Built between 1652 and 1656 by a group of Florentine nobles interested in the cultivation of the arts called the Accademia degli Immobili, The Pergola was the first theater in Italy to be built with boxes encircling the auditorium. Built as the theater for the court for the presentation of operas, it opened to the public in 1718. The theater hosted some of the largest and most important operas of the time, from Vivaldi to Meyerbeer, in addition to large balls and parties for which it became famous. Around and below the main areas of the theater there a number of other spaces that create the “City of the TheateConstructed between 1652 and 1656 by a group of Florentine nobles interested in the cultivation of the arts called the Accademia degli Immobili, The Pergola was the first theater in Italy to be built with boxes encircling the auditorium. Built as the theater for the court for the presentation of operas, it opened to the public in 1718. The theater hosted some of the largest and most important operas of the time, from Vivaldi to Meyerbeer, in addition to large balls and parties for which it became famous. Around and below the main areas of the theater there a number of other spaces that create the “City of the Theater”, where life and commerce begins and where the workers stop to sleep. In the first half of the 1800’s the Pergola was the temple of classical Italian melodrama, the theater of Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi. At the end of the century a transformation began on the stage of prose, thanks to the presence of the actress Eleonora Duse. In 1942 the Immobili surrendered the Pergola to the Italian State and was managed by the Ente Teatrale Italiano until 2011. In the 60’s it became the lace for excellence in Italian prose, where Eduardo De Filippo and Vittorio Gassman triumphed. Their mission continues today: looking to the future with historic values which are at the heart of the Teatro Pergola.r”, where life and commerce begins and where the workers stop to sleep. In the first half of the 1800’s the Pergola was the temple of classical Italian melodrama, the theater of Bellini, Donizetti, and Verdi. At the end of the century a transformation began on the stage of prose, thanks to the presence of the actress Eleonora Duse. In 1942 the Immobili surrendered the Pergola to the Italian State and was managed by the Ente Teatrale Italiano until 2011. In the 60’s it became the lace for excellence in Italian prose, where Eduardo De Filippo and Vittorio Gassman triumphed. Their mission continues today: looking to the future with historic values which are at the heart of the Teatro Pergola.