San Carlo Opera House [Naples, IT]
type: Item
label: Teatro San Carlo @nl
label: Teatro di San Carlo @it
label: Teatro de San Carlos @es
description: Theatre building in Naples, Italy
description: theater in Napels, Italië @nl
alternative label: San Carlo Opera House
EUTA building identifier: 986
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Naples
GPS: Point(14.2497 40.8374)
Wikidata source: Q628491
opening date: 1737-11-04T00:00:00Z
theatrEurope table: HST_0192
context: To be checked if there are still remains of heritage stage machinery in substage.
Capacity: 1386
Capacity: 2500
Capacity: 3000
Address: Via San Carlo 98/F - Napoli
Web: www.teatrosancarlo.it
Census of Italian theatres in 1863 ID: 541
Performing Arts / Artes Escénicas album ID: 72157623600903533
Census Italia 1968 ID: 74-11
time frame: Baroque
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 566
Note: Destroyed by fire in 1816, rebuilt and damaged by the bombing of1943, rebuilt
Note: ii)
Note: Built 1737 within 270 days by Giovanni Antonio Medrano and Angelo Carasale. Opened 4 November 1737 with Sarro's Achille in Sciro. Ca. 1810 new façade by Antonio Niccolini. Nearly completely destroyed by a fire on 12 February 1816. Rebuilt 1816-1817 by Antonio Niccolini. Re-opened with Simon Mayr's Il sogno di Partenope. 1845 renovation by Antonio Niccolini. 1854 alteration of the decoration colours from blue/gold/silver to red/gold. 1890 electrification. Renovations in the 1930s. 1944 damages by bombs. 1946 rebuilt and re-opened. 1386 seats.
Fires in Theatres id: 24
Burnt down date: 1816-01-01T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1756-01-01T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1816-02-13T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1940-01-01T00:00:00Z
Erinnerungen aus dem Leben id: 443
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q3152824
Wikidata instance: Q18225059
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q359444
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 142988
Carthalia ID: 2378
Modern Opera Houses ID: 31
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 244