152:
105:
17:
302:
148:. However, the new theatre still lacked a public entrance opening onto the street. Audiences could only enter through the workshop of a carpenter on the ground floor of the palazzo. His lease required him to close his workshop during the opera season and to provide at his own expense a wooden staircase to enable the spectators to climb into the theatre. It was a situation that was not rectified until the 19th century.
277:
After the closure of the Cinema
Capranica in 2000, the 800-seat theatre with its now minimal stage was re-opened as a conference and performance venue available on a hire basis. Under the proprietorship of the Hotel Nazionale and managed by Montecitorio Eventi S.r.l., it has hosted four small-scale
258:
decked in all their bravery. Here came the shoemaker, the tailor, and the small artisan, all with their wives or women, and with them the wealthy peasant who had ten cents to pay for entrance. Here the audience wept and laughed, applauded the actors, and talked to each other from one side of the
88:
which suggest that the palace may have incorporated an earlier building on the site. In the late 1670s, another member of the family, Pompeo
Capranica, had a private theatre carved out from existing family apartments without changing the exterior of the building. The theatre was inaugurated on 6
241:
expressly for the theatre. The theatre went through several more renovations, closures, and proprietors starting in the second half of the 18th century. By the 19th century, it had ceased being a leading opera house in the city and tended to concentrate on comic operas and plays (often in
173:, public theatrical performances were once again forbidden and the theatre remained closed from 1699 to 1711. When the prohibition on public performances was lifted, the Capranica brothers re-opened the theatre and soon attracted the patronage of
181:, to renovate the stage. The two decades after the re-opening marked the heyday of the theatre which would become Rome's primary public opera house and see the premieres of many new operas and innovative sets designed by Filippo Juvarra and
584:
word used particularly in the early 19th century to denote a class of newly well-off artisans and workers in the city (both men and women) who displayed their status by wearing ostentatious clothes and jewelry. It is thought to derive from
58:. The Capranica ceased operating as a full-scale theatre and opera house in 1881 and in 1922 was converted into a cinema. Following the closure of the cinema in 2000, it has functioned on a hire basis as a conference and performance venue.
132:) who completely rebuilt the theatre in 1694 transforming it into the standard U-shape with rich ornamentation and 6 tiers of 26 boxes each. It re-opened as a public theatre (Rome's second) on 18 January 1695 with a performance of
189:
was closely associated with the
Capranica which premiered several of his early operas beginning in 1679. When he returned to Rome in 1718 after his years in Naples, he produced his three finest operas for the theatre,
74:, a college for young clerics which he founded in 1457. One of the few remaining examples of Roman residential architecture of the early renaissance, it has a large side tower and a
892:
278:
opera productions by the association "Aulico – Opera & Musica" and over the years has been the setting for numerous meetings of
Italian political parties. In January 2013,
704:
269:
on 1 March 1881. At first it was rented out as a furniture warehouse, but then stood completely empty from 1895 until 1922 when it was converted into a cinema.
250:
and spent a great deal of money renovating it. However, it never regained its former prestige. The
American writer Henry P. Leland described it in 1863 as:
836:
332:
More than 50 works (including operas, oratorios, cantatas, and plays) have premiered at the Teatro
Capranica. The first opera to be premiered there was
263:
Eventually, the costs of upkeep and dwindling audiences led to the
Capranica's demise. It closed permanently following a performance of Verdi's opera
246:), acrobatic displays, and puppet shows. The theatre returned to the Capranica family in 1853 when Marchese Bartolomeo Capranica bought it back from
327:
125:
378:
805:
124:, Pompeo Capranica and his brother Federico received permission to enlarge the theatre and open it to the public. They entrusted the task to
985:
1034:
1044:
489:
714:
1029:
949:
933:
917:
886:
870:
775:
756:
287:
151:
1024:
729:
104:
1039:
822:
36:
Palazzo
Capranica, it was the second public theatre to open in Rome. It was the site of many premieres of
20:
Facade of the
Palazzo Capranica in 2009. The entrance to the theatre is the first large door on the right.
85:
174:
233:(1732), the Capranica gradually declined in importance, although in the 1750s it was much favoured by
435:
54:
291:
145:
33:
66:
The palazzo in which the theatre was situated had been originally constructed in 1451 by
Cardinal
496:... palazzo Capranica, eretto nel 1451 inglobando case preesistenti e la cappella di S. Agnese...
