Teatro Giuseppe Verdi [Brindisi]
type: Item
label: Teatro Verdi (1901-1956) @it
label: Teatro Giuseppe Verdi
description: Theatre building in Brindisi, Italy
EUTA building identifier: 1939
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Brindisi
GPS: Point(17.9428 40.636)
Wikidata source: Q56476906
opening date: 1901-03-24T00:00:00Z
closure date: 1956-08-23T00:00:00Z
demolished: 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Achille Sfondrini
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Wikidata instance: Q41253
Carthalia ID: 2278
Preservation state: extinct building
Preservation state: Disused
Census Italia 1968 ID: 81-11
Note: Era un vecchio teatro storico, eretto su disegno dell’architetto A- chille Sfondrini fra il 1894 e il 1898. Completato e modificato in seguito dall’architetto Carmelo Pergolesi, fino ad alcuni anni or sono era stato utilizzato come cinemato­grafo. Successivamente è stato abbat­tuto; @it
Note: Built 1892-1901 by Achille Sfondrini, Corrado Pergolesi, Antonio Rubini, Luigi D'Ippolito and Lorenzo Calabrese. Named in honour of the Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Opened 24 Mar 1901 with a gala concert. First opera performance: Verdi's La Traviata on 17 Oct 1903. Damaged by bombs in World War II. 1949-1951 repair works. Subsequently used as a cinema. Closed 23 Aug 1956. Demolished in 1960.
Building date: 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z