Teatro Bellini, Naples
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Address | Via Conte di Ruvo, 14 |
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Location | Naples, Italy |
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Capacity | 940 |
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Broke ground | 1864 |
Built | 1878 |
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Teatro Bellini is a private theatre and opera located in the centre of Naples, across the street from the Academy of Fine Arts of Naples on Via Conte di Ruvo.
The house is named after the Sicilian-born composer Vincenzo Bellini, who is best known for his operas and who spent some time in the 1820s studying music in the city. In addition, there in an opera house name after him, the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania, Sicily, his birthplace.
History[]
In 1864, Baron commissioned the theatre's creation by the architect on Via Vincenzo Bellini. This theatre, located near Piazza Dante Alighieri, burned down in 1869, and a new one was inaugurated a few hundred feet from the original locale.
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On 6 February 1877, Bellini's opera I puritani was performed there. The theatre has six tiers of box seats surrounding an oval floor.[1] The interior decorations were created by Giovanni Ponticelli, , and Vincenzo Paliotti, and the oil portrait of the opera composer was done by Vincenzo Migliaro.
For nearly a century, the theatre presented operas and operettas, but by the 1960s, it had become dilapidated, used only as a cheap movie theatre, and it was considered for demolition. In 1962, the Bellini hosted its final operatic spectacle with Masaniello, before being acquired in 1986 by a group led by local artist and producer . They restored the house for operatic and theatrical productions, which are now frequently presented.[2]
References[]
- ^ Napoli nobilissima, Volumes 13-15, page 106.
- ^ Teatro Bellini's history Archived 20 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine on teatrobellini.it
External links[]
- Opera houses in Italy
- Theatres in Naples
- 1877 establishments in Italy
- Theatres completed in 1877
- Tourist attractions in Naples
- Music venues completed in 1877