423:
202:
182:
137:
71:
48:
29:
643:
The complete score is lost. However, one of its arias is preserved in the Biblioteca Estense in
283:
961:
923:
765:
746:
479:
939:
907:
876:
734:
418:
357:
192:
186:
177:
who contributed to the cost the renovation after its long closure and hired his architect,
109:
8:
810:
373:
121:
853:
399:
383:
32:
of Rome. Originally constructed in 1679 by the Capranica family and housed in the early
826:
526:
441:
295:
67:
16:
945:
929:
913:
882:
866:
771:
752:
485:
333:
306:
279:
247:
170:
94:
90:
391:
341:
230:
481:
Roma e CittĂ del Vaticano: le chiese, i palazzi, i musei, le piazze, l'archeologia
970:
793:
784:
448:
411:
406:
178:
161:
156:
42:
298:
resigned as party leader following his failure to form a coalition government.
222:
360:. Like most of the operas premiered at the Capranica prior to 1750, it was an
1018:
1000:
987:
841:
581:
243:
206:. Between 1718 and 1721, the Capranica also saw the premieres of Scarlatti's
141:
129:
37:
893:"Bersani si dimette, il Pd senza vita, il Capranica e la notte piĂą profonda"
310:
301:
226:
76:
368:
366:. The premieres at the theatre after 1750 were almost exclusively of the
362:
705:"Elezioni: Berlusconi lascia Capranica, voci su malore ma lui smentisce"
453:
700:
353:
349:
294:
at the Capranica that lasted late into the night of 19 April 2013,
207:
402:
for prose plays. Other operas premiered at the Capranica include:
70:, to serve as both his own residence and the future home of the
430:
234:
221:
With the construction of new public theatres in Rome such as the
215:
81:
962:
Images of the interior of the Teatro Capranica as it looks today
644:
317:
inaugurated the newly built Teatro Capranica on 6 January 1679.
265:
738:, Vol. 31. Treccani. Online version retrieved 20 January 2014
237:
for their stagings of his plays. In 1760, he wrote his comedy
525:
Natuzzi p. 43; Casaglia. Rome's first public theatre was the
340:
which inaugurated the theatre in 1679. The 1728 premiere of
909:
Carlo Buratti: architettura tardo barocca tra Roma e Napoli
398:(1760), were specifically written to be performed as comic
116:, one of his many works to premiere at the Teatro Capranica
348:
was marked by the presence of his brother, the celebrated
282:
gave a two-hour speech there in which he introduced the
789:(translated by John Black), Vol. 2. Hunt & Clarke
28:
is a theatre situated at 101 Piazza Capranica in the
925:
Reclaiming Rome: Cardinals in the Fifteenth Century
795:Raccolta completa delle commedie di Carlo Goldoni
1016:
764:Franchi, Saverio and Sartori, Orietta (1997).
328:List of works premiered at the Teatro Capranica
863:Il Teatro Capranica dall'inaugurazione al 1881
837:"Rinasce il teatro lirico a palazzo Capranica"
568:Goldoni (1828) pp. 70–71; Goldoni (1829) p. 97
745:Ferrari-Bravo, Anna (General editor) (1999).
212:La gloriosa gara tra la SantitĂ e la Sapienza
84:windows as well as three windows in the late
770:, Vol. 2. Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura.
673:
821:Harper, John and Lindgren, Lowell (2001).
806:"Un passato senza pace per il «Capranica»"
537:
535:
390:(1770). Many of the shorter ones, such as
93:leading the orchestra for the premiere of
976:performed at the Capranica in March 2005
971:Photos of the small-scale production of
814:, p. 55. Retrieved 18 January 2014
607:Franchi and Sartori pp. xlv–xlvi; Groppi
300:
165:which premiered at the Capranica in 1714
150:
103:
15:
532:
507:Ferrari-Bravo p. 353; Richardson p. 287
1017:
964:on the website of the Hotel Nazionale
798:, Vol. 15. SocietĂ editrice (Firenze)
484:. Touring Editore. 2002. p. 122.
136:a three-act opera jointly composed by
666:
664:
662:
804:Groppi, Angela (29 February 2004).
721:. L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia
13:
941:Essays on Handel and Italian Opera
878:Imperial City: Rome under Napoleon
865:. Edizioni Scientifiche Italiane.
659:
321:
272:
14:
1056:
955:
875:Nicassio, Susan Vandiver (2009).
906:Pezone, Maria Gabriella (2008).
891:Pace, Federico (19 April 2013).
835:Ketkoff, Landa (15 March 2005).
589:("eminent"). See Nicassio p. 72.
881:. University of Chicago Press.
682:
650:
637:
628:
619:
610:
601:
592:
159:'s preliminary set designs for
1035:Music venues completed in 1679
944:. Cambridge University Press.
571:
562:
553:
544:
519:
510:
501:
472:
1:
922:Richardson, Carol M. (2009).
516:Casaglia; Harper and Lindgren
461:
288:2013 Italian general election
1045:1679 establishments in Italy
899:. Retrieved 18 January 2014
861:Natuzzi, Elisabetta (1999).
845:. Retrieved 20 January 2014
829:. Retrieved 23 January 2014
728:Della Corte, Andrea (1936).
