 Teatro Massimo | |
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| Address | Piazza Verdi Palermo Italy |
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| Owner | Comune di Palermo |
| Capacity | 1.387 |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1897 |
| Architect | Giovanni Battista Filippo Basile (1874–1880), Ernesto Basile (1891–1897) |
| Website | |
| http://www.teatromassimo.it/ | |
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 (at the time of its inauguration, it was - with its area of 7730 m2 - the third largest opera house in Europe after the Palais Garnier in Paris, and the K. K. Hof-Opernhaus in Vienna),[1] renowned for its perfect acoustics.