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
The city of Venice in Italy has played an important role in the development of the music of Italy. The Venetian state—i.e. the medieval and Early Modern Maritime Republic of Venice—was often popularly
Interior of La Fenice