Royal Theatre [Parma]
type: Item
label: Teatro Regio
label: Teatro Regio Parma @it
description: Theatre building in Parma, Italy, opened in 1687
description: operagebouw in Italië @nl
description: Edificio teatrale di Parma, Italia, inaugurato nel 1687 @it
alternative label: Royal Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 887
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Parma
GPS: Point(10.3273 44.8031)
Wikidata source: Q2096472
opening date: 1829-05-16T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1821-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1853-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1092
Capacity: 2200
Address: strada Giuseppe Garibaldi, 16/a
Web: www.teatroregioparma.org
architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
architect: Nicola Bettoli
Census of Italian theatres in 1863 ID: 603
Performing Arts / Artes Escénicas album ID: 72157623600903533
Census Italia 1968 ID: 115-7
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 539
Note: Previous theatre of 1697 demolished at the beginning of the nineteenth century
Note: Elegante teatro storico, eretto dal­l’architetto Nicola Bettoli fra il 1821 e il 1829. Ha subito modifiche e restauri nel 1853 e in epoca recente, senza perdere però il suo tipico aspetto ottocetesco. @it
Note: Built 1821-1829 as Nuovo Teatro Ducale by Nicola Bettoli for Maria Luigia, Duchess of Parma and Piacenza, at the site of a previous theatre (Teatro Ducale built 1687, rebuilt 1760, demolished in the early 1800s). Painted curtain by G. B. Borghesi. Opened 16 May 1829 with Vincenzo Bellini's Zaira. Renamed Teatro Regio in August 1849. 1853 renovations and alterations. 1300 seats. Currently used for an annual opera season (September to May) and the annual Verdi Opera Festival (July to October).
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 2397
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 263