Teatro Massimo
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 opening, 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] It is famous for its perfect acoustics.
 Teatro Massimo | |
| Address | Piazza Verdi Palermo Italy |
|---|---|
| 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/ | |
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Media interest
The final scenes of Francis Ford Coppola's film The Godfather Part III (1990) were filmed at the theatre, where the uncle of Francis Ford Coppola, the composer and conductor Anton Coppola, is shown conducting the opera, Cavalleria rusticana.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Reeves, Tony. "Filming Locations for Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part 3 in New York and Sicily". Archived from the original on 2017-12-20. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
- ↑ "In search of... The Godfather in Sicily". The Independent (Independent Digital News and Media Limited). April 26, 2003. https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/in-search-of-the-godfather-in-sicily-595994.html. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
Other websites
- Teatro Massimo official website (including a virtual visit) (in Italian)
- Teatro Massimo: Its Art and History (in English)
- City of Palermo official website (in English)