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In 1890
the doors of Teatro Massimo V. Bellini opened for the first
time, The theatre had been built to the Design of the
Milanese architect
Carlo Sada. In
its one hundred years (is the heart of Catania's musical
life, the theatre's stage has been trodden by some of our
century's greatest musicians: Gino Marinuzzi, Vittorio Cui,
Antonio Guarnieri, Georg Solti, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Muti,
Giuseppe Sinopoli, and Alain lombard: Toti Dal Monte, Callas,
Caballé, Scotto, Freni, Schipa, Gigli, Corelli, Pavarotti,
Pertile, Del Monaco and Di Stefano: Galeffi, Bechi, Gobbi,
and Nucci.
The
Massimo Vincenzo Bellini Theatre was opened in Catania on 31
May 1890. The event was celebrated by a performance of
Norma, the masterpiece of the great Catania composer to whom
the Theatre was dedicated. It was a marvellous evening, a
fervent experience in an auditorium lighted by trembling
butterfly-shaped orange gas flames, making it a highly
fascinating atmosphere.
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