Teatro alla Scala [Milan]
type: Item
label: Teatro Alla Scala @nl
label: La Scala @cs
label: Teatro alla Scala
description: Theatre building in Milan, Italy
description: bouwwerk in Milaan @nl
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
EUTA building identifier: 874
Wikidata source: Q5471
Country: Italy
opening date: 1778-08-03T00:00:00Z
GPS: Point(9.1892 45.4675)
Redevelopment date: 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 134009
Internal image: Teatro alla Scala interior Milan.jpg
Capacity: 1827
Capacity: 4000
Capacity: 2030
Address: Piazza della Scala
Web: la magnifica fabbrica
architectural style: Neoclassical architecture in Milan
architect: Giuseppe Piermarini
architect: Alessandro Sanquirico
architect: Luigi Lorenzo Secchi
architect: Mario Botta
Commons galery: Teatro_alla_Scala_(Milan)
City: Milan
Census of Italian theatres in 1863 ID: 456
Performing Arts / Artes Escénicas album ID: 72157623600903533
Census Italia 1968 ID: 72-5
time frame: Baroque
Instance of: Canon Anno Teatri card game
Anno teatri id: 93
Canon Event Label: La Scala
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 51
Note: Destroyed by fire in 1943 and rebuilt
Note: Built 1776-1778 by Giuseppe Piermarini, on the former site of the demolished church Santa Maria alla Scala. Opened 3 August 1778 with Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. 1807-1814 extension of the stage by L. Canonica. 1857 demolition of neighbour buildings, forming the Piazza della Scala. 1884 electrification. Within the first 150 years of its existence, the theatre was the location of 350 opera world premieres. Destroyed by bombs on 15/16 August 1943 (with only the stagehouse surviving). 1945-1946 rebuilding and alterations. Re-opened 11 May 1946 with a concert conducted by Arturo Toscanini. 2800 seats. 2001-2003 major renovations and modernization of stage technology. Re-opening 7 Dec 2004 with Salieri's Europa riconosciuta. - 1955-1956 installation of a 600-seat theatre, La Piccola Scala, in the left wing of the building by Portaluppi. Opened 20 December 1955 with Cimarosa's Il matrimonio segreto. Closed in 1983.
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190976
Carthalia ID: 2364
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
reopening date: 1946-01-01T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1983-01-01T00:00:00Z