Politeama Theatre, was built by architect Giuseppe Damiani Almeyda that after visiting the existing models of Pisa, Livorno, Florence and Naples, he realizes his work Pompeian style.
The theater was born, to accommodate different kinds of shows, opera, operetta, drama and even the circus. Designed as an outdoor theater during the day, only later it was decided to provide a cover to make it more usable.
In 1869, a municipal decision decided to call the theater at
Gioacchino Rossini, in the death of the great occsione musicista
pesarese, ma il Teatro rimase, inspiegabilmente, ancora per anni,
Teatro Municipale Politeama.
Il teatro è sormontato da una Quadriga bronzea di Apollo , opera di
Mario Rutelli, e due cavalli, agli angoli, montati da ignoti cavalieri, di Benedetto Civiletti.
le lapidi ai lati dell’ingresso recano, sulla sinista, la data del decreto col quale si dava il benestare alla costruzione dell’ opera e quella della solenne inaugurazione.
Mentre sulla destra la dedica da parte del municipio di Palermo al suo popolo, reduce dall'epidemia di peste.
the Sylph, marble Benedict De Lisi
the other bronze, depicts the David sculpted by Antonio Ugo.
under the Doric columns of the theater was the Bacchae
perhaps to his own place
bust of
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Giuseppe Damiani Almeida 
On the back of the theater the igresso once reserved for scenes and circus animals.
After the death of Giuseppe Garibaldi ,
in 1882, Politeama
was immediately dedicated to the hero of the Italian Risorgimento, demonstrating the interest more political than musical Palermo or come municipal organi ..,
of forever.
was opened in June 1874,
the presence of King Umberto I and his wife Margaret Reggina,
with "I Capuleti ei Montague di Vincenzo Bellini , anche se incompleto e privo della copertura che , progettata anche questa dal Damiani, venne realizzata, in seguito, metallica, dalla Fonderia Oretea, della famiglia Florio . L a copertura fu ultimata nel novembre del 1877 .
The theater was finally completed with the finishing touches and embellishments in 1891 just in time for the National Exhibition of 15 November 1891-7 June 1892. While the Teatro Massimo, was still under construction, the Politeama Garibaldi was opened, again, in the presence of the King and Queen, with the commissioning scene in Othello G. Verdi. On podium, presumably, Arturo Toscanini, who will direct the 1892-93 season, always at the Politeama also "Norma" by Bellini, the "Loreley" Catalani's "The Flying Dutchman" by Wagner
and other works.
Among the interpreters of the tenor Francesco Tamagno, with a voice, now legendary, and it seems that Verdi composed for him "to measure" the cavatina "Rejoice", the song with which Othello enters the scene. On this great tenor, L uigi Maniscalco Basile in the book "History the Teatro Massimo in Palermo tells an anecdote in reference to a replica of ' Othello. One evening, after several requests for an encore, it seems it was asked for an air not important, but significant commitment voice "My Misery" content a bit 'annoyed rather than shoot "My Misery" had to change it into " Poverty your "
unleashing pandemonium
in public, certainly devoid of humor. The great tenor had to apologize to resume performance. and "My Misery" is sung by Daniel Muñoz
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