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Teatro di San Carlo, Naples

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Nov 122008
 

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The Teatro di San Carlo is an 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 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
 

Teatro Massimo Vittorio Emanuele, Palermo

The Vittorio Emanuele is an and 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 in Paris was inaugurated with a performance of Verdi’s Falstaff conducted by Leopoldo Mugnone. tours.
GPS travel destinations: 38° 7′ 13″ N, 13° 21′ 26″ E

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The Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisbon

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Aug 172008
 

The Teatro Nacional de Sao Carlos, Lisbon

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

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Bastille Opera, Paris

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Aug 092008
 

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Bastille Opera, Paris

L’ () is a modern in Paris, France. It is the home base of the and was designed to replace the , but that did not happen and operas are still given in that house, which is also used for . .

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, Leipzig
is an and 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 , and the 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

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Royal Swedish Opera, Stockholm

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Jul 092008
 

The Kungliga Teatern (“Royal Theatre”) or Royal Swedish Opera is the for opera in . The building lies in the center of Stockholm, on the eastern side of torg. The was founded by 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 . But the first 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 “”, however the terms “The Gustavian Opera” and “The Oscarian Opera”, or the “Old” and “New” Opera are used when distinction is needed. tours.
GPS travel coordinates: 59°19’46.97″N,  18° 4’12.19″E

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