Theatres in Florence
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There are about thirty theatres in Florence, Italy (not counting those already closed or dismantled), and range from historic theatres, to national and municipal music halls.
There are four theaters devoted to classical music and opera (Comunale, Verdi, Pergola and Goldoni). Many citizens and tourists regularly visit these theatre halls, with over six hundred thousand tickets sold per season, compared with just under four hundred thousand residents.
List
[edit]| Name | Founded | Seats | Notes | Image |
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| Roman Theatre | 1st century AD | 15,000 | Under Palazzo Vecchio, destroyed | 
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| Roman Amphitheatre | 124-130 | 20,000 | Between Piazza dei Peruzzi, Via dei Bentaccordi and Via Tòrta, now included in medieval edifices | 
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| Teatro di via dell'Acqua | around 1490 | ? | Teatro della Confraternita (later Accademia) del Vangelista | _01.JPG)
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| Teatrino della Baldracca | 1576 | Today home to the Uffizi Library | ||
| Teatro Mediceo | 1586 | In today's Uffizi, in Classicist style, later dismantled | ||
| Amphitheater of Boboli | 1637 | At Palazzo Pitti, still used today for special events | 
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| Teatro Niccolini (Teatro del Cocomero) | 1648 | c. 500 | The first "modern" theatre in the city. Reopened in 2015. | 
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| Teatro della Pergola | 1656 | 999 | The oldest active theatre and opera house in Florence; first teatro all'italiana | 
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| Teatro Alfieri | 1740 | Demolished in 1928 | 
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| Teatro Rinuccini | 1753 | Still used today for special events | 
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| Teatro della Piazza vecchia | 1759 | ? | Closed, today is a private palace | 
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| Teatro dei Solleciti o Borgognissanti | 1778 | ? | Closed in 1887, today is a church (Chiesa Evangelica Battista) | _esterno_02.JPG)
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| Teatro degli Intrepidi (o Teatro Nuovo) | 1779 | Dismantled at the beginning of 1900 | 
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| Sala del Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini | 1784 | 120 | 
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| Teatro Nazionale | 1789 | Closed | 
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| Saloncino della Pergola | 1804 | 324 | ||
| Teatro Goldoni | 1817 | 363 | Restored and re-opened in 1997. Used by Opera di Firenze/ Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. | 
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| Saloncino Castinelli | 1817 | ? | Inside the Teatro Goldoni building, today, a movie theater | |
| Teatro Diurno o Arena Goldoni | 1818 | 1,500 | Dismantled | |
| Teatro Standish | around 1838 | Inside a private palace | ||
| Teatro dei Concordi | 1839 | ? | Closed in 1854 | |
| Teatro Verdi | 1854 | 1,538 | (Old name: Teatro Pagliano) | 
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| Teatro Comunale | 1862 | 1,800 | Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's base | 
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| Teatro Arena Nazionale | 1864 | It was an open-air arena, today is a (closed) movie theater (Cinema Apollo) | 
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| Teatro Umberto I | around 1864 | Destroyed, it was in the centre of piazza d'Azeglio (square) | .jpg)
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| Teatro delle Logge | around 1865 | Inside the Loggia del Grano building, near the Palazzo Vecchio. Since 1910 Italian Folies Bergère, then a movie theater (Cinema Capitol), and then, briefly, a store. | _02.jpg)
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| Teatro dell'Affratellamento | 1876 | |||
| Teatro Arena San Salvi | 1890 | 100 | ||
| Teatro dell'Istituto Francese | 1911 | 99 | 
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| Teatro di Rifredi | 1914 | 286 | 
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| Teatro 13 | 1931 | 152 | ||
| Cinema Teatro Nuovo Sentiero | around 1933 | 239 | 
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| Teatro Puccini | 1940 | 634 | Used mainly for comedies and variety shows | 
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| Auditorium FLOG | 1945 | 1,000 | Used mainly for pop/rock concerts | 
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| Teatro Estivo Il Boschetto | 1947 | 300 | An open-air arena | 
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| Teatro l'Amicizia | around 1950 | Closed | 
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| Teatro dell'Oriuolo | 1951 | Closed | 
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| Teatro Everest | 1958 | 240 | In Galluzzo, a suburb of Florence | 
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| Teatro Nuovo | 1964 | 170 | ||
| Sala Vanni | 1972 | 192 | ||
| Teatro del Rondò di Bacco | 1975 | 96 | At Palazzo Pitti, still used today for special events | 
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| Sala Teatro Cinema ACLI Ponte a Ema | around 1975 | 120 | In Ponte a Ema, a suburb of Florence | |
| Teatro Reims | 1976 | 290 | ||
| Teatro Saschall | 1978 | 1,700 | Used mainly for pop/rock concerts (Old name: Teatro Tenda) | 
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| Piccolo Teatro Comunale (Ridotto) | 1983 | 587 | ||
| Teatro Le Laudi | 1983 | 254 | 
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| Teatro della Compagnia | 1987 | 500 | Closed | 
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| Teatro La Fiaba | 1991 | 300 | 
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| Teatro di Cestello | 1993 | 192 | Near the church of San Frediano in Cestello | 
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| Stazione Leopolda Fabbrica Europa | 1994 | It was a railway station. Wide building, used for various purposes (also theater, since 1994) | 
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| Teatro della Limonaia di Villa Strozzi | 1998 | 380 | It was the old orangery of Villa Strozzi al Boschetto - project by Giuseppe Poggi, middle of 1800. Decayed, it's been restored in 1998 - project by Giovanni Michelucci (1973) revisited by Bruno Sacchi (1987). | 
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| Auditorium Clinica Medica | 1999 | 140 | ||
| Arena Cinecittà Teatro San Quirico | 2000 | 150 | ||
| Teatro Cantiere Florida | 2002 | 296 | ||
| Circolo Teatro del Sale | 2003 | 99 | Restaurant and theatre | |
| Teatro Auditorium al Duomo | 2006 | 275 | Near the Florence Cathedral | 
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| Parco della musica e della cultura | around 2011 | c. 8,000 | Under construction. It will be the new Maggio Musicale Fiorentino's base |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Garbero Zorzi, Elvira and Luigi Zangheri, eds. (1998). I Teatri storici della Toscana. Marsilio Editori.
