Teatro Farnese

The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre | 1996 | 685 words | Copyright

Teatro Farnese, Parma, begun in 1619 and opened in 1628, was designed by the Italian theatre architect Giovanni Battista Aleotti (1546–1636). With the rising passion for operatic spectacles in mind, it consisted of a single-storey auditorium with parallel sides and a rounded end enclosing an open space, suitable for processions, tournaments, or sea-fights, behind which rose a high stage with a proscenium opening. On stage was a complete system of wings, probably invented and built by Aleotti himself. The building was partly destroyed in the Second World War but was reconstructed in plain timbers and weathered brick. It is not normally used for dramatic performances.

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