Teatro San Moisè
The Teatro San Moise was an opera house in Venice, which had from 1640 to 1818 inventory. It was in an excellent location near the Palazzo Giustiniani and the church of San Moise at the beginning of the Grand Canal.
History
The theater was built by the San Bernaba branch of the Giustiniani family. As the first production came in 1640, now lost opera L' Arianna by Claudio Monteverdi out. After that, the house passed into the hands of the Zane family and was used by the company Ferrari. Librettist Giovanni Faustini Monteverdi was one of the first impresario of the theater.
From the beginning was the San Moise one of the smaller theaters in Venice and one of the most influential. In 1668, the number of seats was increased to 800. In 1674 it was revived by the impresario Francesco Santurini that caused by halving the price of tickets to 2 lire a true real coup. This led ultimately then even a box-office success that sparked a veritable opera enthusiasm and brought about the establishment of other active theaters in the city.
During the early 18th century were here Francesco Gasparini, Antonio Vivaldi and Tomaso Albinoni in San Moise active. During the 1740s the Neapolitan opera buffa Venice and San Moise reached was one of the first houses that focused on this genre, including through works by Baldassare Galuppi, who created this in collaboration with Carlo Goldoni. In the 1770s and 1780s, the theater of the productive librettist Giovanni Bertati was mastered, the Poeta Cesareo ( " Imperial poets" ) of Italian opera in Vienna. At this time, the repertoire focused on drammi giocosi Pasquale Anfossi and of other composers.
The San Moise in 1818 after the presentation of a number of heifers Rossini finally closed in previous years. It was first used as a puppet theater and then converted to Teatro Minerva. By the end of the 20th century, the building complex functioned partly as a department store and on the other as a residence.