The Teatro Alfieri was a major theatre and opera house in 18th and 19th century Florence, located at Via dell'Ulivo #6 corner Via Pietrapiana in the Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy.
History It was constructed originally in 1740 by members of the Accademia dei Risoluti. At that time it was known as the Teatro di Santa Maria (the name of a nearby street) or the Teatro Risoluti. The theatre underwent extensive reconstruction and enlargement in 1828, supervised by the architect Vittorio Bellini (1798 - 1860).Sistema Archivistico Nazionale. "Bellini, Vittorio, architetto, (Firenze 1798 - 1860)". Retrieved 18 December 2013 . It re-opened as the Teatro Alfieri, named in honour of the playwright Vittorio Alfieri.
In its heyday, the theatre interior decorations were elaborate, was used for both prose drama and operas. In the late 19th century and early 20th centuries, it also became known as a performance venue for plays written in the Florentine dialect. The theatre was demolished in 1928 when the Fascist government of Florence re-developed the Santa Croce district.Garlington, p. 48
Premieres L'amore in guerra, opera by Luigi Maria Viviani, 8 February 1829*Teatri, arti e letteratura (20 March 1829), "Spettacoli dello scorso carnevale". Anno 7, Numero 257, pp. 13–15 .Unless otherwise indicated, all items in this list are world premieres. Matilde a Toledo, opera by Teodulo Mabellini, 27 August 1836 Romilda e Ezzelino, opera by Abramo Basevi, 11 August 1840 Le educande di Sorrento, opera by Emilio Usiglio 1 May 1868 Nozze sospirate, opera by Oreste Carlini, 10 January 1888 Una partita a scacchi, opera by Enrico Ranfagni, 13 February 1892 In congedo, opera by Cesare Bacchini, 1 October 1898 Sarrona, opera by William Legrand Howland, 3 February 1906 (Italian premiere)Hipsher, Edward Ellsworth (1927). American Opera, p. 270. L'acqua cheta, play in Florentine dialect by Augusto Novelli, 29 January 1908Accademia della Crusca (2003). Studi di grammatica italiana, p. 112. Il pateracchio, play in Florentine dialect by Ferdinando Paolieri, 2 February 1910
References
Dell'Amore, Franco (2011). Le vite dei cesenati , Vol. 5, pp, 182–195. Editrice Stilgraf Formigli, Giuseppe (1830). Guida per la città di Firenze e suoi contorni. Presso Giuseppe Formigli, Libraio al Canto al Diamante Garlington, Aubrey S. (2005) Society, Culture and Opera in Florence, 1814-1830, p. 48. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.