Interno, decorazione soffitto - Teatro Verdi (M. D'Amato)
Teatro Verdi (Theatre)
Interno - Teatro Verdi (M. D'Amato) The theatre is dedicated to Giuseppe Verdi, but was originally called the Regio Teatro Nuovo. Works began on 26 April 1865 and the theatre was inaugurated on 12 November 1867 with the opera Guglielmo Tell by Rossini. Andrea Scala was the architect who started the works, but the completion of the interior was entrusted to architect Giuseppe Giardi, while Simonelli designed the self-supporting dome that overlooks the parterre. All internal ornamentation works were entrusted to Pisan workers. After painting the Triumph of love, Annibale Gatti was commissioned to also paint the curtain used during the act changes. The large curtain depicting Goldoni readingat the Alfea colony waspainted on the stage of the Ravvivati theatre.
The Cerratelli collection: although not located in Pisa, but inside the villa Roncioni in the municipality ofSan Giuliano Terme, we point out this important collection, unique in its kind, born in 1914 by the will of the baritone Arturo Cerratelli, now placed under the care of the Cerratelli Foundation (established in 2005). It is a very rich collection of theatrical and cinematographic stage costumes, used by artists such as Eduardo De Filippo, Luca Ronconi, Giorgio Strehler, Luchino Visconti and Franco Zeffirelli (Romeo and Juliet, 1968). Some clothes were designed by artists from all over the world, such as Renato Guttuso, or Salvator Dalì and worn by singers of the calibre of Maria Callas.
