Teatro Giacosa

Theatre in Ivrea, Italy
45°28′03.87″N 07°52′38.63″E / 45.4677417°N 7.8773972°E / 45.4677417; 7.8773972Capacity500ConstructionOpened1834ArchitectMaurizio StoreroWebsiteIl Contato del Canavese - Teatro Giacosa

Teatro Giacosa (officially: Teatro Civico Giuseppe Giacosa) is a theatre located in Ivrea, Italy.

History

In 1829, the municipal administration of Ivrea entrusted architect Maurizio Storero with the task of designing a new city theatre. Storero chose to adhere to the then-customary model of the so-called teatro all'italiana, consisting of a horseshoe-shaped hall with stacked boxes. Construction works took place between 1833 and 1834. The inauguration took place on 5 July 1834 during the celebrations of the patronal feast of St Sabinus with three opera performances: Giulietta and Romeo and La gioventù di Enrico IV, both by Nicola Vaccai, and Il nuovo Figaro by Luigi Ricci.[1]

Description

The building, located in the historic centre of Ivrea, has a neoclassical façade featuring a large rectangular pediment where the city coat of arms is painted.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Il teatro e la sua storia". Il Contato del Canavese (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  2. ^ "Teatro Giacosa". Turismo Torino e Provincia (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-04-03.

External links

Media related to Teatro Giacosa at Wikimedia Commons