{"id":26594,"date":"2021-03-23T16:36:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T15:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/teatro-municipale\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T10:00:00","slug":"teatro-municipale","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/teatro-municipale\/","title":{"rendered":"Teatro Municipale (Municipal Theatre of Piacenza)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Municipal (or City) Theatre of Piacenza<\/a> was inaugurated in 1804. Designed by Lotario Tomba for a group of nobles from Piacenza, following the fire that destroyed the Cittadella theatre on December 24th, 1798.<\/p>\n

The Municipal Theatre opeining<\/h3>\n

The construction works started in September 1803 and on September 10th 1804 the “New” theatre was inaugurated with a pompous ceremony and the performance of Zamori<\/strong> – a drama known as l’Eroe delle Indie – especially composed for the occasion by the Bavarian musician Giovanni Simone Mayr<\/strong>. The feast involved the whole city with cattle fairs, fireworks, a pageant in Piazza Cavalli, dancing and horse races.<\/p>\n

The architecture<\/h3>\n

The theatre, which counts over 1000 seats including stalls, an upper circle, a balcony and three galleries, is decorated in neoclassical style recalling that of Scala theatre in Milan.<\/a> Nevertheless, differently from Piermarini’s project for Scala – where stalls are distributed on a shape of horseshoe – Tomba worked out a plan on three quarters of ellipsis since in his opinion this design was better suited to the laws of optics and acoustics.<\/p>\n

Inside the Municipal Theatre of Piacenza<\/h3>\n

Regarding the indoor structure, the New Theatre was born as neoclassic. Later, in 1830, Alessandro Sanquirico – Scala’s stage designer- was appointed to revisit the interior decorations ot Piacenza’s Theatre.<\/p>\n

Balconies were then all painted in light blue with small golden stars all over. Moreover, the fa\u00e7ade was added in the same year but its actual look is the result of Sanquirico re-elaboration of Tomba’s initial project. Sanquirico revisited the neoclassical style. The area preceding the porch, also present at the Scala Theatre, for Piacenza’s Theatre becomes a functional space. Carriages used to stop there, as witnessed by the remains of the specially paved street for such means of transport, thus protecting hosts from rain as they entered the building. The lower part of the fa\u00e7ade, decorated with rusticated masonry, forms the basis for a ionic colonnade and a beautiful stone balcony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Municipal (or City) Theatre of Piacenza was inaugurated in 1804. Designed by Lotario Tomba for a group of nobles from Piacenza, following the fire that destroyed the Cittadella theatre on December 24th, 1798. The construction works started in September 1803 and on September 10th 1804 the \u201cNew\u201d theatre was inaugurated with a pompous ceremony and the performance of Zamori \u2013 a drama known as l\u2019Eroe delle Indie \u2013 especially composed for the occasion by the Bavarian musician Giovanni Simone Mayr. The feast involved the whole city with cattle fairs, fireworks, a pageant in Piazza Cavalli, dancing and horse races. The theatre, which counts over 1000 seats including stalls, an upper circle, a balcony and three galleries, is decorated in neoclassical style recalling that of Scala theatre in Milan. Nevertheless, differently from Piermarini\u2019s project for Scala \u2013 where stalls are distributed on a shape of horseshoe \u2013 Tomba worked out a plan on three quarters of ellipsis since in his opinion this design was better suited to the laws of optics and acoustics. Regarding the indoor structure, the New Theatre was born as neoclassic but in 1830, Alessandro Sanquirico \u2013 Scala\u2019s stage designer- was appointed to revisit the interior decorations ot Piacenza\u2019s Theatre. Balconies were then all painted in light blue with small golden stars all over. Moreover, the fa\u00e7ade was added in the same year but its actual look is the result of Sanquirico re-elaboration of Tomba\u2019s initial project, revisiting the neoclassical style. The area preceding the porch, also present at the Scala Theatre, for Piacenza\u2019s Theatre becomes a functional space: carriages used to stop there, as witnessed by the remains of the specially paved street for such means of transport, thus protecting hosts from rain as they entered the building. The lower part of the fa\u00e7ade, decorated with rusticated masonry, forms the basis for a ionic colonnade and a beautiful stone balcony.\u00a0","protected":false},"featured_media":21437,"template":"","territorio":[939],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[970],"class_list":["post-26594","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-piacenza-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-theatres"],"acf":{"location":{"lat":"45.049565","lng":"9.693788","address":"Via Verdi, 41"},"accessibilita_disabili":"Ground floor (ticket office and audience) accessible.To reach the other floors there is a lift, but it is necessary to climb some steps.6 accessible places in the audienceAccessible toilette","orario":"

Open only for the shows.<\/p>\n","tariffe":"

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