Teatro della Concordia
The Teatro della Concordia (German: Theater of Unity ) in Monte Castello di Vibio is considered the smallest all'italiana theater in the world. The construction of this theater has the shape of a bell, typical of the Italian style. It only has 99 seats, spread over 37 boxes and 62 stalls. The auditorium has an area of 68 m², the stage is 50 m² and the entrance hall is 29 m². The Teatro della Concordia is open to the public and plays regularly.
history
The theater was built in the early 19th century at the time of the occupation by Napoleon's troops at the request of nine wealthy families native to Monte Castello di Vibio and opened in 1808. With the name Concordia - Unity , the builders wanted to remember the ideals of the French Revolution of freedom, equality and fraternity. The decorations, the curtains and the stage background were made by the painter Cesare Agretti from La Spezia . His son Luigi Agretti created frescoes for the interior of the theater in 1892 when he was only 15 years old.
In 1823, the then owners of the theater founded the Accademia dei soci del Teatro della Concordia , a company to manage the house. In 1951 the theater was closed due to its poor structural condition and in 1981, exactly thirty years later, it was acquired by the municipality and then restored. The restoration took seven years and was led by architects Paolo Leonelli and Mario Struzzi. In 1993 the theater was reopened by the Società del Teatro della Concordia association, founded in the same year . Edoardo Brenci , the president of this association, has been planning a series of events with numerous theater performances, concerts, exhibitions and readings in his honorary role as director and artistic director of the house. In 1997 the Teatro della Concordia was linked in partnership with the Teatro Farnese of Parma . In 2008, a big ceremony took place to mark the bicentenary of the Teatro della Concordia, at which the Sala Espositiva Nello Latini was inaugurated, an exhibition room set up in the basement of the theater in memory of Nello Latini, the co-founder and former honorary president of the Società del Teatro della Concordia.
Well-known artists who have performed in the Teatro della Concordia include the Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida and the Austrian guitarist Johanna Beisteiner .
gallery
Auditorium and motto: "Society is not measured by square meters and space."
Boxes and parts of the ceiling fresco
Parquet and stage
Bell-shaped auditorium
Entrance area on the 1st floor
Nello Latini exhibition room
Italian postage stamp from 2002 depicting the Teatro della Concordia
Web links
- Official website of the Teatro della Concordia
- umbriatourism.it: Teatro della Concordia - Monte Castello di Vibio , pictures and interesting facts (German)
- it: Teatro all'italiana : Wikipedia article (Italian).
Individual evidence
- ^ Teatro più piccolo del mondo. / Smallest theater in the world. ( Memento of the original from April 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article about the Teatro della Concordia on the Umbria e Arte page . 2006.
- ↑ Il teatro più piccolo al mondo, costruito a misura del suo paese . ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article on the architecture of the Teatro della Concordia. 1997, (Italian).
- ^ Teatro della Concordia . Article about the Teatro della Concordia on the Strada dei Vini del Cantico website, 2003
- ↑ biography . ( Memento of the original from March 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Biography on the official website of Johanna Beisteiner . July 2011.
Coordinates: 42 ° 50 ′ 27 ″ N , 12 ° 21 ′ 7 ″ E