Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza (IT) [Vicenza]
type: Item
label: Teatro Olimpico @nl
label: Teatro Olimpico Vicenza @it
label: Teatro Olímpico @es
description: Theatre building in Vicenza, Italy, opened in 1580
description: bouwwerk in Veneto @nl
description: Edificio teatrale a Vicenza, Italia, inaugurato nel 1580 @it
alternative label: Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza (IT)
Field: architecture
Field: scenography
Type of information: Performance venue
Wikidata source: Q902532
EUTA building identifier: 372
architect: Andrea Palladio
architect: Vincenzo Scamozzi
GPS: Point(11.5492 45.55)
Building date: 1580-01-01T00:00:00Z
Country: Italy
City: Vicenza
opening date: 1585-01-01T00:00:00Z
theatrEurope table: HST_0189
context: No heritage stage machinery ERHT North Italian route Teatro Olimpico, the oldest theatre building in the western hemisphere, commissioned by the Accademia Olimpica of Vicenza. On 3 March 1585 it was inaugurated with Oedipus the tyrant by Sophocles.
context: Teatro Olimpico's main architect: Andreas Palladius Vicentinus
Address: piazza Giacomo Matteotti
Web: www.teatrolimpicovicenza.it
architectural style: Renaissance architecture
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Italian Route
time frame: Renaissance
Instance of: Canon Anno Teatri card game
Anno teatri id: 5
Canon Event Label: Teatro Olimpico, Vicenza
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 500
Capacity: 470
Importance: turning point in history
Wikidata instance: Q112132542
Carthalia ID: 2492
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Census Italia 1968 ID: 117-6
Note: Celebratissimo teatro cinquecen­tesco, opera del Palladio. Dopo la di lui morte fu portato a termine dallo Scamozzi nel 1585. Ha una capienza di 1000 posti cir­ca ed è la sede di eccezionali spet­tacoli musicali e di prosa che han­no generalmente luogo in autunno. @it
Note: Designed 1580 by Andrea Palladio for the Accademia Olimpica, as the first single-standing roofed theatre of modern times. After Palladio's death in 1581, completed by his son Silla Palladio and, from 1584, Vincenzo Scamozzi to the original plans (but extended by a back stage area with characteristic street scenes). Opened 3 March 1585 with Sophocles's Oidipous Tyrannos with choral music by Gabrieli. 470 seats.
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 439