The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is an opera house located in Trieste, Italy and named after the composerGiuseppe Verdi. Privately constructed, it was inaugurated as the Teatro Nuovo to replace the smaller 800-seat "Cesareo Regio Teatro di San Pietro" on 21 April 1801 with a performance of Johann Simon Mayr's Ginevra di Scozia. Initially, the Nuovo had 1,400 seats. In 1821, it became known as the Teatro Grande.
Facade of Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi
By the end of the 18th century, the need for a new theatre in Trieste became evident. Its main theatre, the Teatro di San Pietro, had become increasingly inadequate and closed in 1800. A proposal to the Austrian Chancery from Giovanni Matteo Tommasini to build a private theatre had existed since 1795 and, in June 1798, a contract was drawn up whereby annual funding would come from the municipality and Tommasini would hold the rights to several boxes and the rights to sell others. Gian Antonio Selva, the architect of the La Fenice in Venice, was engaged, and he designed a classic horseshoe-shaped auditorium. However, his exterior designs were considered to be too plain for the Austrians who then engaged another architect, Matteo Pertsch, to solve the problem, which was accomplished by incorporating elements of Milan's La Scala opera house. The "Nuovo" became a mixture of La Fenice on the inside and La Scala on the exterior.
Several name changes have occurred during the theatre's lifetime, the first in 1821 when it became the Teatro Grande[1] and it was under this name that the theatre was the site of two Verdi opera premieres: Il corsaro in 1848 (featuring the soprano Giuseppina Strepponi, who Verdi married in 1859, in the leading role) and Stiffelio, a production which Verdi supervised - not without controversy - in 1850.[2] However, before these premieres, Verdi's operas had begun to dominate the Teatro Grande's stage, followed, as the century progressed, by all the major works of the opera repertoire, including those by Puccini and Wagner.
A further name change followed in 1861 due to a change from private to public ownership. Thus, it became the Teatro Comunale and existed as such throughout the latter years of the 19th century. By 1881, seating capacity had been increased to 2,000 through the use of existing standing room spaces; but, by that December, the theatre was declared to be unsafe and it was closed for renovations, during which electricity replaced gas lighting for the reopening in 1889 with 1,000 seats.
Within hours of his death in January 1901,[3] the theatre was once again renamed, this time to honour the memory of Giuseppe Verdi. It was extensively restored between 1992 and 1997 and re-opened with about 1,300 seats[4] and with a Viva Verdi concert[3] which included excerpts from many of the composer's operas. (Like the restoration of La Scala between 2001 and 2004, a temporary alternative venue was quickly created in Trieste and the Sala Tripcovich continues to offer space for chamber opera and operettas.)
A major feature of the Teatro Verdi's programming in the past 40 years, which stems from the original Austrian occupation of the city in the 19th century and the fact that Trieste did not become part of Italy until 1918, is the "International Festival of Operetta" which takes place every summer.
Premieresedit
The theatre has seen the world premieres of the following operas:
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The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is an opera house located in Trieste Italy and named after the composer Giuseppe Verdi Privately constructed it was inaugurated as the Teatro Nuovo to replace the smaller 800 seat Cesareo Regio Teatro di San Pietro on 21 April 1801 with a performance of Johann Simon Mayr s Ginevra di Scozia Initially the Nuovo had 1 400 seats In 1821 it became known as the Teatro Grande Facade of Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi By the end of the 18th century the need for a new theatre in Trieste became evident Its main theatre the Teatro di San Pietro had become increasingly inadequate and closed in 1800 A proposal to the Austrian Chancery from Giovanni Matteo Tommasini to build a private theatre had existed since 1795 and in June 1798 a contract was drawn up whereby annual funding would come from the municipality and Tommasini would hold the rights to several boxes and the rights to sell others Gian Antonio Selva the architect of the La Fenice in Venice was engaged and he designed a classic horseshoe shaped auditorium However his exterior designs were considered to be too plain for the Austrians who then engaged another architect Matteo Pertsch to solve the problem which was accomplished by incorporating elements of Milan s La Scala opera house The Nuovo became a mixture of La Fenice on the inside and La Scala on the exterior Contents 1 History 2 Premieres 3 References 4 External linksHistory editSeveral name changes have occurred during the theatre s lifetime the first in 1821 when it became the Teatro Grande 1 and it was under this name that the theatre was the site of two Verdi opera premieres Il corsaro in 1848 featuring the soprano Giuseppina Strepponi who Verdi married in 1859 in the leading role and Stiffelio a production which Verdi supervised not without controversy in 1850 2 However before these premieres Verdi s operas had begun to dominate the Teatro Grande s stage followed as the century progressed by all the major works of the opera repertoire including those by Puccini and Wagner A further name change followed in 1861 due to a change from private to public ownership Thus it became the Teatro Comunale and existed as such throughout the latter years of the 19th century By 1881 seating capacity had been increased to 2 000 through the use of existing standing room spaces but by that December the theatre was declared to be unsafe and it was closed for renovations during which electricity replaced gas lighting for the reopening in 1889 with 1 000 seats Within hours of his death in January 1901 3 the theatre was once again renamed this time to honour the memory of Giuseppe Verdi It was extensively restored between 1992 and 1997 and re opened with about 1 300 seats 4 and with a Viva Verdi concert 3 which included excerpts from many of the composer s operas Like the restoration of La Scala between 2001 and 2004 a temporary alternative venue was quickly created in Trieste and the Sala Tripcovich continues to offer space for chamber opera and operettas A major feature of the Teatro Verdi s programming in the past 40 years which stems from the original Austrian occupation of the city in the 19th century and the fact that Trieste did not become part of Italy until 1918 is the International Festival of Operetta which takes place every summer Premieres editThe theatre has seen the world premieres of the following operas Ginevra di Scozia by Simon Mayr 21 April 1801 Annibale in Capua by Antonio Salieri 20 May 1801 5 Ricciarda di Edimburgo by Cesare Pugni 29 September 1832 Enrico II by Otto Nicolai 26 November 1839 6 Il corsaro by Giuseppe Verdi 25 October 1848 Stiffelio by Giuseppe Verdi 16 November 1850 Pittore e duca by Michael William Balfe 21 November 1854 Nozze istriane by Antonio Smareglia 28 March 1895References editNotes To distinguish it from those less illustrious Lynn p 82 Leave the libretto as it is or I will withdraw the opera Verdi quoted in Lynn p 85 a b Lynn p 83 il Verdi ha attualmente a seguito dell ultima ristrutturazione la capienza originale di circa 1300 posti Theatre s website Rice John Antonio Salieri and Viennese Opera University of Chicago Press 1998 p 602 ISBN 0 226 71125 0 originally given at the first performance as Rosmonda d Inghilterra Sources Lynn Karyl Charna Italian Opera Houses and Festivals Lanham Maryland The Scarecrow Press Inc 2005 ISBN 0 8108 5359 0 Plantamura Carol The Opera Lover s Guide to Europe New York Citadel Press 1996 ISBN 0 8065 1842 1External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Teatro Giuseppe Verdi Teatro Verdi s official website with photographs in Italian 45 39 04 N 13 46 08 E 45 651 N 13 769 E 45 651 13 769 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi amp oldid 1142665811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
