Amintore Galli Theatre

Amintore Galli Theatre
Italian: Teatro Amintore Galli
The theatre's façade in June 2015
Map
Former names
  • Teatro Nuovo Comunale
  • Teatro Vittorio Emanuele II
AddressRimini
Italy
Coordinates44°3′36.6″N 12°33′53.5″E / 44.060167°N 12.564861°E / 44.060167; 12.564861
OwnerComune di Rimini
TypeTheatre
Genre(s)Music
Capacity800
Construction
Broke ground8 August 1843 (1843-08-08)
Built1843-57
Opened11 July 1857 (1857-07-11)
Renovated1916-23, 1975, 1997-2001, 2009, 2014-18
ArchitectLuigi Poletti
BuilderPietro Bellini
Website
teatrogalli.it

The Amintore Galli Theatre (Italian: Teatro Amintore Galli), formerly the New Municipal Theatre (Teatro Nuovo Comunale) and the Victor Emmanuel II Theatre (Teatro Vittorio Emanuele II), is an opera house and theatre in Rimini, in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.[1][2][3]

Inaugurated on 11 July 1857,[4][5] the theatre was designed by Luigi Poletti, and is considered one of his architectural masterpieces, marking the transition from the purist neoclassical school of his training.[1][3][6] Notably, the theatre hosted the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Aroldo on 16 August 1857.[1][2][6] It was renovated after being damaged by the 1916 Rimini earthquakes, and flourished in Fascist Italy following its reopening in 1923.[3][6] During the Second World War, the theatre was severely damaged by Allied bombardment.[1][2][3] In 1947, the semi-destroyed theatre was renamed after Amintore Galli, a Valmarecchian music journalist and composer.[3][6][7] Following a complete restoration in the 2010s,[2][8] the Galli Theatre reopened on 28 October 2018.[2][3]

The theatre is managed directly by Rimini's municipal government,[1] and hosts musical events and cultural festivals, such as the Sagra Musicale Malatestiana. The theatre's atrium is also used for weddings.[2] The theatre can accommodate 800 spectators in its three tiers of boxes and gallery.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Teatro Amintore Galli" [Amintore Galli Theatre]. Comune di Rimini (in Italian). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Teatro Amintore Galli" [Amintore Galli Theatre]. Rimini Turismo (in Italian). 21 August 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Storia del Teatro Amintore Galli" [History of the Amintore Galli Theatre]. www.riminicittadarte.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  4. ^ Giovagnoli, Attile (15 October 2018). "Giuseppe Verdi, il teatro e l'estate memorabile del 1857 a Rimini" [Giuseppe Verdi, the theatre, and the memorable summer of 1857 in Rimini]. Riminiduepuntozero (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Rimini – Teatro Nuovo Comunale" [Rimini: New Municipal Theatre]. www.verdi.san.beniculturali.it (in Italian). Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "Storia del Teatro" [History of the Theatre]. Teatro Amintore Galli (in Italian). Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  7. ^ "6 gennaio 1907 - Rimini festeggia i 50 anni del suo teatro con Amintore Galli" [6 January 1907 – Rimini celebrates 50 years of its theatre with Amintore Galli]. Chiamami Città (in Italian). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Amintore Galli Theatre reborn in Rimini after 75 years". AV Technology. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2020.