Teatro dell'Aquila, Opera house in Fermo, Italy.
Teatro dell'Aquila is an opera house on Via Mazzini in Fermo, built from 1780 to 1790 to designs by Cosimo Morelli. Its horseshoe-shaped hall holds 124 boxes in five tiers around a stage of about 350 square metres. The tempera ceiling by Luigi Cochetti shows Jupiter, Juno, the three Graces and the six night Hours listening to Apollo's song, and a 56-arm gilt-iron chandelier ordered from Paris in 1830 hangs at its centre.
Construction began in 1780 under architect Cosimo Morelli, replacing an earlier wooden structure. The building was created as part of the city's development and has served as a center for performing arts in the region.
The name comes from the Sala dell'Aquila in the Palazzo dei Priori, the room that housed Fermo's earlier wooden theatre. The painted curtain by Luigi Cochetti shows Harmony handing the lyre to the genius of Fermo, and Alessandro Sanquirico, the leading stage designer of his day, painted backdrops in 1830, four of which are still kept. The house now performs with the Rete Lirica delle Marche.
The theatre stands on Via Mazzini in central Fermo; the entrance and foyer hold the 1830 paintings by Alessandro Sanquirico. The auditorium has 124 boxes over five tiers around a horseshoe-shaped hall, so upper-tier seats are furthest from the stage. Since 1997 it has staged performances within the Rete Lirica delle Marche circuit.
The 1830 refurbishment by architect Pietro Ghinelli also brought Alessandro Sanquirico, the leading set designer of his day, to Fermo; four of the backdrops he painted for the stage are still kept. Sanquirico had worked at La Scala in Milan.
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