Teatro Farnese, Parma, Italy
: Join Tony and Helen to see the world's first proscenium arch at the Teatro Farnese, Parma, where Margareta de Medici married the Duke of Parma.
This is the Teatro Farnese, rebuilt after the Americans destroyed it with a bomb in the Second World War. Unfortunately, this lens is simply not wide enough to capture all of this, but I'll try to give you an idea.
Helen and I are the only ones here at the moment, and this is reputedly the world's first proscenium arch. Of course, it's a reproduction, but it was here that they've first supposed to have used the proscenium arch to let the audience see the action, as it were through a window, rather than in the round as in Shakespeare's theatre. This was built in 1618, the original one, so you can judge. People used to sit all around the stage.
Anyway, let's walk up and have a look at the view from the stage.
Well, on the way up, here are some of the original decorations.
I believe they didn't decide to rebuld it until 1956.
And up here, this is the coat of arms of the Duke of Parma.
Now you'll notice the stage has forced perspective.
I'm walking up a long slope to the stage, which we're on now, but the stage still slopes up to the rear, which would allow the forced perspective.
And here - sorry about that unevenness - is a view, as best I can give it you, from centre stage, under the proscenium arch.
Well, I've just walked downstage - as far as I can - away from the arch, and you can now see it, as it were. They haven't, of course, replaced all the decorations or the ceiling, in fact.
Now backstage, pretty bare, and I'll walk forward now, downstage - upstage, sorry - until you can see the effect.
[floorboards creak]
Bit creaky, isn't it?
Now it's set up, interestingly, for a concert, with the orchestra at the other side.
Now that might seem a bit stupid, given the acoustics.
You should be able to hear this, perfectly clearly. There's no echo whatsoever, in spite of the roof - I'll try to pan up to the roof - you'll see the roof has not been restored. In spite of that, the acoustics are very dead, there's not a lot of sound. Helen was down at the far end there, where the orchestra is now, and she says that the sound (from the stage) was very clear.
And even the restoration is pretty impressive, you have to admit.
I'll just move in a bit.
The audience was always invited, and it was used for the marriage of Margareta de Medici and the Duke, and in fact was used for weddings afterwards.
Pretty impressive place for a wedding, isn't it?
Well, there we are: Teatro Farnese.
Of course, you would normally have entered through these large doors.
Unfortunately, I can't go into the rear of the theatre, because that bit's blocked off, but I think this is more than enough to give you an impression of this magnificent place.
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Teatro Farnese, Parma, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, Europe
The Teatro Farnese in Parma, was the scene of the court of the Dukes of Parma and Piacenza. Today is inserted in the path of the National Gallery and has recently become home to some concert and opera performances at the Teatro Regio di Parma. It was built from 1618 by Ranuccio I, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, which was meant to celebrate with a play stop in Parma of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II, to Milan to honor the tomb of St. Charles Borromeo, canonized in 1610. the construction work was entrusted to the architect Giovan Battista Aleotti, said the Argenta (1546-1636) was built on the first floor of the Palazzo della Pilotta Parma, in a large room designed as Salone Antiquarium but always used as armory and as a venue for tournaments. The theater was completed in the fall of 1618 and dedicated to Bellona (goddess of war, in homage to the first destination of the environment) and the Muse: because of an illness that struck Cosimo II, forcing him to cancel the planned pilgrimage, the theater was neglected for almost ten years. Was finally opened on 21 December 1628, on the occasion of the wedding of Edward, son of Ranuccio, with Margherita de 'Medici, daughter of Cosimo. To celebrate the event was staged the show Mercury and Mars, with texts by Claudio Achillini and music by Claudio Monteverdi: in the course of the work was also flooded the auditorium and staged a naumachia. Because of the complexity and the high costs of the stands, the theater was used only eight more times, the last in 1732, upon the arrival of Don Charles of Bourbon in the duchy. The Argenta was inspired at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, built by Palladio in 1580, and the Ancient Theatre of Sabbioneta, built between 1588 and 1590 by the architect Vincenzo Scamozzi. Housed in a large living room (87 meters long by 32 wide and 22 high), the auditorium U consists of fourteen steps on which they could be accommodated around 3000 spectators: the top of the auditorium are two orders of serliane, the lower Tuscan and the upper ion; the stage is 40 meters long, with an opening of 12 meters. The structure was made of wood (spruce del Friuli) and entirely covered with stucco painted to simulate marble (materials characteristic of ephemeral architecture, which was to be the Teatro Farnese).
