Teatro Bellini [Catania]
type: Item
label: Teatro Massimo Bellini @nl
label: Teatro Massimo Vincenzo Bellini @it
description: Theatre building in Catania, Italy
description: bouwwerk in Catania @nl
alternative label: Teatro Bellini
EUTA building identifier: 1304
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Catania
GPS: Point(15.09 37.5042)
Wikidata source: Q1429352
opening date: 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1200
Capacity: 2000
Web: www.teatromassimobellini.it
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 77
Address: Via Giuseppe Perrotta, 12
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 2298
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Census Italia 1968 ID: 92-12
Note: E’ un elegante teatro storico, eretto su progetto dell’architetto Carlo Sada, con modifiche del’architetto Andrea Scala, fra il 1874 e il 1890. Fa parte dei “teatri di tradizione” e vi vengono annual­mente organizzate importanti sta­gioni liriche e concertistiche. Ap­partiene al Comune e ha una ca­pienza di 2.000 posti circa. @it
Note: Built 1880-1887 by Andrea Scala and Carlo Sada. Ceiling painting by Ernesto Bellandi, painted curtain by Giuseppe Sciuti. Named in hounour of the Catania-born composer, Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835). Opened 31 May 1890 with Bellini's Norma (after three years of waiting after completion, due to a cholera epidemic). Used for opera performances and concerts. 1300 seats.
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 107
Building date: 1874-01-01T00:00:00Z
architect: Carlo Sada
architect: Andrea Scala