Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Interior view of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Piazza Giuseppe Verdi

The Teatro Comunale of Bologna is the opera house of the city of Bologna and at the same time one of the most important opera houses in Italy .

First performances of operas took place in Bologna in the seventeenth century. The current building was built by Antonio Galli da Bibiena and opened on May 14, 1763 with Il trionfo di Clelia , a work composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for the occasion.

From the nineteenth century onwards there were numerous premieres and premieres, including works by Rossini , Bellini , Giuseppe Verdi and the Italian premieres of Lohengrin and Rienzi by Richard Wagner .

The horseshoe-shaped hall can seat 1084 spectators.

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