Teatro San Carlo, Naples. Built in 1737, it is one of the oldest opera houses in the world. In the past it could contain more than 3000 people. A model for all the lyrical theatres that have been created subsequently.
Center of the Neapolitan School (which influenced Mozart), many famous composers frequented this institution : Gluck, Porpora (teacher of Haydn), Rossini, Cimarosa, Paisiello, Donizetti, Bellini, Verdi, Mascagni...
