Main entry:

Donati, Paolo, 1770-1831, author.

Title & Author:

Descrizione del Gran Teatro Farnesiano di Parma e notizie storiche sul medesimo / di Paolo Donati Parmigiano, architetto teatrale, academico di Bologna e professore della Reale Accademia di Firenze.

Publication:

Parma (Italy) : Della Stamperia Blanchon, 1817.

Description:

4 unnumbered leaves, 96 pages, 4 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustration (folded plan) ; 22 cm

Notes:
Engraved plan of the theater on one large folded plate.
"Errata"--Page 98.
Descrizione del Gran Teatro -- Descrizione della Scala -- Descrizione del Gran Vestibolo e della Porta del Teatro -- Descrizione del piccolo Vestibolo -- Descrizione interna del Teatro -- Descrizione della Prima Loggia -- Descrizione della Seconda Loggia -- Descrizione della Porte lateralis di Trionfo, che sono fra il Teatro ed il Proscenio -- Descrizione del Proscenio -- Descrizione del Soffitto del Salone -- Descrizione del Sipario -- Descrizione del Palco Scenico -- Descrizione dell' Armatura che sostenta il tetto del Teatro -- Misure principali -- Avvertimento per le dette Misure -- Appendice. Notizie storiche sugli Spettacoli eseguiti nel Gran Teatro Farnesiano.

Summary:

The first description of one of the most curious theatres built in Italy. Donati, a stage designer and pupil of the great Gonzaga, describes the theatre's architecture and gives detailed information on the nine spectacular festivals which were performed there between 1628 and 1732, including the nature of the celebrations, lists of the music played, the stage designers, and the ballets.

Biographical note:

The Teatro Farnese in Parma was built by Giovanni Battista Aleotti between 1618 and 1619, and opened in 1628. Aleotti converted the armory in the Palazzo Pilotta into a theatre with a U-shaped arrangement of tiered seating (capacity of 4500 seats), opening up onto a stage placed at one end, forming in the middle a large, open space, which was left free for combats and displays. Large entrances were provided for mounted men and wagons. The theatre was only ever used for festivals celebrating a marriage or birth of the ruling Farnese family. It was inaugurated in 1628 and then hosted a grand total of eight further celebrations until 1732 after which time it fell into disuse and was never used again. Destroyed in a bombing raid in 1944, the theatre has since been restored.

Subject:

Teatro Farnese (Parma, Italy)
Theaters Italy Parma.
Buildings
Theaters
Parma (Italy) Buildings, structures, etc.
Italy Parma

Form/genre:

Engravings.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage trissino 184316
Call No.: ITB25N715 ITN715; ID:86-B2318
Status: Available

Location: Library main 184315
Call No.: NA6840.I8 P3 (ID:86-B2318)
Status: Available