To install click the Add extension button. That's it.

The source code for the WIKI 2 extension is being checked by specialists of the Mozilla Foundation, Google, and Apple. You could also do it yourself at any point in time.

How to transfigure the Wikipedia

Would you like Wikipedia to always look as professional and up-to-date? We have created a browser extension. It will enhance any encyclopedic page you visit with the magic of the WIKI 2 technology.

Try it — you can delete it anytime.

Install in 5 seconds
4,5
Kelly Slayton
Congratulations on this excellent venture… what a great idea!
Alexander Grigorievskiy
I use WIKI 2 every day and almost forgot how the original Wikipedia looks like.
Live Statistics
English Articles
Improved in 24 Hours
Added in 24 Hours
What we do. Every page goes through several hundred of perfecting techniques; in live mode. Quite the same Wikipedia. Just better.
Great Wikipedia has got greater.
.
Leo
Newton
Brights
Milds

Teatro Carcano

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

45°27′22″N 9°11′42″E / 45.45611°N 9.19500°E / 45.45611; 9.19500

Entrance to the Teatro Carcano, 2014

The Teatro Carcano is a theatre in Milan, Italy, located at 63 Corso di Porta Romana. Although now exclusively devoted to plays and dance, it served as an opera house for much of the 19th century and saw the premieres of several important operas. Completed in 1803, the theatre was commissioned by the Milanese aristocrat and theatre-lover Giuseppe Carcano and originally designed by Luigi Canonica. Over the succeeding two centuries it has undergone several restructurings and renovations and for a time in the mid-20th century functioned as a cinema.

YouTube Encyclopedic

  • 1/3
    Views:
    1 046
    530
    2 122
  • LO SCHIACCIANOCI
  • Tindaro Granata e Angelo Di Genio raccontano LA BISBETICA DOMATA
  • Federico Buffa presenta A NIGHT IN KINSHASA

Transcription

History

Interior

The Teatro Carcano was commissioned by the Milanese aristocrat and theatre-lover Giuseppe Carcano who entrusted the project to the young architect Luigi Canonica. Planning began in 1801 and construction began the following year. On 3 September 1803 the theatre was inaugurated with the world premieres of two works by the composer Vincenzo Federici [it]—the opera Zaira with a libretto by Mattia Butturini and the ballet Alfredo il Grande with choreography by Paolo Franchi.[1][2]

The Carcano was built on the site of the former convent of San Lazzaro in the Porta Romana district of Milan. It was modelled on the two most important public theatres in the city, La Scala (built in 1778) and the Teatro alla Cannobiana (built in 1779).[2] Like those theatres it was designed in the neo-classical style with a horseshoe-shaped auditorium and four tiers of boxes. In total, it could accommodate 1500 spectators. The interior was lavishly decorated in stucco and gold leaf with frescoes and a large ceiling medallion over the auditorium. Contemporary descriptions of the opening performances praised not only the decor but also the extensive illumination provided for the stage. The theatre had its own restaurant and pâtisserie, and in 1806 a gambling casino was added.[3][4]

The theatre was modernized and partially restructured in 1872 by the Milanese architect Achille Sfondrini. Opera and classical music concerts continued to be performed throughout the 19th century, although the premieres were increasingly by lesser known composers and the programming was expanded to include prose drama, band concerts, and circuses. By 1904 the theatre, which was essentially constructed of wood, was pronounced a serious fire hazard and closed. It was almost completely demolished and then rebuilt in stone to a design by Nazzareno Moretti. The resurrected theatre reopened in 1914.

Notable performances and premieres

The Teatro Carcano saw the Milan premiere of Verdi's La battaglia di Legnano (1859); the first concert of Wagner's music to be given in the city (conducted by Franco Faccio, 1883); and the Italian premiere of Massenet's Manon (1893).[5] The actress Eleonora Duse appeared before Milanese audiences for the first time in May 1884 in a season of plays performed at the Carcano by Cesare Rossi's theatre company. Duse performed in the leading roles in Fédora which opened the season and The Lady of the Camellias which ended it.[4]

Operas which had their world premieres at the theatre include:

References

  1. ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Zaira, 3 September 1803". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
  2. ^ a b Olivari, Stefano and Brasca, Giulia (2015). Milan 360°, pp. 332–333. OlliService Multimedia
  3. ^ Lynn, Karyl Charna (2005). Italian Opera Houses and Festivals, pp. 41–43. Scarecrow Press
  4. ^ a b Gutierrez, Beniamino (1916). Il Teatro Carcano (1803–1914) glorie artistiche e patriottiche, decadenza e resurrezione, pp. 13; 33; 171. Sonzogno (in Italian)
  5. ^ Busch, Hans (ed.) (1997). Verdi's Falstaff in Letters and Contemporary Reviews, p. 140. Indiana University Press.

External links

This page was last edited on 14 April 2023, at 00:04
Basis of this page is in Wikipedia. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 Unported License. Non-text media are available under their specified licenses. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. WIKI 2 is an independent company and has no affiliation with Wikimedia Foundation.
Contact WIKI 2
Introduction
Terms of Service
Privacy Policy