The sculptural decoration (statues of mythological plaster cored with straw) was entrusted to a team of artists led by Luca Networks; painters, led by Giovanni Battista Trotti said Malosso, Lionello Spada, Sisto Badalocchio, Antonio Bertoja and Pier Antonio Bernabei, had to provide not only for wall, also to the now lost ceiling. It is considered by some one of the first theaters to be equipped with a permanent proscenium arch, however, when the theater was built no representations were held there. After the performance of 1732, the theater declined inexorably: was almost completely destroyed during World War II, in a bombing by the Allies on 13 May 1944. It was rebuilt between 1956 and 1960, according to the original drawings with the recovered material and inserted as prestigious entrance of the National Gallery of Parma.
Only recently, after inactivity lasted almost three centuries, the theater has returned to host theatrical events with a very first performance in front of 1500 spectators took place June 12, 2011 the maestro Claudio Abbado and his Orchestra Mozart. However, with the inclusion of the theater as a venue for some of the works of Verdi Festival 2011 organized by the Fondazione Teatro Regio di Parma that can be sanctioned his final rebirth. The first works on the bill held in the theater have been staged on 6 and October 10, 2011, respectively, with the Requiem (Verdi) and Falstaff (Verdi).
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Places to see in ( Parma - Italy ) Teatro Farnese
Teatro Farnese is a Baroque-style theatre in Parma, Italy. It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. The theatre was almost destroyed by an Allied air raid during World War II. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1962. 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).
The Teatro Farnese (Farnese Theatre) is one of the most breath-taking sites in all of Parma if not of Italy. Built in 1618 by order of Ranuccio I, duke of Parma and Piacenza, and designed by the ferrarese architect, Giovan Battista Aleotti; the theatre was built to celebrate the passing of Cosimo II de' Medici through Parma on his way to Milan to visit the tomb of San Carlo Borromeo and to confirm the relationship between the two ducal families which had been sealed by marriage in 1615.
However due to health problems, Cosimo II de' Medici cancelled the proposed trip to Milan and therefore the theatre could only be inaugurated 10 years later in 1628 for the marriage between Margherita de' Medici and the Duke Odoardo. For the occasion the theatre hosted the Mercurio e Marte (Mercury and Mars) by Claudio Achillini and music by Claudio Monteverdi. The climax of the spectacle came with a extraordinary naumachia (naval battle) for which they flooded the platea of the theatre via a number of pumps located underneath the stage. The theatre also featured a balcony for the Dukes, perhaps the the invention of what would become common place in the greatest theatres around the world: the Royal Booth.
The Farnese Theatre was built entirely out of wood and plaster and the painted so it seemed to be made of expensive marbles. Unfortunately the Theatre was subject to bombing in May 1944 and was almost completely destroyed, however by 1956 the theatre was completely restructured using the original design. The sections that were restructured were left bare so as to highlight the extent of the damage.
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Parma Sightseeing - Teatro Farnese and Teatro Regio di Parma
Parma, Italy is blessed with two beautiful theaters: Teatro Farnese and Teatro Regio di Parma. And it stands to reason because Parma is the home of two world famous Italian Opera composers: Verdi and Toscanini. Teatro Farnese is a Baroque-style theater. It was built in 1618 by Giovanni Battista Aleotti. It is made completely of wood. The theater was almost destroyed by an Allied air raid during World War II. It was rebuilt and reopened in 1962. The Teatro Regio di Parma, originally constructed as the Nuovo Teatro Ducale, is an opera house and opera company in Parma, Italy. Replacing an obsolete house, the new Ducale achieved prominence in the years after 1829, and especially so after the composer Giuseppe Verdi achieved fame. Also well known in Parma was the conductor Arturo Toscanini, who was born there in 1867. While not as well known as La Scala in Milan or La Fenice in Venice, the city’s Teatro Regio is considered by opera buffs to be one of the true homes of the great Italian tradition. The 1,400-seat auditorium, with four tiers of boxes in beehive style topped by a gallery, was inaugurated on 16 May 1829 when it presented the premiere of Vincenzo Bellini's Zaira, a production which was staged another seven times, although it did not prove to be popular with the Parma audiences. Initially Rossini had been invited to compose a work for the inauguration of the house, but he was too busy and so the task fell to Bellini. However, that inaugural season saw three Rossini operas staged, including Moïse et Pharaon, Semiramide, and Il barbiere di Siviglia. Today, the company stages about four operas each season from mid January to April and, since 2003, it presents an annual Verdi Festival each October.
