Description
The Teatro Verdi is Padua's main theatre, in the historic centre: an 18th-century theatre, born as the «Teatro Nuovo e della Nobiltà» and today the operational home of the Teatro Stabile del Veneto.
Outside, the curved front was designed in 1847 by Giuseppe Jappelli with a portico of eleven arches, later closed in. Inside, the vault is painted with the Dance of the Hours. On the side facing Corso Milano you can see three large pointed windows that once lit the stage.
The theatre was wanted by a society of Paduan nobles and opened in 1751 with a melodrama by Metastasio.
It took the name of Giuseppe Verdi only in 1884, after the interiors were renovated by Achille Sfondrini, the designer of the Rome Opera House. The pointed windows reappeared in 1958, when the opening of Corso Milano led to the demolition of the houses built up against the building.
Outside, the curved front was designed in 1847 by Giuseppe Jappelli with a portico of eleven arches, later closed in. Inside, the vault is painted with the Dance of the Hours. On the side facing Corso Milano you can see three large pointed windows that once lit the stage.
The theatre was wanted by a society of Paduan nobles and opened in 1751 with a melodrama by Metastasio.
It took the name of Giuseppe Verdi only in 1884, after the interiors were renovated by Achille Sfondrini, the designer of the Rome Opera House. The pointed windows reappeared in 1958, when the opening of Corso Milano led to the demolition of the houses built up against the building.