with the original site being brought back into the picture. This time it was to be the location for a large, multi ...
Exterior of the Teatro di San Carlo Top floor of the Teatro di San Carlo Interior view on to the royal box View from the royal box Royal coat of arms above proscenium. The Real Teatro di San Carlo ("Royal Theatre of Saint Charles"), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal ...
The theater hosted international singers, and among its repertoire appear the most famous works of Italian and foreign melodrama. On the night of February 23, 1945, the theater was razed by the Anglo-American bombing. The Philharmonic Academy announced that it would try to rebuild the theatre exactly as it had been before.
It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" [1] and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th century, La Fenice became the site of many famous operatic premieres at which the works of several of the four major bel canto era composers—Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi—were ...