Italy's largest opera house, closed for twenty-three years and reopened in 1997. The finale of The Godfather Part III.
Distance
Area
Piazza Verdi
Visit
60 min
Entry
Ticketed
The story
Designed by Giovan Battista Filippo Basile and completed by his son Ernesto, it opened in 1897 with Verdi's Falstaff. At over seven thousand square metres it is Italy's largest opera house. Closed in 1974 for refurbishment, it stood unusable for twenty-three years and only reopened in 1997. The guided tour covers the auditorium, the royal box, the foyer and the Pompeian room with its elliptical acoustics.