Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber [Milan]
type: Item
label: Teatro Lirico @cs
description: Theatre building in Milan, Italy
description: theater in Milaan @nl
alternative label: Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber
alternative label: Teatro Piermarini
alternative label: Teatro della Canobiana
alternative label: Teatro Lirico Internazionale
EUTA building identifier: 1318
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
GPS: Point(9.1918 45.4615)
Wikidata source: Q3982039
Redevelopment date: 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1944-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1949-01-01T00:00:00Z
Internal image: Milano, Teatro Lirico, interno 01.jpg
opening date: 1779-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1600
Capacity: 2300
Capacity: 2000
Address: Via Larga 14
Web: www.teatroliricomilano.it
architect: Giuseppe Piermarini
architect: Antonio Cassi Ramelli
City: Milan
Census of Italian theatres in 1863 ID: 457
time frame: Baroque
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 431
Note: Reconstruction of the previous Piermarini theatre. La Cannobiana, destroyed in 1938 by a fire
Note: Built by Giuseppe Piermarini and Antonio Cassi Ramelli. Opened 21 Aug 1779 as Teatro della Canobbiana with Antonio Salieri's opera Il talismano. 1894 rebuilding, reopened as Teatro Lirico. 1938 damaged by fire. 1839-1940 rebuilt by Antonio Cassi Ramelli. From 1960 used as a venue by the Teatro Piccolo. Closed 1999. In 2003 the closed theatre was renamed Teatro Lirico Giorgio Gaber in honour of the Italian actor and singer, Giorgio Gaber (1939-2003). 2016-2012 major rebuilding. Re-opening scheduled for 2021 as Teatro Giorgio Gaber.
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 7506
Modern Opera Houses index: III. p. 40 ; Descriptive text, II. p. 15; Block plan, II. p. 15 ; General view, II. p. 15 ; Front elevation, II. PL 31 ; Longitudinal section, II. PL 31 ; Transverse section, PL 31; Plan area, II. PL 32 ; Plan 1st tier, II. PI. 32 ; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PL opp. p. 62 ; Skeleton section of auditorium, III. PL opp. p. 62 ; Date and dimensions, III. p. 18.
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Burnt down date: 1938-01-01T00:00:00Z
Census Italia 1968 ID: 71,73-5
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 232