{"id":15010,"date":"2022-05-21T11:10:37","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T08:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/?p=15010"},"modified":"2022-05-21T11:33:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T08:33:19","slug":"donizetti-theatre-bergamo-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mozartcultures.com\/en\/donizetti-theatre-bergamo-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Donizetti Theatre – Bergamo, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new theatre<\/h4>\n

This opera house was built in the heart of the city with the name of Riccardi Theatre in the 1780s. It officially opened in 1791 with a production of Pietro Metastasio\u2019s Didone abbandonata<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At the end of the century the original theatre was destroyed by a fire (1797) and the new one opened in 1800. The new structure used a horseshoe shape with three tiers of boxes and two galleries. The fa\u00e7ade was completely rebuilt by the architect Pietro Via.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Its current name comes from Gaetano Donizetti, Bergamo\u2019s most famous composer. One of his most famous operas, Il Pigmalione<\/em> had its world premiere at the theatre in October 1960.\u00a0What to eat in Bergamo, Italy (part 3)<\/a><\/p>\n

Outside the theatre, there is a monument dedicated to Donizetti.<\/p>\n

The World Wars<\/h4>\n

Alongside the traditional performances, from 1899 the Donizetti Theatre also hosted a new type of show, the cinematograph. This was an unique feature at the time.<\/p>\n

Even during the World War I, the operas and the prose theatre at the Donizetti Theatre continued.<\/p>\n

In 1931, the Municipality of Bergamo appointed Bindo Missiroli, a former music critic, as its director. From then on, the theatre was taken over directly by a special commission. Therefore, Missiroli was able to launch the Teatro delle Novit\u00e0, (The Theatre of New Features). As a result, the initiative affirmed new composers, singers, set designers and directors. The theatre became a laboratory of the performing arts.<\/p>\n

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During World War II, the shows had a cultural function. Many artists from La Scala moved to Bergamo\u2019s Donizetti Theatre for their work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The post-war period marked a reawakening in the intellectual, social, and economic life of the city.<\/p>\n

More than an opera house<\/h4>\n

After World War II, in the 1950s, two concerts officially consecrated jazz as a genre worthy of the Donizetti Theatre as much as classical music or opera.<\/p>\n

In 1964, after a few years of renovations, the Theatre opened again to the public with new rooms and a new design.<\/p>\n

From the beginning of the 1960s to the end of the 1990s, the range of shows and events was vast: prose, operas and concerts dominated the seasons, but also the International Piano Festival, musical comedies, operettas, \u201cBergamo Jazz\u201d and \u201cCanzoni d\u2019Autore\u201d (\u201cSongwriters\u2019 Songs).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Theatre management was taken over by the newly founded Fondazione Teatro Donizetti (Donizetti Theatre Foundation) in 2014.<\/p>\n

In February 2018, an extensive renovation and renewal project began; it aimed to make the city\u2019s Theatre a home for culture.<\/p>\n

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