Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi

The Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi is the largest opera house in the northern Italian city of Trieste and the only house of Italy, which houses a operetta festival annually.

Name

Originally referred to as the Teatro Nuovo, the name of the house in 1820 was changed to Teatro Grande and 1861 in Teatro Comunale. 1901, the opera house was renamed a few days after the death of Giuseppe Verdi Teatro Giuseppe Verdi.

History

The Opera House was built in 1798-1801 by the architect Gian Antonio Selva, who had already designed the Venetian Teatro La Fenice, and Matteo Pertsch. Pertsch was in the design of the neoclassical facade of the building heavily influenced by his mentor Giuseppe Piermarini, who had been the architect of Milan's La Scala. At the opening of the House on April 21, 1801, the opera Ginevra di Scozia the Bavarian composer Johann Simon Mayr was performed. The theater took over from this point, the current city Teatro S. Pietro from the building of the former Town Hall. Another premiere followed in the opening round, the opera Annibale in Capua of the Vienna Court Kapellmeister Antonio Salieri, including with the acclaimed throughout Europe singers Luigi Marchesi and Giacomo David in the lead roles. 1848, the world premiere of Verdi's opera Il corsaro was held in the Opera House, two years later, the first performance of his work Stiffelio.

As part of extensive restoration work in 1889, switching from oil lamps to electric lighting was. Furthermore, the auditorium of 1,400 seats initially to 2,000 seats has been extended. However, the auditorium was reduced back to the original number of seats in the renovation of the house between 1992 and 1997.

The Opera House now has a symphony orchestra, a choir and a ballet and chamber playgroup. In addition to the opera and ballet season, it houses every year from mid -June to mid -August, the Festival Internazionale dell'Operetta, the only operetta festival in Italy.