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From a complicated history, the Municipal Theatre of Syracuse opend to public recently.

The construction of the theater dates back to 1872 by the military engineer Breda and was built where once stood the church and monastery of the Annunciation and the palace of the Prince of Cattolica. The materials used in the construction were the same from the knocking down of the sacred buildings.

​Soon, however, the work was suspended due to the onset of severe cracks in the front. 
​The Town Hall then asked the intervention of the architect Damiani d’Almeyda – author of Politeama of Palermo – to perform the evaluations.
These proposed to demolish what until then built.
​This led to a long legal dispute that ended with the cancellation of the work to Breda; it was then passed to Damian D’Almeyda who modified the original project.

It was inaugurated in the spring of 1897, with the representation of the “Gioconda” by Ponchielli and the “Faust” by Gounod.

The vicissitudes were not over.
​The activity of the theater lasted only sixty years.
Closed for renovations in 1957, after the performance of “Il Trovatore” of Verdi, “La Boheme” of Puccini, “La Cavalleria Rusticana” of Mascagni and “I Pagliacci” of Leoncavallo, the City Theatre opend only in 2016.

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Via Roma
​96100- Syracuse (SR)

Telephone:​0931 463762