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 |
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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[]
References[]
- Garbero Zorzi, Elvira and Luigi Zangheri, eds. (1998). I Teatri storici della Toscana. Marsilio Editori.
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