Benedetto Ferrari
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Benedetto Ferrari was an Italian composer, particularly of opera, librettist, and theorbo player.
Benedetto Ferrari
Teatro San Cassiano
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The Teatro San Cassiano was the world's first public opera house, inaugurated as such in 1637 in Venice. The first mention of its construction dates back to 1581. The name with which it is best known
Teatro San Cassiano (1637): historically-informed visualisation
Reproduction of the title page of the libretto of L’Andromeda (1637)
Teatro San Cassiano (1637): reimagination of the architectural plan
‘New’ Teatro San Cassiano (1763): Francesco Bognolo, unrealised plan