Teatro Caio Melisso [Spoleto]
type: Item
label: Teatro Caio Melisso
description: Theatre building in Spoleto, Italy, opened in 1850
description: operagebouw in Spoleto, Italië @nl
alternative label: Teatro Nobile
alternative label: Teatro della Rosa
EUTA building identifier: 1284
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Spoleto
GPS: Point(12.7386 42.7355)
Wikidata source: Q3981922
opening date: 1864-08-03T00:00:00Z
Building date: 1850-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 300
Capacity: 800
Address: Piazza del Duomo 4
architect: Giovanni Montiroli
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 92
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 2457
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Census Italia 1968 ID: 99-8
Note: Antico teatro risalente alla metà del seicento. Al’interno è stato pe­rò completamente rinnovato nel 1860 dall’arch. Montiroli. Nel 1958 era ridotto a cinemato­grafo quando l’architetto Roberto De Luca lo ha completamente re­staurato per farne la sede di con­certi, opere da camera e spettacoli di prosa nell’ambito del Festival dei due Mondi. Appartiene alComune ed ha una capienza di 800 posti circa. @it
Note: Built 1667 as Nobile Teatro di Spoleto. 1749 rebuilding. Re-opened 1749 as Nuovo Teatro. 1819 major rebuilding. Closed 1854 when the new Teatro Nuovo was opened. 1877-1880 rebuilding and renovations by Giovanni Montiroli, ceiling painting by Domenico Bruschi. Re-opened 1880 as Teatro Caio Melisso in honour of the Roman writer, Gaius Maecenas Melissus (1st century AD). 350 seats. Used for opera performances by the summer arts and theatre festival Festival dei Due Mondi.
Census Italia 1968 table ID: 285
Redevelopment date: 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z