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The Savoy was a state-of-the-art theatre and the first public building in the world to be lit entirely by electricity. [9] [13] In 1881, Sir Joseph Swan, inventor of the incandescent light bulb, supplied about 1,200 Swan incandescent lamps, and the lights were powered by a 120-horsepower (89 kW) generator on open land near the theatre.
It is located in the centre of the city on the Via della Pergola, from which the theatre takes its name. It was built in 1656 under the patronage of Cardinal Giancarlo de' Medici to designs by the architect Ferdinando Tacca , son of the sculptor Pietro Tacca ; its inaugural production was the opera buffa , Il potestà di Colognole by Jacopo ...
The Palace of Venaria (Italian: Reggia di Venaria Reale) is a former royal residence and gardens located in Venaria Reale, near the city of Turin in the Piedmont region in northern Italy. It is one of the 14 Residences of the Royal House of Savoy built in the area between the 16th and 18th centuries which were collectively designated a UNESCO ...
The Royal Palace of Caserta (Italian: Reggia di Caserta [ˈrɛddʒa di kaˈzɛrta,-kaˈsɛrta]; Neapolitan: Reggia 'e Caserta [ˈrɛdːʒ(ə) e kaˈsertə]) is a former royal residence in Caserta, Campania, 35km north of Naples in southern Italy, constructed by the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies as their main residence as kings of Naples.
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 ...
A new Théâtre-Italien, performing Italian opera in Italian, was formed by Mademoiselle Montansier in 1801, when it was officially known as the Opera Buffa, but more familiarly as the Bouffons. [17] The company first performed at the Théâtre Olympique on the rue de la Victoire, but moved to the Salle Favart on 17 January 1802.
From Act I of the 1907 D'Oyly Carte production at the Savoy Theatre The Gondoliers; or, The King of Barataria is a Savoy Opera , with music by Arthur Sullivan and libretto by W. S. Gilbert . It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 7 December 1889 and ran for a very successful 554 performances (at that time the fifth longest-running piece of ...
The theatre would have to be built on the border of the monumental structure of Palermo, as an ideal point of reference of the city's expansion. [1] Therefore, unlike the "aristocratic" Teatro Massimo, the Politeama would have to house more popular shows (operetta, festivals, equestrian shows, etc.). [1] Frontal view with the statue of Ruggero ...