{"id":2466,"date":"2021-01-20T08:19:02","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teatrodonizetti.it\/uncategorized\/from-the-riccardi-theatre-to-the-donizetti-theatre\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T16:44:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T14:44:08","slug":"from-the-riccardi-theatre-to-the-donizetti-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teatrodonizetti.it\/en\/from-the-riccardi-theatre-to-the-donizetti-theatre\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Riccardi Theater to the Donizetti Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"--awb-text-transform:none;\"><h5><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was in Donizetti\u2019s name that a decisive turning point in the life of the Theatre occurred. In <\/span><b>1897<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to mark the centenary of the Composer\u2019s birth, <\/span><b>the Riccardi Theatre was renamed the<\/b> <b>Gaetano Donizetti Theatre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. To mark the occasion, the fa\u00e7ade was completely rebuilt by the architect Pietro Via. Outside the theatre, a monument dedicated to Donizetti by sculptor Francesco Jerace was inaugurated. Except for a few details, the Theatre had the appearance we know today. <\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<h5><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alongside the traditional performances, the Donizetti Theatre also hosted a new type of show, the cinematograph. These were some primitive films shot by the Lumi\u00e8re brothers\u2019 operators, brought to the theatre by the entrepreneur Terzi in 1899: an extremely rare event at a time when cinema shows were shown in fairground shacks or concert caf\u00e9s. It was probably a first, as there is no record of the cinema having been hosted in a theatre before then.<\/span><\/em><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teatrodonizetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/storia-04.jpg\" class=\"fusion-lightbox\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[67ff08fbfa0a826f023]\" data-caption=\"The recently completed Gaetano Donizetti Theatre (1897 approx)\n\u00a9 Museo delle Storie di Bergamo, Sestini Photographic Archives, Domenico Lucchetti Collection\" data-title=\"storia-04\" title=\"storia-04\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/teatrodonizetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/storia-04.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.teatrodonizetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/storia-04-200x141.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.teatrodonizetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/storia-04-400x283.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.teatrodonizetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/storia-04-600x424.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.teatrodonizetti.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/storia-04.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - 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