Teatro Valle
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Address | Via del Teatro Valle 21 |
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Location | Rome, Italy |
Coordinates | 41°53′51″N 12°28′30″E / 41.8975°N 12.4750°E |
Type | Theatre |
Construction | |
Built | 1726 |
Renovated | 1765/1791/1821 |
Closed | 2010 |
Architect | Tommaso Morelli |
Builder | Capranica family |
The Teatro Valle (literally Valley Theater) is a theatre and former opera house in
Construction
Commissioned by the Capranica family, the architect Tommaso Morelli designed the theatre, which was built in 1726.[1] The seating in the Teatro Valle initially consisted of five tiers of 27 boxes. It underwent renovation by Mauro Fontana in 1765 and was restored again in 1791. The theatre was rebuilt in 1821 to the design of Valadier, completed by Salvi, and in 1845, a façade designed by Gaspare Servi was added. Today, it contains four tiers of boxes and a gallery.[citation needed]
Performances
It was inaugurated with the staging of the tragedy Matilde by Simon Falconio Pratoli. After hosting a season of
Throughout the early 19th century, the Valle was regularly staging opera buffa and opera semiseria as well as prose comedies and, increasingly after 1830, serious melodramas. A number of operas during this time premiered at the Valle, including
Beginning from the middle of the 19th century, the Teatro Valle has staged only spoken drama. Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author had its world premiere in the theatre in 1921.[2]
Occupation
The Ente teatrale italiano, a state organization to promote Italian theatre which partially supported the Teatro Valle, was shut down in 2010 as part of the Italian government's budget cuts for the arts in general. In June 2011, amidst rumours that the theatre was to be privatised and would lose its artistic independence, the building was
References
- ^ Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Retrieved on 21 March 2008), <http://www.grovemusic.com Archived 16 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine>
- ^ New York Times
- ^ Fallai, Paolo (12 June 2012). "Teatro Valle, due equivoci per una protesta". Corriere della Sera (in Italian)
- ^ Watson, Mike (6 July 2016). "In Rome, a Worrying Trend as Alternative Spaces Go Silent". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
External links
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