[Most sites have an English language version link.]

Theatre in Italy

• Zoomable Google Earth satellite maps of Italian cities and historical sites, including the Amphitheatrum Flavium (the Colosseum,) Circus Maximus and Forum Romanum. A rich resource.

• Rinascimento: Bernardo Buontalinti et al. Very good overview of Buontalenti at the Medici court by Alice Jarrard, with many links to accounts of his peers and their activities in the theatres of the Renaissance .

• Parma, Teatro Regio: Home Page

• The Farnese Theatre in Parma: Short history of the building and an interesting study of the acoustics.

• Acoustical studies of the Teatro degli Intrepidi in Ferrara, the Teatro Greco-Romano in Siracusa , the Teatro Farnese in Parma and the Gran Tearto Fenice in Venice.

• Il Teatro Greco-Romano di Siracusa. Acoustics of the site. In Italian.

• "Simulazione acustica virtuale ed auralizzazione di un teatro scomparso: La Fenice di Venezia." In Italian [ Only plays in Windows Internet Explorer.]

• Venice, Teatro La Fenice

• The Medici Archive Project, with links to the collection's holdings.

• Naples, Teatro San Carlo (history.) In Italian

• Il Teatro alla Scala

• The Great Buildings Collection, with a special section dedicated to theatre buildings, some of which are in Italy.
  ©Jack Wolcott 2011
  Revised 11/25/11