Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff

Teatro Valle (Rome)

Also known as: Valle, le Valle, Théâtre Valle, Teatro Valle

Places · Theatres
Show in diary 14 mentions

Overview

The Teatro Valle, near Sant'Andrea della Valle in the centre of Rome, built for the Capranica family to designs by Tommaso Morelli and opened on 7 January 1727; rebuilt in masonry by Giuseppe Valadier and Gaspare Salvi around 1818-1822. Rossini's La Cenerentola had its premiere there in 1817; in the second half of the nineteenth century it turned increasingly to spoken drama and lighter fare (en.wikipedia «Teatro Valle»; FAI, «Teatro Valle»).

Relevance to Marie

In the spring of 1876 the Valle is the family's other Roman theatre after the Apollo, with French operetta on the bill and the Caccia-Club in its barcaccia:

  • 10 March 1876: «nous allons au Théâtre Valle»; Pandola and Zucchini in the club's barcaccia (055/1876-03-10).
  • 11 March: first night of La Vie parisienne (055/1876-03-11); 23 March: La Fille de Mme Angot, an evening of tension with Pietro Antonelli (055/1876-03-23), afterwards recalled as the evening of «cette impertinence au Valle» (055/1876-03-25, 056/1876-03-27).
  • 10 April: Madame l'Archiduc «au bénéfice de la première chanteuse Preziosi» (057/1876-04-10).
  • 27 April: Pietro still resents «la soirée du Valle où vous avez fait cette supposition si humiliante» (059.0500).

References in Diary

  • First mentioned: 1876-03-10 (055)
  • Key entries: 1876-03-10, 03-11, 03-23, 03-25 (055); 1876-03-27 (056); 1876-04-10 (057); 1876-04-27 (059); 1876-05-17 (060, footnote)

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