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The Teatro Malibran, known over its lifetime by a variety of names, beginning with the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo (or Crisostomo) after the nearby church,〔Lynn 2005, pp. 101—103〕 is an opera house in Venice which was inaugurated in 1678 with a production of the premiere of Carlo Pallavicino's opera ''Vespasiano''. By 1683, it had quickly become known as "the biggest, most beautiful and richest theatre in the city"〔The ''Mercure Gallant'', March 1683, in Lynn, p. 102〕 and its operatic importance throughout the 17th and 18th centuries led to an even grander description by 1730: :A true kingdom of marvels....that with the vastness of its magnificent dimension can be rightly compared to the splendours of ancient Rome and that with the grandeur of its more than regal dramatic performances has now conquered the applause and esteem of the whole world.〔Lynn 2005, p. 102〕 Richly decorated, the theatre consisted of five levels of thirty boxes and a large stalls area. However, as an opera house, its success was short-lived and from 1751 to 1800, opera was rarely performed there. Taken over by the municipality in 1797, it became the Teatro Civico until purchased by a partnership and restored in 1819. It re-opened again, this time in private hands, with Rossini's ''La gazza ladra''. But deterioration continued, the partnership broke up, and the remaining partner, Giovanni Gallo, continued with additional refurbishment, giving it the new name of the Teatro Emeronitto (''Theatre of Day and Night'')〔Plantamura 1996, p. 132〕 and inaugurating it in December 1834 with Donizetti's ''L'elisir d'amore''.〔 When the famous soprano Maria Malibran came to sing Vincenzo Bellini's ''La sonnambula'' on 8 April 1835, she was clearly appalled at the condition of the theatre since Lynn reports that "she refused her fee, telling the impresario to 'use it for the theatre' "〔 At that point the opera house became the Teatro Malibran in the singer's honour and it is the name by which the theatre has been known ever since. ==As the Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo == Designed by Thomas Bezzi for the Grimani family, became the biggest, most luxurious and extravagant stage in Venice, known for its sumptuous productions and high quality singers such as Margherita Durastanti, ''prima donna'' between 1709 and 1712. During its golden age, composers such as Alessandro Scarlatti whose ''opera seria'', ''Mitridate Eupatore'', was given its premiere performance on 5 January 1707 and Georg Friedrich Händel whose ''Agrippina'' premiered on 26 December 1709 were active at the theatre. Another composer's work which was presented was Carlo Francesco Pollarolo, as has been noted. During the 1730s, the San Giovanni Grisostomo began a slow and inexorable decline, although managing to keep its position at the head of Venetian theatres until the middle of the eighteenth century. In 1737, when Carlo Goldoni was placed in charge of the Venetian stage, prose works began to be performed (many of these his own comedies). Subsequently, because of its considerable size, the Grimani family decided to open a smaller theater in 1755, the San Benedetto. The opening of this new stage led to the end of the dominance of the San Giovanni, which saw a slow decrease in performance. Following the fall of the Republic of Venice and the French occupation, the theatre was among the few not to be closed. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teatro Malibran」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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