Farnese Theater

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The Teatro Farnese is a baroque court theater in Parma . It was built from 1617 to 1618 according to plans by Giovanni Battista Aleotti and has a capacity of around 3000 people. After extensive destruction in World War II by an Allied bombing raid on May 13, 1944, it was reconstructed in great detail from 1956 to 1962.

The theater is a station on the Italy route of the European Route Historic Theaters .

history

Ranuccio I , Duke of Parma and Piacenza had the theater built on the first floor of the Palazzo della Pilotta in Parma, in a former tournament hall. It was opened in autumn 1618 and dedicated to the ancient goddess of war Bellona, ​​but remained unused for ten years. The first theatrical performance took place on December 21, 1628, on the occasion of the wedding of Odoardo , Ranuccio's son, to Margherita de 'Medici . The play Mercurio e Marte was given by Claudio Achillini with music by Claudio Monteverdi : a sea battle was also offered. Due to the high expenditure of this type of courtly productions, the theater was only performed nine times until 1732.

The construction

The architect Giovanni Battista Aleotti called "Argenta" (after his birthplace) took to build the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza for example, the work of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio from the year 1580 , to the Teatro all'Antica of Sabbioneta , built from 1588 by 1590 by the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi .

In the 87 m long and 32 m wide hall, U-shaped wooden stands were erected, which reached a height of 22 m in 14 rows. The stage measures 40 × 12 m. The wooden structure was stuccoed to simulate marble. The figure decorations also corresponded to the character of ephemeral architecture.

literature

  • Paolo Donati, Descrizione del gran teatro farnesiano di Parma e notizie storiche sul medesimo. Blanchon, Parma, 1817.
  • Pietro de Lama, Descrizione del Teatro Farnese di Parma. Pubblicato da A. Nobili, Bologna, 1818.
  • Bruno Adorni, L'architettura farnesiana a Parma 1545-1630. Battei, Parma, 1974, pp. 70-78.
  • Vittorio Gandolfi, Il Teatro Farnese di Parma. Battei, Parma, 1980.
  • Adriano Cavicchi e Marzio Dall'Acqua, Il Teatro Farnese di Parma. Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia-Romagna "Arturo Toscanini", Parma, 1986.
  • Gianni Capelli, Il Teatro Farnese di Parma. Architettura, scene, spettacoli. Public Promo Service, Parma, 1990.
  • Luca Ronconi e altri, Lo spettacolo e la meraviglia. Il Teatro Farnese di Parma e la festa barocca. Nuova ERI, Torino, 1992.
  • Jadranka Bentini, Il Teatro Farnese: caratteristiche e trasformazioni. In Il Palazzo della Pilotta a Parma. Dai servizi della corte all modern istituzioni culturali , a cura di Lucia Fornari Schianchi. Franco Maria Ricci, 1996, ISBN 8821609308 , pp. 113-123.
  • Milena Fornari, Il Teatro Farnese: decorazione e spazio barocco. In La pittura in Emilia e in Romagna. Il Seicento, II. Milano, 1993, pp. 92-101.

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Coordinates: 44 ° 48 ′ 16.5 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 32.4 ″  E