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Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo

October 20, 2023

The Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo (often written as Teatro SS. Giovanni e Paolo) was a theatre and opera house in Venice located on the Calle della Testa, and takes its name from the nearby Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Venice. Built by the Grimani family in 1638, in its heyday it was considered the most beautiful and comfortable theatre in the city.[1] The theatre played an important role in the development of opera and saw the premieres of several works by Francesco Cavalli, as well as Monteverdi's Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria and L'incoronazione di Poppea.

Teatro SS. Giovanni e Paolo
Carlo Fontana's 1654 sketch of the theatre's floor plan
AddressVenice
Italy
TypeTheatre and opera house
Construction
Opened1638
Closed1715
ArchitectCarlo Fontana

History Edit

The Grimani family originally built the theatre as a wooden structure on the Fondamenta Nuove around 1635. It was then rebuilt on a grander scale using both stone and wood in 1638 when it moved to the nearby Calle della Testa. It was built primarily for the performance of spoken drama, but from the very beginning operas were also performed there. In fact, the new theatre was inaugurated on 20 January 1639 with the premiere performance of Francesco Manelli's opera La Delia o sia La sera sposa del sole.[2]

 
Anna Renzi who sang Ottavia in the premiere of L'incoronazione di Poppea
 
Libretto for L' Alboino in Italia which premiered at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1691

The librettist of La delia, Giulio Strozzi, became primarily based at the nearby Teatro Novissimo but returned to SS. Giovanni e Paolo for the 1642–1643 season, bringing with him the singers Barbara Strozzi and Anna Renzi (who sang Ottavia in the premiere of L'incoronazione di Poppea) and the pioneering set designer Giacomo Torelli. According to Rosand, it may have been at Santi Giovanni e Paolo that Torelli developed his machinery for changing several sets simultaneously.[3]

In 1654 the theatre was remodelled specifically as an opera house by the architect Carlo Fontana in one of his earliest commissions, and became the first fully developed horseshoe-shaped opera house in Italy,[4] a design which remained essentially unchanged for over two centuries. Its magnificent interior could seat about 900 people with five tiers of boxes and additional seating on the U-shaped floor (or platea) in front of the stage. The theatre was described in 1663 by an observer as having:

...marvellous scene changes, majestic and grand appearances [of performers] ... and a magnificent flying machine; you see, as if commonplace, glorious heavens, deities, seas, royal palaces, woods, forests...[5]

Marco Faustini[6] became the theatre's impresario in 1660, and for the next fifteen years the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Teatro di San Salvatore a San Luca (owned by the Vendramin family) were to be the dominant opera houses in Venice, each putting on two new operas every year.

By 1700, the Grimani family had built two more theatres in Venice, the Teatro San Samuele and the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo. An economic crisis made the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo increasingly difficult to maintain, and it finally closed in 1715.[7]

Premieres Edit

Operas which had their first public performance at the theatre include:

Notes and references Edit

  1. ^ Rosand (2007) p. 77
  2. ^ Casaglia
  3. ^ Rosand (2007) p. 102
  4. ^ Forsyth (1985) p. 77
  5. ^ Ringer (2006) p. 217
  6. ^ Marco Faustini's brother Giovanni Faustini was a well-known librettist, who for a time was also the impresario of two smaller Venetian opera houses, the Teatro San Cassiano and the Teatro San Moisè.
  7. ^ Todarello (2006) p. 348. The Grimani family went on to build a fourth opera house, the Teatro San Benedetto, in 1755.

Sources Edit

  • Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "SS. Giovanni e Paolo". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  • Forsyth, Michael, Buildings for Music: the architect, the musician and the listener from the seventeenth century to the present day, CUP Archive, 1985. ISBN 0-521-26862-1
  • Ringer, Mark, Opera's First Master: The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi, Amadeus Press, 2006. ISBN 1-57467-110-3.
  • Rosand, Ellen, Opera in Seventeenth-Century Venice: The Creation of a Genre, University of California Press, 2007. ISBN 0-520-25426-0
  • Todarello, Nazzareno L., Le arti della scena: Lo spettacolo in Occidente da Eschilo al trionfo dell'opera, Latorre Editore, 2006. ISBN 88-903202-0-6

