Teatro Alfieri, Florence
The Teatro Alfieri was one of the principal theatres in Florence during the 18th and 19th centuries. Located on the Via Pietrapiana in the Historic Centre of Florence, it was originally constructed in 1740 by members of the Accademia dei Risoluti. At that time it was known as the Teatro di Santa Maria (the name of a nearby street) or the Teatro Risoluti. The theatre underwent extensive reconstruction and enlargement in 1828, supervised by the architect Vittorio Bellini (1798 - 1860).[1] It re-opened as the Teatro Alfieri, named in honour of the playwright Vittorio Alfieri.
In its heyday, the theatre, which was known for its beautiful interior decorations, was used for both prose drama and operas. In the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, it also became known as a performance venue for plays written in the Florentine dialect. The theatre was demolished in 1928 when the Fascist government of Florence re-developed the Santa Croce district.[2]
Premieres
- L'amore in guerra, opera by Luigi Maria Viviani, 8 February 1829[3][4]
- Matilde a Toledo, opera by Teodulo Mabellini, 27 August 1836[5]
- Romilda e Ezzelino, opera by Abramo Basevi, 11 August 1840[5]
- Le educande di Sorrento, opera by Emilio Usiglio 1 May 1868[5]
- Nozze sospirate, opera by Oreste Carlini, 10 January 1888[5]
- Una partita a scacchi, opera by Enrico Ranfagni, 13 February 1892[5]
- In congedo, opera by Cesare Bacchini, 1 October 1898[5]
- Sarrona, opera by Wlliam Legrand Howland, 3 February 1906 (Italian premiere)[6]
- L'acqua cheta, play in Florentine dialect by Augusto Novelli, 29 January 1908[7]
- Il pateracchio, play in Florentine dialect by Ferdinando Paolieri, 2 February 1910[7]
References
Notes
- ↑ Sistema Archivistico Nazionale. "Bellini, Vittorio, architetto, (Firenze 1798 - 1860)". Retrieved 18 December 2013 (Italian).
- ↑ Garlington, p. 48
- ↑
- Teatri, arti e letteratura (20 March 1829), "Spettacoli dello scorso carnevale". Anno 7, Numero 257, pp. 13–15 (Italian).
- ↑ Unless otherwise indicated, all items in this list are world premieres.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).[http://www.amadeusonline.eu/almanacco.php?Testo=Teatro_Alfieri_di_Firenze&Parola=Stringa "Teatro Alfieri di Firenze"]. Almanacco Amadeus (Italian).
- ↑ Hipsher, Edward Ellsworth (1927). American Opera, p. 270.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Accademia della Crusca (2003). Studi di grammatica italiana , p. 112.
Sources
- Dell'Amore, Franco (2011). Le vite dei cesenati, Vol. 5, pp, 182–195. Editrice Stilgraf (Italian)
- Formigli, Giuseppe (1830). Guida per la città di Firenze e suoi contorni. Presso Giuseppe Formigli, Libraio al Canto al Diamante (Italian)
- Garlington, Aubrey S. (2005) Society, Culture and Opera in Florence, 1814-1830, p. 48. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. ISBN 0754634515