Teatro Comunale Maria Caniglia [Sulmona]
type: Item
label: Teatro Maria Caniglia @it
label: Teatro Comunale Maria Caniglia
description: Theatre building in Sulmona, Italy
description: theater in Sulmona @nl
EUTA building identifier: 2867
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Sulmona
Wikidata source: Q47455769
GPS: Point(13.925 42.0495)
opening date: 1933-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 706
Address: Via Antonio de Nino 22, 67039 Sulmona
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2460
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1931-1933 by Guido Conti. Opened 4 May 1933 as Teatro di Littorio (after the Fascist symbol) with Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto and Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chenier. Later renamed Teatro Comunale. 2001 renamed Teatro Comunale Maria Caniglia in honour of the Italian opera singer, Maria Caniglia (1905-1979). Originally 1200 seats, later reduced to 706 seats.