See also Edit

Opera houses and theatres in Venice

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The Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo often written as Teatro SS Giovanni e Paolo was a theatre and opera house in Venice located on the Calle della Testa and takes its name from the nearby Basilica of Santi Giovanni e Paolo Venice Built by the Grimani family in 1638 in its heyday it was considered the most beautiful and comfortable theatre in the city 1 The theatre played an important role in the development of opera and saw the premieres of several works by Francesco Cavalli as well as Monteverdi s Il ritorno d Ulisse in patria and L incoronazione di Poppea Teatro SS Giovanni e PaoloCarlo Fontana s 1654 sketch of the theatre s floor planAddressVeniceItalyTypeTheatre and opera houseConstructionOpened1638Closed1715ArchitectCarlo Fontana Contents 1 History 2 Premieres 3 Notes and references 4 Sources 5 See alsoHistory EditThe Grimani family originally built the theatre as a wooden structure on the Fondamenta Nuove around 1635 It was then rebuilt on a grander scale using both stone and wood in 1638 when it moved to the nearby Calle della Testa It was built primarily for the performance of spoken drama but from the very beginning operas were also performed there In fact the new theatre was inaugurated on 20 January 1639 with the premiere performance of Francesco Manelli s opera La Delia o sia La sera sposa del sole 2 nbsp Anna Renzi who sang Ottavia in the premiere of L incoronazione di Poppea nbsp Libretto for L Alboino in Italia which premiered at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in 1691The librettist of La delia Giulio Strozzi became primarily based at the nearby Teatro Novissimo but returned to SS Giovanni e Paolo for the 1642 1643 season bringing with him the singers Barbara Strozzi and Anna Renzi who sang Ottavia in the premiere of L incoronazione di Poppea and the pioneering set designer Giacomo Torelli According to Rosand it may have been at Santi Giovanni e Paolo that Torelli developed his machinery for changing several sets simultaneously 3 In 1654 the theatre was remodelled specifically as an opera house by the architect Carlo Fontana in one of his earliest commissions and became the first fully developed horseshoe shaped opera house in Italy 4 a design which remained essentially unchanged for over two centuries Its magnificent interior could seat about 900 people with five tiers of boxes and additional seating on the U shaped floor or platea in front of the stage The theatre was described in 1663 by an observer as having marvellous scene changes majestic and grand appearances of performers and a magnificent flying machine you see as if commonplace glorious heavens deities seas royal palaces woods forests 5 Marco Faustini 6 became the theatre s impresario in 1660 and for the next fifteen years the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the Teatro di San Salvatore a San Luca owned by the Vendramin family were to be the dominant opera houses in Venice each putting on two new operas every year By 1700 the Grimani family had built two more theatres in Venice the Teatro San Samuele and the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo An economic crisis made the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo increasingly difficult to maintain and it finally closed in 1715 7 Premieres EditOperas which had their first public performance at the theatre include La Delia by Francesco Manelli 1639 Il ritorno d Ulisse in patria by Monteverdi 1640 L incoronazione di Poppea by Monteverdi carnival season 1642 43 Xerse by Francesco Cavalli 1654 Statira principessa di Persia by Francesco Cavalli 1655 possibly 1656 Scipione affricano by Cavalli 1664 Il Tito by Antonio Cesti 1666 Totila by Giovanni Legrenzi 1677 La Gerusalemme liberata by Carlo Pallavicino 1687 L Alboino in Italia by Carlo Francesco Pollarolo 1691 Zenobia regina de Palmireni by Tomaso Albinoni carnival season 1694 Marsia deluso by Francesco Pollarolo 1713 Notes and references Edit Rosand 2007 p 77 Casaglia Rosand 2007 p 102 Forsyth 1985 p 77 Ringer 2006 p 217 Marco Faustini s brother Giovanni Faustini was a well known librettist who for a time was also the impresario of two smaller Venetian opera houses the Teatro San Cassiano and the Teatro San Moise Todarello 2006 p 348 The Grimani family went on to build a fourth opera house the Teatro San Benedetto in 1755 Sources EditCasaglia Gherardo 2005 SS Giovanni e Paolo L Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia in Italian Forsyth Michael Buildings for Music the architect the musician and the listener from the seventeenth century to the present day CUP Archive 1985 ISBN 0 521 26862 1 Ringer Mark Opera s First Master The Musical Dramas of Claudio Monteverdi Amadeus Press 2006 ISBN 1 57467 110 3 Rosand Ellen Opera in Seventeenth Century Venice The Creation of a Genre University of California Press 2007 ISBN 0 520 25426 0 Todarello Nazzareno L Le arti della scena Lo spettacolo in Occidente da Eschilo al trionfo dell opera Latorre Editore 2006 ISBN 88 903202 0 6See also EditOpera houses and theatres in Venice Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php 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