Teatro Eliseo, Theatre in Via Nazionale, Rome, Italy.
Teatro Eliseo is a theatre in Rome whose cream-coloured stone facade carries metal lettering above a round-arched window and a flat entrance canopy. Rebuilt in reinforced concrete and reopened on 5 January 1938, it holds two halls: the main Eliseo and the smaller Piccolo Eliseo, the rebuilt former Ridotto. It has been closed to the public since March 2020.
The venue began in 1900 as a wooden open-air theatre called Arena Nazionale. After reconstruction in stone, it received its current name in 1918.
The theatre presents a wide range of performances, from classical drama to experimental and contemporary productions. Audiences can experience both traditional theatrical works and innovative artistic presentations here.
The theatre stands on Via Nazionale, a short walk from Piazza Barberini and its fountain. It has been closed to the public since March 2020, so check access before planning a visit. The building sits where the street meets a taller yellow-brown structure with shuttered windows.
The 1938 rebuild that gave the theatre its present look followed six months of radical reconstruction; Vincenzo Torraca then directed the Eliseo for almost forty years. The reinforced-concrete structure of the earlier Apollo theatre had been designed by engineer Giovanni Antonio Porcheddu.
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