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The
City of Rome bought it in 1869 from the Torlonia
family, the theatre Argentina has always
been the most important theatre in Rome. It dates
from the first half of the Eighteenth century, it was
built in 1731 upon the wish of Duke Giuseppe Sforza
Cesarini from the drawings of Girolamo Theodoli by Paolo
Cappelletti and Nicola Zagaglia, the heads of the mechanical
craftsmen from St Peter's.
It was
entirely built in wood, with the exception of the boundary
walls and the staircase which are in masonry.
The
theatre consisted of a horseshoe shaped hall for
obvious reasons of visibility and acoustics, with stalls
and boxes.
There
were forty rows of benches separated by the backs of
other benches following the shape of the room.
The one
hundred and eighty six boxes were disposed in six orders
bearing a rather simple pictorial decoration on the
window-sills.
These
together with the stuccoes and the gilding of the proscenium
and children bearing festoons painted on the ceiling,
were the simple decoration of the hall. Since
then the theatre has been subject to several
interventions of maintenance and restoration.
The
structural modernization at the end of the 1960
to ensure the continuing life of the building are of
particular relevance. In 1913. on the occasion of further
refurbishment, by initiative of Professor Cecilia Pericoli
Ridofini the City promoted the creation of the Museum
of the Argentina Theatre.
It is
located in the two halls of the attic, the
Museum aims to document the history of the theatre
itself.following an itinerary in three sections.
The topographical
one concerns the history of the district where the
theatre was established. "Argentina" derives
from the Latin name (Argentoratum, the present
Strasbourg) of the city of birth of Johannes Burckhardt,
the famous papal Master of Ceremonies who had incorporated
the neighboring medieval tower in his residence.
The
second section, the richest, exhibits objects related
to the original theatre, like fragments of the canvass
(Nineteenth-Twentieth century), pieces of wall
decorations coming from the ground floor of the theatre
(Twentieth century), the final cardboard of the lost
curtain and preparatory drawings for the equally lost
curtain of the Apollo theatre by Cesare Fracassini,
a caricature by N. Zagaglia, works by P. L. Grezzi and
the large wheel used in Nineteenth century to raise
the curtain and scenes.
The
third and last section illustrates the life of the
theatre from the opening performance of January 31st
1732 dedicated to the musical drama "Berenice",
through sketches, playbills and photographic documents
relating to the permanent companies of actors of
the theatre (the "Dramatic Company of Rome"
and the "New Dramatic Company of the Teatro Argentina).
It is
also possible to see an ancient truss in the museum.
This
the only left of the eight built in 1731 as part of
the ancient cover of the theatre and saved from
the several restorations to be an example of the Eighteenth
century constructive technique. (mm)
Information
and Addresses
Address
Largo di Torre Argentina
Visiting
Hours Tuesday - Friday from 9.00 am to 2.00 pm and
from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm; Sunday from 9.00 am to 2.00
pm
Closed
Monday
Telephone
06 67106018/7
Price
€ 3,00; concessions € 1,50
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