Teatro Farnese is a

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in the

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. It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. The idea of creating this grand theater came from the Duke of Parma and Piacenza

Ranuccio I Farnese Ranuccio I Farnese (28 March 1569 – 5 March 1622) reigned as Duke of Parma, Piacenza and Castro from 1592. A firm believer in absolute monarchy, Ranuccio, in 1594, centralised the administration of Parma and Piacenza, thus rescinding the ...

. The theatre was almost destroyed by an Allied air raid during World War II (1944). It was rebuilt and reopened in 1962. It is, along with the Teatro all'antica in

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and the

Teatro Olimpico The Teatro Olimpico ("Olympic Theatre") is a theatre in Vicenza, northern Italy, constructed in 1580–1585. The theatre was the final design by the Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio and was not completed until after his death. The ...

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, one of only three Renaissance theaters still in existence. Some claim this as the first permanent proscenium theatre (that is, a theatre in which the audience views the action through a single frame, which is known as the "proscenium arch").Kuritz, p. 167

References

Notes Cited sources *King, Kimball
''Western Drama Through the Ages''
Greenwood Publishing Group, 2007. *Kuritz, Paul
''The making of theatre history''
Paul Kuritz, 1988. , Other sources * Paolo Donati, ''Descrizione del gran teatro farnesiano di Parma e notizie storiche sul medesimo''. Blanchon, Parma, 1817. * Pietro de Lama, ''Descrizione del Teatro Farnese di Parma''. Published by A. Nobili, Bologna, 1818. * Bruno Adorni, ''L'architettura farnesiana a Parma 1545–1630''. Battei, Parma, 1974, pp. 70–78. * Vittorio Gandolfi, ''Il Teatro Farnese di Parma''. Battei, Parma, 1980;. * Adriano Cavicchi e Marzio Dall'Acqua, ''Il Teatro Farnese di Parma''. Parma, 1986. * Gianni Capelli, ''Il Teatro Farnese di Parma. Architettura, scene, spettacoli''. Public Promo Service, Parma, 1990. * Luca Ronconi and others, ''Lo spettacolo e la meraviglia. Il Teatro Farnese di Parma e la festa barocca''. Nuova ERI, Torino, 1992. * Jadranka Bentini, ''Il Teatro Farnese: caratteristiche e trasformazioni'', in ''Il Palazzo della Pilotta a Parma. Dai servizi della corte alle moderne istituzioni culturali''. FMR, 1996. pp. 113–123. * Milena Fornari, ''Il Teatro Farnese: decorazione e spazio barocco'' in ''La pittura in Emilia e in Romagna.'' Il Seicento, II. Milano, 1993, pp. 92–101. Theatres in Emilia-Romagna

Teatro Farnese Teatro Farnese is a Renaissance theatre in the Palazzo della Pilotta, Parma, Italy. It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. The idea of creating this grand theater came from the Duke of Parma and Piacenza Ranuccio I Farnese. The thea ...

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