The
Teatro Municipale (also since the 1980s called the
Teatro Municipale Valli due to being named after the actor
Romolo Valli) is a theatre in
Reggio Emilia, Northern
Italy. Following the destruction by fire of the 1741 Teatro Cittadella in April 1851, the new theatre was designed by the architect
Cesare Costa and connstructed in the
neoclassic style between 1852 and 1857.
Its inauguration took place on 21 April 1857 with the performance of the
Vittor Pisani by local composer
Achille Peri.
The theatre has a rectangular base that measures 80 x 43.60 meters and covers an area of 3,763 square meters. The audience capacity is 1150 people. It has 56 dressing rooms for the artists and 16 anterooms. The concert hall is
elliptical and has 106 boxes placed on four tiers plus a regal box and a gallery. The frescoes on the ceiling are of the local artist
Domenico Pellizzi.
