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Teatro di San Carlo

1737 · 18th century

The Teatro di San Carlo is the opera house of Naples, opened on 4 November 1737 by Charles of Bourbon next to the royal palace. It is the oldest opera house in Europe still in continuous use and was a leading centre of Italian opera, with works by Rossini and Donizetti premiered there. After a fire in 1816 it was rebuilt within a year.

Teatro di San Carlo
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Teatro di San Carlo. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/teatro-di-san-carlo
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