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Teatro Farnese is a Renaissance theatre in the Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma, Italy. [1] It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. The idea of creating this grand theater came from the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio I Farnese. It was part of the complex of the Ducal Palace of Parma.
Al primo piano del Palazzo della Pilotta un portone monumentale in legno dipinto, sormontato da una corona ducale, ci conduce al Teatro Farnese: un ambiente spettacolare che conserva ancor oggi il ricordo della fastosa vita di corte dei Duchi Farnese.
The Farnese is one of the largest Baroque theatres in Europe: conceived for the opera-tournament where melodrama melds with the play of weaponry, minimising warlike aspects, this was a sumptuous theatrical genre destined for only the greatest princely families.
Teatro Farnese, Italian Baroque theatre at Parma, Italy, the prototype of the modern playhouse and the first surviving theatre with a permanent proscenium arch. Construction on the Teatro Farnese was begun in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti for Ranuccio I Farnese, and it officially opened in 1628.
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Jan 18, 2014 · Piazzale della Pilotta at the heart of the city is home to the magnificent Teatro Farnese, which is the precursor to the modern-day playhouse. The theatre is perhaps the equivalent of a 21st century oligarch’s media room equipped with the latest technology.
The Farnese Theatre occupies a huge hall used as an arms room for the court's chivalric exercises, adapted and transformed into a performance hall between late 1617 and autumn 1618. Built using...
The Teatro Farnese, in Parma, was the court theatre of the dukes of Parma and Piacenza. Today it is part of the Galleria Nazionale and has recently become the venue for some concerts and opera performances of the Teatro Regio di Parma.
