The
first one of the nineteenth-centuries theaters of Sicily, rises between the
Garibaldi Street and the Cavour Course, was constructed for wanting of
Ferdinand II of Borbone between 1842 and 1852.
It
came realized on plan of the neapolitan Pietro Valenti with
sober neo-classic syntax and inaugurated in 1852. In origin the Theatre was called Elizabeth from the name of the mother of the king , then,
after the enterprise garibaldian in Sicily changed the name in puts into
effect them in homage to the first king of Italy.
The
Theatre, damaged from the earthquake, has been object of taken care of a
restoration that has mainly interested the inside that it has been
totally rifared based on the modern regarding conceptions the acoustics,
the scenico system and the sistemazione of the services.
