The Teatro alla Scala is a театр в итальянском стиле with a horseshoe-shaped auditorium, four tiers of boxes, and two galleries.
It can seat 2,030 spectators.
It is considered, throughout the world, the opera house par excellence.
1776
Following the fire at the Teatro Regio Ducale, the patrician families of Milan agree to finance the construction of a new theater, the design of which is entrusted to Джузеппе Пьермарини.
The stage is expanded according to the project by Луиджи Каноника.
1881 - 1884
The electric lighting system is activated.
1891
Standing places in the stalls are eliminated and they replaced by fixed seats
1938
The stage machinery is renovated.
1943
The bombings inflict severe damage to the theater building.
1946
After the reconstruction work is completed, the theater reopens.
2002
Closing for radical restoration and modernization work involving the entire theater building.
Марио Ботта's project adds the external volumes of the stage tower and the elliptical tower.
The stage machinery is completely redesigned by Franco Malgrande.