History of Theatre 7 - The Arched Spectacle / Teatro Farnese (cc's: English, Español)
On spectatacle plays in the 17th century and the oldest remaining theatre with a permanent proscenium arch: Farnese Theatre in Parma, Italy.
Spanish translation: Jc m edu (thanks!)
Personae:
Giovanni Battista Aleotti, Ranuccio I Farnese (duc of Parma), Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Nicola Sabbattini, Joseph Furttenbach, Giacomo Torelli, Bernardo Buontalenti, Monteverdi, Venus, flying Mercury.
Locations:
Palazzo della Pilotta (Parma), Teatro Farnese (Parma), Théâtre du Richelieu (Paris), La Scala (Milan), City Theatre/Stadschouwburg (Amsterdam), Palatina Library (Parma), Palazzo Te (Mantova)
Subjects:
Proscenium arc, picture-frame stage theatre, scaenae frons, porta regia, Corinthian columns, U-shaped orchestra and auditorium, movable side-wings, symmetrical, perspective stage sceneries, spectacle plays, the 'flying' Mercury, deus-ex-machina apparatus ('geranos' or 'machina').
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Farnese Theater in Parma - Italy
Casa Chiesi visits the wonderful city of Parma. In this video we highlight the beautiful Teatro Farnese along with Palazzo Ducale and the surrounding park.
Mus-e Parma | Teatro Farnese (2013)
Mus-e Parma | Teatro Farnese (2013)
Progetto: Meraviglia
In collaborazione con la Galleria Nazionale di Parma nella figura della Dott.ssa Carla Campanini e la Soprintendenza per i Beni Storici, Artistici ed Etnoantropologici di Parma e Piacenza.
Artisti: Ailem Carvajal (musica), Rosita D'Aiello (danza), Rossella Taglini (pittura), Roberta Gherardi (illustrazione).
Riprese e montaggio: Marco Giovanardi
Regia: Anna Cattaneo
Teatro Farnese, Parma, Italy
July 2017 Parma, Italy Teatro Farnese and Galleria Nazionale di Parma
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Parma Teatro Farnese nel Palazzo della Pilotta - mini video
Venne fatto costruire a partire dal 1618 da Ranuccio I, duca di Parma e Piacenza, che intendeva celebrare con uno spettacolo teatrale la sosta a Parma del granduca di Toscana, Cosimo II, diretto a Milano per onorare la tomba di san Carlo Borromeo, canonizzato nel 1610.
La realizzazione dell'opera venne affidata all'architetto Giovan Battista Aleotti, detto l'Argenta (1546-1636): venne costruito al primo piano del Palazzo della Pilotta di Parma, in un grande vano progettato come Salone Antiquarium ma sempre utilizzato come sala d'armi e come sede di tornei.
Il teatro venne completato nell'autunno del 1618 e dedicato a Bellona (dea della guerra, in omaggio alla prima destinazione dell'ambiente) ed alla Muse: a causa di una malattia che aveva colpito Cosimo II, costringendolo ad annullare il pellegrinaggio programmato, il teatro rimase inutilizzato per quasi dieci anni. Venne finalmente inaugurato il 21 dicembre del 1628, in occasione delle nozze di Odoardo, figlio di Ranuccio, con Margherita de' Medici, figlia di Cosimo.
