Teatro Mercadante [Naples]
type: Item
label: Teatro del Fondo
label: Teatro Mercadante
description: Theatre building in Naples, Italy
description: theatergebouw in Napels, Italië @nl
EUTA building identifier: 4482
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Naples
GPS: Point(14.2542 40.8398)
Wikidata source: Q3982061
opening date: 1777-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 139793
Capacity: 553
Capacity: 1000
Capacity: 2000
Web: www.teatromercadante.it
Census of Italian theatres in 1863 ID: 542
Census Italia 1968 ID: 75-11
Census Italia 1968 ID: 73-11
Architect (txt): Francesco Sicuro
time frame: Baroque
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 461
Address: Piazza Francese, 46
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q191121
Carthalia ID: 7719
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Burnt down date: 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 245
Note: Opened 31 July 1779 as Teatro del Fondo with Domenico Cimarosa's opera L'infedele fedele (in the presence of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). 1799 briefly named Teatro Patriottico. 1871 renamed in honour of the Italian composer, Saverio Mercadante (1795-1870). Originally used as an opera house. From ca. 1900 mainly used as a drama theatre. 1963 closed due to safety concerns. From 1973 rebuildings. From the 1980s used as an exhibition space and event location. Since 1995 again used as a drama theatre. 553 seats.
IbsenStage venue id: 18112