{{Expand Italian|topic=struct|Teatro Duse (Bologna)|date=November 2023}} thumb|Facade of the Teatro Duse. The '''Teatro Duse''' is one of the oldest extant theaters in the city of Bologna, Italy.<ref name="Duse"/> Located in the Palazzo del Giglio, the theatre's address is at 42 Via Cartoleria, 40124. Built by the engineer Antonio Brunetti, it opened as the '''Teatro Brunetti''' in 1822.<ref name="Duse">{{cite book|chapter=Teatro Duse|page=52|title=I luoghi dello spettacolo a Bologna: una città di teatri|author=David Sicari|year=2003|publisher=Editrice Compositori|isbn=9788877944191}}</ref> In 1898 it was re-named for the actress Eleonora Duse.<ref name="Duse"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbkZykQDUsgC|title=Eleonora Duse: A Biography|author=Helen Sheehy|year=2009|isbn=9780307484222|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group}}</ref> While more frequently used as a venue for plays during its history, the theatre has also presented other types of performance such as operas and concerts.<ref name="Duse"/> The opera composer Guglielmo Zuelli conducted operas at the theatre in the mid to late 1880s.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/guglielmo-zuelli_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/#:~:text=Zuelli%20appartenne%20alla%20generazione%20di,melodramma%20italiano%20di%20stampo%20romantico.|title=ZUELLI, Guglielmo|author=Sauro Rodolfi|encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani|volume=100|year=2020|publisher=Treccani|access-date=11 October 2023|archive-date=30 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231030153714/https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/guglielmo-zuelli_(Dizionario-Biografico)/#:~:text=Zuelli%20appartenne%20alla%20generazione%20di,melodramma%20italiano%20di%20stampo%20romantico.|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1890s the conductor Antonino Palminteri was active as a resident opera conductor at the theatre.<ref>{{cite book|author=Angela Balistreri|title=Antonino Palminteri un artista gentiluomo nel panorama operistico dell'800"|location=Partanna|publisher=Produzioni Edivideo|year=2010|page=163}}</ref> Gialdino Gialdini's opera ''I due soci'' premiered at the theatre on 24 February 1892.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/gialdino-gialdini_%28Dizionario_Biografico%29/|title=GIALDINI, Gialdino|encyclopedia=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani|volume= 54|year=2000|publisher=Treccani|language=Italian}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://teatroduse.it/ Official website of Teatro Duse]
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Category:1822 establishments in Italy Category:Culture in Bologna Category:Theatres in Bologna Category:Tourist attractions in Bologna Category:Theatres completed in 1822 Category:Music venues completed in 1822 Category:19th-century architecture in Italy
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