San Carlo Theatre

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cultural heritage site opera house theatre building

San Carlo Theatre is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, renowned as one of the oldest and most prestigious continuously active opera venues in the world.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Teatro di San Carlo	2
Real Teatro di San Carlo	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural heritage site ⓘ opera house ⓘ theatre building ⓘ
19thCenturyArchitect	Antonio Niccolini NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	San Carlo Theatre ⓘ surface form: Real Teatro di San Carlo San Carlo Theatre ⓘ surface form: Teatro di San Carlo
architect	Angelo Carasale NERFINISHED ⓘ Giovanni Antonio Medrano ⓘ
associatedWith	Neapolitan opera tradition ⓘ composers such as Donizetti ⓘ composers such as Rossini ⓘ composers such as Verdi ⓘ
country	Italy ⓘ
foundedBy	Charles VII of Naples ⓘ
hasBalletCompany	Ballet of the Teatro di San Carlo ⓘ
hasFeature	horseshoe-shaped auditorium ⓘ multiple tiers of boxes ⓘ proscenium stage ⓘ royal box ⓘ
hasGuidedTours	yes ⓘ
hasOrchestra	Orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo ⓘ
heritageStatus	UNESCO World Heritage Site component (Historic Centre of Naples) ⓘ
inception	1737 ⓘ
languageOfPerformance	Italian ⓘ
locatedIn	Campania ⓘ Naples ⓘ Piazza del Plebiscito ⓘ surface form: Piazza del Plebiscito area Southern Italy ⓘ surface form: southern Italy
locatedNear	Piazza del Plebiscito ⓘ Royal Palace of Naples ⓘ
notableFor	acoustics ⓘ historical productions of Italian opera ⓘ
owner	Metropolitan City of Naples ⓘ surface form: Municipality of Naples
primaryUse	opera performances ⓘ
rebuiltAfter	1816 fire ⓘ
reopeningDate	1817 ⓘ
seatingCapacity	about 1300 ⓘ
significance	important center of Italian opera ⓘ major landmark of Naples ⓘ one of the oldest continuously active opera houses in the world ⓘ
style	Baroque architecture ⓘ Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedFor	ballet performances ⓘ classical music concerts ⓘ theatrical performances ⓘ
website	https://www.teatrosancarlo.it/ ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

San Carlo Theatre → alsoKnownAs → San Carlo Theatre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teatro di San Carlo

San Carlo Theatre → alsoKnownAs → San Carlo Theatre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Real Teatro di San Carlo

Naples → hasLandmark → San Carlo Theatre ⓘ

Royal Palace of Naples → locatedNear → San Carlo Theatre ⓘ

Enrico Caruso → performedAt → San Carlo Theatre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teatro di San Carlo