707:. Retrieved 20 January 2014
7:
647:. See Harper and Lindgren.
10:
1061:
1030:Theatres completed in 1679
713:Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).
325:
290:. During a meeting of the
248:Prince Alessandro Torlonia
61:
938:Strohm, Reinhard (2008).
751:. Touring Club Italiano.
254:the resort for the Roman
852:Leland, Henry P. (1863)
175:Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni
146:Carlo Francesco Cesarini
831:(subscription required)
792:Goldoni, Carlo (1829).
783:Goldoni, Carlo (1828).
730:"Scarlatti, Alessandro"
183:Francesco Galli Bibiena
138:Giovanni Lorenzo Lulier
72:Almo Collegio Capranica
436:Ercole su'l Termodonte
318:
261:
166:
120:With the accession of
117:
114:Il nemico di se stesso
55:Ercole su'l Termodonte
21:
928:. Koninklijke Brill.
735:Enciclopedia italiana
559:Della Corte; Casaglia
529:which opened in 1671.
304:
252:
214:, and several of his
154:
134:Clearco in Negroponte
107:
19:
1025:Opera houses in Rome
823:"Pasquini, Bernardo"
748:Guida d'Italia: Roma
550:Ferrari-Bravo p. 353
284:Popolo della LibertĂ
198:Marco Attilio Regolo
187:Alessandro Scarlatti
40:including Caldara's
1040:Rome R. III Colonna
1001:41.9002°N 12.4778°E
997: /
912:. Alinea Editrice.
858:. Charles T. Evans
811:Corriere della Sera
767:Drammaturgia romana
703:(25 January 2013).
388:La donna di spirito
338:Dov'è amore è pietĂ
315:Dov'è amore è pietĂ
313:. Pasquini's opera
292:Partito Democratico
286:candidates for the
259:house to the other.
122:Pope Alexander VIII
99:Dov'è amore è pietĂ
80:lit by three cross
827:Grove Music Online
786:Memoirs of Goldoni
688:Natuzzi pp. 7, 170
598:Leland pp. 154–155
527:Teatro Tor di Nona
319:
296:Pier Luigi Bersani
167:
118:
89:January 1679 with
68:Domenico Capranica
22:
855:Americans in Rome
491:978-88-365-2623-9
356:, in the role of
346:L'isola di Alcina
307:Bernardo Pasquini
280:Silvio Berlusconi
171:Pope Innocent XII
95:Bernardo Pasquini
91:Arcangelo Corelli
1052:
1012:
1011:
1009:
1008:
1007:
1006:41.9002; 12.4778
1002:
998:
995:
994:
993:
990:
979:
967:
902:
848:
832:
817:
801:
780:
761:
741:
724:
717:Teatro Capranica
710:
689:
686:
680:
677:
671:
668:
657:
654:
648:
641:
635:
632:
626:
623:
617:
614:
608:
605:
599:
596:
590:
575:
569:
566:
560:
557:
551:
548:
542:
539:
530:
523:
517:
514:
508:
505:
499:
498:
476:
392:Antonio Sacchini
342:Riccardo Broschi
231:Teatro Argentina
52:, and Vivaldi's
30:Colonna district
26:Teatro Capranica
1060:
1059:
1055:
1054:
1053:
1051:
1050:
1049:
1015:
1014:
1005:
1003:
999:
996:
991:
988:
986:
984:
983:
977:
965:
958:
900:
846:
830:
815:
799:
778:
759:
739:
722:
708:
692:
687:
683:
678:
674:
669:
660:
655:
651:
642:
638:
633:
629:
624:
620:
616:Ketkoff; Groppi
615:
611:
606:
602:
597:
593:
576:
572:
567:
563:
558:
554:
549:
545:
540:
533:
524:
520:
515:
511:
506:
502:
492:
478:
477:
473:
464:
412:Tito e Berenice
372:genre, such as
330:
324:
322:Opera premieres
275:
273:Today's theatre
239:Pamela maritata
185:. The composer
179:Filippo Juvarra
162:Tito e Berenice
157:Filippo Juvarra
64:
43:Tito e Berenice
12:
11:
5:
1058:
1048:
1047:
1042:
1037:
1032:
1027:
981:
980:
968:
957:
956:External links
954:
953:
952:
936:
920:
904:
889:
873:
859:
850:
833:
819:
802:
790:
781:
762:
743:
726:
711:
691:
690:
681:
672:
658:
649:
636:
627:
618:
609:
600:
591:
570:
561:
552:
543:
531:
518:
509:
500:
490:
470:
463:
460:
459:
458:
446:
428:
416:
326:Main article:
323:
320:
274:
271:
