Teatro Massimo
opera house in Palermo, Italy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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Address | Piazza Verdi Palermo Italy |
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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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