Opera

2555.Il Teatro Massimo: Cento e più anni fa. Fonti storico-documentarie.Ed. Eliana

Calandra. Palermo: Archivio Storico Comunale, 1997. 163p. No ISBN.

PN2686 .P282 T437.

A celebratory volume marking the reopening of the theater on 12 May 1997. It

had closed in 1974. Official documents relating to the planning and financing

of the reconstruction, and to the competition to select the architect (G. B. F.

Basile). Blueprints, drawings of fixtures, color illustrations. No index.

Parma

The city has a distinguished operatic past, boasting one of the oldest extant theaters,
the Farnese (opened in 1628), and later associations with Verdi—it is the home of the
Istituto di Studi Verdiani—and then Toscanini. The present center for opera is the
Teatro Regio, which opened in 1829; it was named Teatro Ducale until 1849.

2556. Ferrari, Paolo-Emilio. Spettacoli drammatico-musicali e coreografici in Parma
      dall’anno 1628 all’anno 1883.Parma: Aderni, 1884. 383p. Reprint, Bologna:
      Forni, 1969. ML1733.8 .P28 F375.
      Tabular chronologies by theater, with casts of singers and other participants.
      Commentaries and notes; detailed index to all persons, titles, and topics.


2557. Alcari, Cesare. Il Teatro Regio di Parma nella sua storia dal 1883 al 1929.
      Parma: Fresching, 1929. 179p. ML1733.8 .P28 A6.
      A narrative history of the theater from its opening. Personalities are much dis-
      cussed, followed by a chronology of concerts and operas. Directors are named
      but not the singers. The title index of works does show the singers who per-
      formed leading roles. No general index. The chronology is continued in the
      next entry.


2558. Corradi-Cervi, Maurizio. Cronologia del Teatro Regio di Parma, 1928–1948.
      Parma: Luigi Battei, 1955. 119p. ML1733.8 .P282 T43.
      Carries forward the chronology of the preceding item, in similar format.

See also Yorke-Long (#87).

Pavia

2559. De Silvestri, Lodovico. Civico Teatro Fraschini di Pavia: Cenni storici, notizie,
      documenti.Pavia: Artigianelli, 1938. 202p.
      Not seen. Kaufmannotes that it has seasonal chronologies, without dates or
      casts.

Piacenza

2560. Forlani, Maria Giovanna. Teatro Municipale di Piacenza (1804–1984).Pia-
      cenza: Cassa di Risparmio di Piacenza, 1985. 479p. No ISBN. ML1733 .F675.
      A thorough, documented account of the building, its administration, orches-
      tra, singers, chorus, composers, and public. A chronology 1804–1984/1985
      gives casts and relevant documents. Bibliography, name index, general index.

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