Per celebrare l'evento venne allestita lo spettacolo Mercurio e Marte, con testi di Claudio Achillini e musiche di Claudio Monteverdi: nel corso dell'opera venne anche allagata la cavea ed inscenata una naumachia. A causa della complessità e degli elevati costi degli allestimenti, il teatro venne utilizzato solo altre otto volte: l'ultima nel 1732, in occasione dell'arrivo di don Carlo di Borbone nel ducato.
L'Argenta si ispirò al Teatro Olimpico di Vicenza, costruito dal Palladio nel 1580, ed al Teatro all'Antica di Sabbioneta, costruito tra il 1588 ed il 1590 dall'architetto Vincenzo Scamozzi.
Ospitato in un ampio salone (87 metri di lunghezza per 32 di larghezza e 22 di altezza), la cavea ad U è formata da quattordici gradini sui quali potevano essere ospitati circa 3000 spettatori: alla sommità della cavea sono due ordini di serliane, quello inferiore tuscanico e quello superiore ionico; il palcoscenico è lungo 40 metri, con un'apertura di 12 metri.
La struttura venne realizzata in legno (abete rosso del Friuli) ed interamente ricoperto di stucco dipinto per simulare il marmo (materiali caratteristici delle architetture effimere, quale doveva essere il Teatro Farnese).
La decorazione scultorea (statue a soggetto mitologico in gesso, con anima di paglia) venne affidata ad una squadra di artisti guidata da Luca Reti; i pittori, guidati da Giovan Battista Trotti detto il Malosso, Lionello Spada, Sisto Badalocchio, Antonio Bertoja e Pier Antonio Bernabei, dovettero provvedere, oltre che alla decorazione delle pareti, anche a quella oggi perduta del soffitto.
È da alcuni considerato uno dei primi teatri ad essere dotato di un arco di proscenio permanente, tuttavia quando il teatro fu costruito le rappresentazioni non si tenevano lì.
Teatri di Italia
Il video racconta la rinascita degli edifici per lo spettacolo nel Rinascimento italiano sulle macerie dei teatri della classicità. L'Olimpico di Vicenza, quello di Sabbioneta, il Farnese di Parma sono le tappe fondamentali di un processo che portò all'avvento del teatro all'italiana, qui esemplificato dal Teatro La Fenice filmato pochi mesi prima dell'ultimo incendio (immagini del 1995). Documentario realizzato nel 1998.
Autore: Siro Ferrone
Collaborazione: Sara Mamone, Stefano Mazzoni
Consulenza musicale: Andrea Chegai
Coordinamento Tecnico-Scientifico: Enrico Carlesi, Giovanni Maria Rossi
Riprese: Alessandro Cerbai, Andrea Caglio
Montaggio: Guido Melis
Copyright 1998 Università degli Studi di Firenze - Programma 422/A
PARMA ITALIA TEATRO FARNESE
Hoy los invito a recorrer una espectacular ciudad Italiana, Parma en la Emilia Romagna, famosa por su jamon y su queso Parmesano, capital Italiana de la cultura y nombrada por la Unesco como la capital de la creatividad gastronomica, los invito a conocer sus lugares increibles como el teatro Farnese fabricado totalmente en madera, su galeria nacional con frescos de Correggio, Da Vinci y Tintoretto entre otros y su espectacular biblioteca palatina.
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Stiffelio
“È grande la vostr'anima, avrebbe perdonato”
Una relazione intima, un ruolo pubblico, le convenzioni sociali. Stiffelio è la modernità di Verdi da vivere come mai prima in Italia: abbracciati dall'opera, entrando in scena e muovendosi liberamente.
Dal 30 settembre al 21 ottobre 2017, il Festival Verdi porta al Teatro Farnese non un semplice spettacolo ma un' autentica esperienza, per la regia di Graham Vick e la direzione di Guillermo Garcia Calvo.
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An intimate relationship, a public role, social conventions. Stiffelio is Verdi’s modern opera to be experienced like never before in Italy: enveloped by the opera, being part of the scene and moving around freely.
From 30 September to 21 October 2017, Festival Verdi brings not just a simple performance but an authentic experience to Teatro Farnese, under the direction of Graham Vick with Guillermo Garcia Calvo conducting.
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