Teatro Sociale

The Teatro Sociale (Social Theatre) was designed in 1818 by the architect Giuseppe Maria Ducati and built, on the initiative of the entrepreneur Felice Mazzurana, in the yard of Festi Palace. The inauguration took place the following year with “Cinderella” by Rossini.

Mazzurana wanted the theatre to be a collective work and therefore he asked for a contribution in funding to the local nobility and to the middle class. The theatre, for long considered the most beautiful in Tyrol, had almost a thousand seats and was inaugurated on the 23rd of May 1819. The performances represented were heterogeneous: costume parties, balls, plays and magic shows.

The story of the theatre is characterised by an alternation of successes (with celebrities as Toscanini, Puccini, Caruso and Totò), closings and changes of ownership.

After the Second World War the building was employed as a movie theatre, also hosting fashion shows and conferences, until 1983, when it was definitely closed down. The Autonomous Province of Trento acquired the theatre the following year, renovated it and returned it to the city in 2000.

The side overlooking Via Oss Mazzurana is still characterized by an 18th century façade, while the backside, designed by the architect Giovinazzi, recalls the different history stratification of the building. Important structure sections dating back to the Roman «Tridentum» - including a stretch of paved road, a domus with mosaics, a craftsman's shop and traces of Medieval restylings - have been discovered below ground.

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Via Oss Mazzurana, 19, 38122 Trento

Email

centrosantachiara@pec.it

Telefono

800 013952

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http://www.centrosantachiara.it/IT/teatro-sociale/

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