Teatro Unione [Viterbo]
type: Item
label: Teatro Unione
description: Theatre building in Viterbo, Italy
description: theater in Viterbo @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1986
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Viterbo
GPS: Point(12.1087 42.4211)
Wikidata source: Q46496944
opening date: 1855-08-04T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 576
Capacity: 1000
Capacity: 764
Address: Piazza Verdi 10, 01100 Viterbo
Web: www.teatrounioneviterbo.it
architect: Virginio Vespignani
Census of Italian theatres in 1863 ID: 928
Performing Arts / Artes Escénicas album ID: 72157623600903533
Census Italia 1968 ID: 76-10
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 654
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2496
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 440
Note: Built 1846-1855 by Virgilio Vespignani. Interior decoration by Giuliano Corsini, Giuseppe Carotino, and Cesare Bacinetti. Paintings by Luigi Samoggia and N. Dal Pane. Opened 4 Aug 1855 with Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto (due to censorship, under the title Viscardello) and Giueseppe Rota's ballet Il fornaretto. 1905 electrification. Severely damaged by bombs in 1943/1944. Subsequently rebuilt to the original plans (with a new ceiling painting by Angelo Canevari). Restorations ca. 2016-2017.