Teatro Giuseppe Verdi [Terni]
type: Item
label: Teatro Giuseppe Verdi
description: Theatre building in Terni, Italy
description: theater in Terni @nl
EUTA building identifier: 1361
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Terni
GPS: Point(12.6499 42.5628)
Wikidata source: Q46496728
opening date: 1846-01-01T00:00:00Z
Address: Corso Vecchio 99, 05100 Terni
architect: Luigi Poletti
Census of Italian theatres in 1863 ID: 835
Capacity: 500
Capacity: 1066
Census Italia 1968 ID: 101-8
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 406
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Carthalia ID: 2462
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1840-1849 as Nuovo Teatro by Luigi Poletti. Opened 1849 with the operas Saffo and Giovanna d'Arco. 1908 renovations and alterations. Re-opened as Teatro Verdi, named in honour of the Italian opera composer, Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901). Destroyed by bombs in 1943, leaving only the façade. 1949 rebuilding by Fernando Lucioli. 1066 seats. Used for drama performances by the Teatro Stabile dell'Umbria.