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| Physical medium: | 4to.
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| Notes: | Engraved plan of the theater on one large folded plate.
"Errata"--Page 98.
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.
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| 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.
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| Other form: | Online version: Donati, Paolo. Descrizione del gran Teatro farnesiano di Parma e notizie storiche sul medesimo. Parma, Stamperia Blanchon, 1817
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