Theatres in Florence

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There are about thirty theatres in Florence, Italy (not counting those already closed or dismantled), and range from historic theatres, to national and municipal music halls.

There are four theaters devoted to classical music and opera (Comunale, Verdi, Pergola and Goldoni). Many citizens and tourists regularly visit these theatre halls, with over six hundred thousand tickets sold per season, compared with just under four hundred thousand residents.

List[]

Name	Founded	Seats	Notes	Image
Roman Theatre	1st century AD	15,000	Under Palazzo Vecchio, destroyed
Roman Amphitheatre	124-130	20,000	Between Piazza dei Peruzzi, Via dei Bentaccordi and Via Tòrta, now included in medieval edifices
	around 1490	?	Teatro della Confraternita (later Accademia) del Vangelista
	1576		Today home to the Uffizi Library
	1586		In today's Uffizi, in Classicist style, later dismantled
Amphitheater of Boboli	1637		At Palazzo Pitti, still used today for special events
(Teatro del Cocomero)	1648	c. 500	The first "modern" theatre in the city. Reopened in 2015.
Teatro della Pergola	1656	999	The oldest active theatre and opera house in Florence; first
Teatro Alfieri	1740		Demolished in 1928
	1753		Still used today for special events
	1759	?	Closed, today is a private palace
o Borgognissanti	1778	?	Closed in 1887, today is a church ()
(o Teatro Nuovo)	1779		Dismantled at the beginning of 1900
	1784	120
	1789		Closed
	1804	324
Teatro Goldoni	1817	363	Restored and re-opened in 1997. Used by Opera di Firenze/ Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
Saloncino Castinelli	1817	?	Inside the Teatro Goldoni building, today, a movie theater
o	1818	1,500	Dismantled
	around 1838		Inside a private palace
	1839	?	Closed in 1854
Teatro Verdi	1854	1,538	(Old name: Teatro Pagliano)
Teatro Comunale	1862	1,800	Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's base
	1864		It was an open-air arena, today is a (closed) movie theater ()
	around 1864		Destroyed, it was in the centre of (square)
	around 1865		Inside the Loggia del Grano building, near the Palazzo Vecchio. Since 1910 Italian Folies Bergère, then a movie theater (), and then, briefly, a store.
	1876
	1890	100
	1911	99
	1914	286
	1931	152
	around 1933	239
	1940	634	Used mainly for comedies and variety shows
	1945	1,000	Used mainly for pop/rock concerts
	1947	300	An open-air arena
	around 1950		Closed
	1951		Closed
	1958	240	In Galluzzo, a suburb of Florence
	1964	170
	1972	192
	1975	96	At Palazzo Pitti, still used today for special events
	around 1975	120	In Ponte a Ema, a suburb of Florence
	1976	290
	1978	1,700	Used mainly for pop/rock concerts (Old name: Teatro Tenda)
(Ridotto)	1983	587
	1983	254
	1987	500	Closed
	1991	300
	1993	192	Near the church of San Frediano in Cestello
	1994		It was a railway station. Wide building, used for various purposes (also theater, since 1994)
Teatro della	1998	380	It was the old orangery of Villa Strozzi al Boschetto - project by Giuseppe Poggi, middle of 1800. Decayed, it's been restored in 1998 - project by Giovanni Michelucci (1973) revisited by Bruno Sacchi (1987).
	1999	140
	2000	150
	2002	296
	2003	99	Restaurant and theatre
	2006	275	Near the Florence Cathedral
	around 2011	c. 8,000	Under construction. It will be the new Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's base

See also[]

• Music of Florence

References[]

• Garbero Zorzi, Elvira and Luigi Zangheri, eds. (1998). I Teatri storici della Toscana. Marsilio Editori.