TEATRO SCIENTIFICO BIBIENA

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Built between 1767 and 1769, the theater was designed by Parma architect Antonio Galli Bibiena at the behest of Count Carlo Ottavio di Colloredo, rector of the Accademia dei Timidi. It was primarily intended to host scientific meetings, but was also open to performances and concerts.
The theater has a bell-shaped floor plan and is arranged on multiple tiers of wooden boxes, following the type of structure invented in the 17th century and now prevalent.
With prodigious vivacity equaled by his creative resources, architect Bibiena fulfilled the obligation he had contracted with the Timidi family in 1767 in just two years: he designed the special theater, supervised its construction, and finally, with skill as a painter as well as an architect, personally frescoed the interiors of the numerous boxes with monochrome figures, another precious testimony to the illustrious maestro's artistic career.
The classical façade was designed by Giuseppe Piermarini, after whom the hall on the first floor of the theater takes its name.
The fully completed theater was officially inaugurated on 3rd December 1769: it was an exquisite jewel, balancing movement and elegance, and one of the most significant architectural creations of late eighteenth-century Europe. Just over a month after the inauguration, on 16th January 1770, the young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, just fourteen years old, arrived in Mantua on his first Italian tour and gave a memorable concert there, along with his father Leopold.
The theater is still used to host high-level musical events, concerts, and conferences

The Theater Scientifico Bibiena will host the The Four Seasons by Vivaldi by Opera e lirica, don't miss this unforgettable evening on 17th April 2026. 

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