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Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

Nov 122008

Teatro di San Carlo

The Teatro di San Carlo is an opera house in Naples, Italy. It is the oldest continuously active such venue in Europe and it is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site. Named after the Bourbon Charles III of Naples (Carlo III in Italian), the theatre was inaugurated on the 4 November 1737 — the king’s name day — with a performance of Domenico Sarro’s Achille in Sciro, an opera based on the play by the famous poet and dramatist who went by the name of Metastasio. Sarro also conducted the orchestra in two ballets as intermezzi, created by Grossatesta. At the time, it was the largest opera house in the world, seating 3,300. Naples sightseeing tours.
GPS travel destinations: 40° 50′ 15″ N, 14° 14′ 58″ E

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Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo

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Nov 062008

The Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele is an opera house and opera company located on the Piazza Verdi in Palermo, Sicily. It was dedicated to King Victor Emanuel II. It is the biggest in Italy and one of the largest of Europe (the third after the Opera National de Paris and Staatsoper a Vienna), renowned for its perfect acoustics. An international competition for the creation of the opera house was announced by the Palermo Council in 1864, primarily at the instigation of the mayor, Antonio Starrabba di Rudini. For many years there had been talk of building a big new theatre in Palermo, worthy of the second biggest city in southern Italy (after Naples) and designed to promote the image of the city following the recent national unity. The opera house was built by the architect Giovanni Battista Filippo Basile and, following his death in 1891, construction was overseen by his son, Ernesto. Construction started on 12 January 1874 but was stopped for eight years from 1882 till 1890. Finally, on 16 May 1897, twenty-two years after the laying of the foundation stone, the second largest opera theatre after Palais Garnier in Paris was inaugurated with a performance of Verdi’s Falstaff conducted by Leopoldo Mugnone. Palermo sightseeing tours.
GPS travel destinations: 38° 7′ 13″ N, 13° 21′ 26″ E

The Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisbon

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Aug 172008

The Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos is an opera house in Lisbon, Portugal. It was opened on July 30, 1793 by Queen Maria I as a replacement for the Tejo Opera House, which was destroyed in the 1755 Lisbon earthquake. The theatre is located in the historical center of Lisbon, in the Chiado district. Lisbon sightseeing tours.
GPS travel coordinates: 38° 42′ 34″ N, 9° 8′ 30″ W

Bastille Opera, Paris

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Aug 092008

L’Opéra de la Bastille (Bastille Opera) is a modern opera house in Paris, France. It is the home base of the Opéra National de Paris and was designed to replace the Palais Garnier, but that did not happen and operas are still given in that house, which is also used for ballet performances. Paris tourist landmark.

Bastille Opera, Paris GPS coordinates: 48° 51′ 7″ N, 2° 22′ 14″ E

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Oper Leipzig, Leipzig

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Jul 302008

Oper Leipzig is an opera house and opera company in Leipzig, Germany. The Leipzig Opera traces its establishment to the year 1693, making it the third opera venue in Europe after La Fenice (Venice, Italy) and the Hamburg State Opera (Hamburg, Germany). The Leipzig Opera does not have its own opera orchestra, and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra performs as the orchestra for the opera. This relationship dates back to 1766, with performances of the Singspiel Der Teufel ist los oder Die verwandelten Weiber by Johann Adam Hiller. Leipzig travel guides.
GPS travel coordinates: 51°20’10.73″N, 12°20’21.33″E

Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm

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Jul 092008

Royal Swedish Opera

The Kungliga Teatern (“Royal Theatre”) or Royal Swedish Opera is the national stage for opera in Sweden. The building lies in the center of Stockholm, on the eastern side of Gustav Adolfs torg. The opera company was founded by King Gustav III and its first performance, “Thetis and Phelée” with Carl Stenborg and Elisabeth Olin, was given on January 18, 1773; this was the first native speaking opera performed in Sweden. But the first opera house was not opened until 1782 and served for a century before being replaced at the end of the 19th century. Both houses were officially called the “Royal Opera”, however the terms “The Gustavian Opera” and “The Oscarian Opera”, or the “Old” and “New” Opera are used when distinction is needed. Stockholm sightseeing tours.
GPS travel coordinates: 59°19’46.97″N, 18° 4’12.19″E

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