Teatro dell'Opera
This is the Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, and its story starts long before “opera house” became the obvious name. It was originally opened on 27 November 1880 as the 2,212-seat Costanzi Theatre, commissioned by Domenico Costanzi (1819–1898) and designed by the Milanese architect Achille Sfondrini (1836–1900). Sfondrini was unusually focused on sound: the interior was conceived like a “resonance chamber,” with a horseshoe-shaped layout to work with acoustics. Construction itself moved fast—finished in eighteen months—on the ancient site where the house of Heliogabalus once stood. The opening night featured Rossini’s Semiramide. Under Costanzi’s direction, the theatre staged major world premieres despite financial strain, including Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana on 17 May 1890. Later, the opera house was purchased in 1907 by Walter Mocchi (on behalf of STIN), and the venue you come to today holds 1,560 seats. …
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