Via delle Vergini 7
Originally built in 1871 almost entirely in wood
Designed by Giulio De Angelis (1850/1906) for Prince Maffeo Sciarra
It was the first theater to be built in Rome after it became capital of Italy
1882/95 masonry structure also designed by Giulio De Angelis (1850/1906)
“Giulio De Angelis acquired a position of absolute, unquestionable originality in the architecture of the first decades of Rome, the new capital of Italy. He proved himself to have an independent and peculiar temperament – and to have mastery of the most advanced construction techniques, linked to the industrial production of his time” (Giuseppe Miano - Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Treccani)
1889 rebuilding and expansion in Neo-Renaissance style by the architect Belloli and the engineer Moraldi
1915 renovation and expansion by Marcello Piacentini (1881/1960)
Restored in 1954 also by Marcello Piacentini and again in 1980 by Enrico Nespega
Here were represented some world premieres of works by Luigi Pirandello, winner of the Nobel prize for literature in 1934, and here the Italian comedian Ettore Petrolini gave his farewell to the stage
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