223:Teatro Alibert
128:(a student of
63:
60:
46:, Scarlatti's
38:Baroque operas
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1057:
1046:
1043:
1041:
1038:
1036:
1033:
1031:
1028:
1026:
1023:
1022:
1020:
1013:
1010:
975:
974:
969:
963:
960:
959:
951:
947:
943:
942:
937:
935:
931:
927:
926:
921:
919:
915:
911:
910:
905:
898:
897:Magazine Roma
894:
890:
888:
884:
880:
879:
874:
872:
868:
864:
860:
857:
856:
851:
844:
843:
842:La Repubblica
838:
834:
828:
824:
820:
813:
812:
807:
803:
797:
796:
791:
788:
787:
782:
777:
773:
769:
768:
763:
758:
754:
750:
749:
744:
737:
736:
731:
727:
720:
718:
712:
706:
702:
699:
698:
697:
696:
685:
676:
667:
665:
663:
653:
646:
640:
631:
622:
613:
604:
595:
588:
583:
582:Roman dialect
579:
574:
565:
556:
547:
538:
536:
528:
522:
513:
504:
497:
493:
487:
483:
482:
475:
471:
469:
468:
456:
455:
450:
447:
444:
443:
438:
437:
432:
429:
426:
425:
420:
417:
414:
413:
408:
405:
404:
403:
401:
397:
393:
389:
385:
381:
380:
375:
371:
370:
365:
364:
359:
355:
351:
347:
343:
339:
335:
329:
316:
312:
308:
303:
299:
297:
293:
289:
285:
281:
270:
268:
267:
260:
257:
251:
249:
245:
244:Roman dialect
240:
236:
232:
228:
224:
219:
217:
213:
209:
205:
204:
199:
195:
194:
188:
184:
180:
176:
172:
164:
163:
158:
153:
149:
147:
143:
142:Tommaso Gaffi
139:
135:
131:
130:Carlo Fontana
127:
126:Carlo Buratti
123:
115:
111:
108:Libretto for
106:
102:
100:
96:
92:
87:
83:
79:
78:
73:
69:
59:
57:
56:
51:
50:
45:
44:
39:
35:
31:
27:
18:
982:
978:(in Italian)
972:
966:(in Italian)
940:
924:
908:
901:(in Italian)
896:
877:
862:
854:
847:(in Italian)
840:
816:(in Italian)
809:
800:(in Italian)
794:
785:
779:(in Italian)
766:
760:(in Italian)
747:
740:(in Italian)
733:
723:(in Italian)
716:
709:(in Italian)
694:
693:
684:
675:
656:Strohm p. 70
652:
639:
630:
621:
612:
603:
594:
586:
577:
573:
564:
555:
546:
541:Pezone p. 78
521:
512:
503:
495:
480:
474:
466:
465:
452:
440:
434:
422:
410:
396:La vendemmia
395:
387:
379:La cantarina
377:
367:
361:
345:
337:
331:
314:
311:Andrea Pozzo
305:Portrait of
276:
264:
262:
255:
253:
238:
227:Teatro Valle
220:
211:
201:
197:
191:
168:
160:
133:
119:
113:
98:
86:Gothic style
77:piano nobile
75:
65:
53:
47:
41:
25:
23:
1004: /
679:Della Corte
439:(1723) and
400:intermezzos
369:opera buffa
363:opera seria
229:(1727) and
34:Renaissance
1019:Categories
992:12°28′40″E
989:41°54′01″N
950:0521088356
934:9004171835
918:8860553032
887:0226579743
871:8881147858
776:8887114064
757:8836513247
462:References
454:La Statira
382:(1756) or
701:Adnkronos
625:Adnkronos
419:Scarlatti
354:Farinelli
110:Scarlatti
97:'s opera
670:Casaglia
587:eminente
449:Albinoni
442:Giustino
424:Griselda
384:Piccinni
358:Ruggiero
350:castrato
334:Pasquini
225:(1718),
216:cantatas
208:oratorio
203:Griselda
193:Telemaco
49:Griselda
695:Sources
578:Minenti
431:Vivaldi
407:Caldara
374:Galuppi
352:singer
256:minenti
235:Goldoni
155:One of
82:mullion
62:History
948:
932:
916:
885:
869:
774:
755:
645:Modena
488:
457:(1726)
445:(1724)
427:(1721)
415:(1714)
266:Ernani
169:Under
973:Tosca
580:is a
467:Notes
946:ISBN
930:ISBN
914:ISBN
883:ISBN
867:ISBN
772:ISBN
753:ISBN
634:Pace
486:ISBN
386:'s
200:and
144:and
24:The
451:'s
433:'s
421:'s
409:'s
394:'s
376:'s
344:'s
336:'s
309:by
140:,
112:'s
1021::
895:.
839:.
825:.
808:.
732:,
661:^
534:^
494:.
218:.
210:,
196:,
101:.
903:.
849:.
818:.
742:.
725:.
719:"
715:"
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
