Teatro Comunale Ponchielli [Cremona]
type: Item
label: Teatro Comunale Ponchielli
label: Teatro Ponchielli @it
description: Theatre building in Cremona, Italy, opened in 1808
description: theater in Cremona, Italië @nl
EUTA building identifier: 882
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Italy
City: Cremona
GPS: Point(10.019 45.1323)
Wikidata source: Q924544
Building date: 1806-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 140680
opening date: 1808-01-01T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1188
Capacity: 1500
Address: Corso Vittorio Emanuele II 58/66
Web: www.teatroponchielli.it
architectural style: Neoclassical architecture
architect: Luigi Canonica
Redevelopment date: 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z
Census of Italian theatres in 1863 ID: 268
Census Italia 1968 ID: 79-5
time frame: Baroque
Reconstructing Theatre Architecture: 233
Note: Previous theatre of 1747 destroyed by fire
Note: E’ un bel teatro neoclassico, eretto nel triennio 1806-08 dal­l’architetto Luigi Canonica sul­l’area di altro teatro distrutto da un incendio e risalente al 1749. E’ oggi utilizzato per stagioni liriche, concerti, spettacoli di prosa e rivista. @it
Note: Built 1807 as Teatro Concordia by Luigi Canonica. Destroyed by a fire on 6 Jan 1824. Subsequently rebuilt by Faustino Rodi and Luigi Voghera, following Luigi Canonica's 1807 designs. In the late 19th century, commonly known as Teatro Concordia-Ponchielli in honour of the Italian composer and theatre director, Amilcare Ponchielli (1834-1886). Officially renamed Teatro Amilcare Ponchielli on 12 Mar 1907.
Importance: Not rated
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190980
Carthalia ID: 2316
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
location hosted performance space: 1747-01-01T00:00:00Z