The Teatro Verdi stands on the site of the eigtheenth-century Teatro Nuovo, whose construction had been commissioned by the Nobile Societ\u00e0 del Teatro Nuovo, an organization which brought together around seventy of the most prestigious names in the city. \tThis \u2018New Theatre\u2019 would open in 1751 as an opera house, but around twenty years later it would also begin to stage plays. Then, nearly one hundred years after its foundation, the structure would be almost entirely rebuilt, to designs by Giuseppe Jappelli.
The new theatre would open in June 1847; with the exception of Venice\u2019s La Fenice, it was then the only theatre in the region of the Veneto to be gas-lit. \tFurther work on the structure was required in the 1880s, undertaken by the architect Achille Sfondrini, and it was then that the theatre was renamed after Giuseppe Verdi; as was perhaps typical of him, the composer thanked Padua for the honour but declined an invitation to be present at the reopening on 8 June 1884. \tAfter the theatre had been damaged by bombing during the First World War, it was refurbished \u2013 complete with new frescoes in the cupola, by Giuliano Tommasi \u2013 and by the end of 1920 was already able to re-open. The first-night ceremony on that occasion was attended by King Vittorio Emanuele III. \tThough the number of shows was reduced, the theatre continued to hold performances throughout the Second World War. After the end of the conflict, it would become the property of the City Council, which since the 1950s has been involved in on-going work of improvement and repair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Set in the heart of Padua\u2019s old city centre, the Teatro Verdi is a striking architectural presence. Seating more that 700 hundred people and equipped with a large stage, the theatre is home not only to an annual season of plays, put on by the \u2018Teatro Stabile del Veneto\u2019 theatre company, but also to various operas, concerts, ballets and shows for children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":982374,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":""},"categories":[],"tags":[686,688],"categorie_poi":[872,880],"class_list":["post-6816","luogo","type-luogo","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-musica","tag-rappresentazioni","categorie_poi-teatri-storici","categorie_poi-historical-theatres"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n