Teatro Municipale di Reggio

.It is located in the historical centre of the city, next to the public park and near the smaller and more recent theatre Teatro Ariosto.It is a concert, opera and ballet theatre while Teatro Ariosto is a prose theatre.

The Municipal theatre was built in neoclassic style between 1852 and 1857 (project of Cesare Costa) and was inaugurated on 21 April 1857 with "Vittor Pisani" of Achille Peri.

The theatre has a rectangular base that measures 80x43,60 meters and covers an area of 3763 square meters. The capacity is 1150 people. It has 56 dressing rooms for the artists and 16 rooms for the people.

The outside is composed by 12 tuscan columns made of granite on the ground floor while on the first floor it has 13 windows spaced by ionic columns. On top of the building there are statues made by sculptors Prudenzio Piccioli, Ilario Bedotti, Giovanni Chierici, Antonio Ilarioli, Attilio Rabaglia. The statues represent: Moderation, Reserve, Painting, Sound, Comedy, Caprice, Dance, Joke, Fable, Delight, Education, Labor, Virtue, Drama, Glory, Vice, Tragedy, Remorse, Curiosity, Silence.

The concert hall is elliptical and has 106 boxes placed on four tiers plus a regal box and a gallery. The frescoes on the ceiling are of the local artist Domenico Pellizzi.

The curtain was painted by Alfonso Chierici.

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