The Teatro Sociale di Como is a театр в итальянском стиле with a hall shaped like a cello box.
It can accommodate 850 spectators distributed among the stalls, the three tiers of boxes, and the two galleries.
1811
The Società dei Palchettisti (Society of the Box Owners) charges Giuseppe Cusi of the project of the theatre and begins its construction.
1812
Луиджи Каноника, considered the most important theatre architect of the period, continues Cusi's work.
Алессандро Санкуирико, set designer of the Teatro alla Scala, paints the historic curtain.
1813
The theatre is inaugurated.
1855
Leopoldo Rospini is commissioned to raise the hall and move the stage back to enlarge the stalls.
The vaulted ceiling is frescoed by Eleuterio Pagliano, following a project by Gaetano Speluzzi.
1899
The theater is equipped with an electrical system.
1909
The fourth tier of boxes is removed to make way for a second gallery.
1984 - 1988
Significant restoration work and compliance with safety regulations are carried out.