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Teatro San Moisè

Teatro San Moisè is a engineering topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Teatro San Moisè rather than just read about it. In short: The Teatro San Moisè was a theatre and opera house in Venice, active from 1620 to 1818. It was in a prominent location near the Palazzo Giustinian and the church of San Moisè at the entrance to the Grand Canal.

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Reference excerpt

The Teatro San Moisè was a theatre and opera house in Venice, active from 1620 to 1818. It was in a prominent location near the Palazzo Giustinian and the church of San Moisè at the entrance to the Grand Canal.

History Built by the San Bernaba branch of the Giustiniani family c. 1620, it was originally a prose theatre. Its first opera production was Claudio Monteverdi's (now lost) opera L'Arianna in 1640 by which time the ownership had passed to the Zane family who had long intermarried with the Giustiniani. It was used by the Ferrari company, and the librettist Giovanni Faustini was one of the theatre's first impresarios. From the outset it was one of the smaller theatres of Venice, but also one of the most influential. In 1668 it was enlarged to 800 seats, although this did not result in a significant increase on the size of the stage which limited the theatre's ability to stage large-scale productions throughout its existence. In 1674 theatre was revived by the impresario Francesco Santurini, who caused a revolution by halving the price of tickets to 2 lire, leading to an opera 'boom' and a further proliferation of active theatres in the city. During the early 18th century Gasparini, Vivaldi and Albinoni were all active in San Moisè. During the 1740s, Neapolitan opera buffa reached Venice and San Moisè was one of the first theatres to concentrate on this genre, with works by Baldassare Galuppi, in partnership with Carlo Goldoni, being seen in the theatre. This trend continued through most of the century. In the 1770s and 1780s the theatre was under the control of the prolific librettist Giovanni Bertati, the Poeta Cesareo ("Imperial Poet") of the Italian Opera in Vienna, who concentrated on drammi giocosi with Pasquale Anfossi and other composers. The San Moisè finally closed in 1818 after producing a series of farse by Rossini. It later re-opened as a puppet theatre and was known as the Teatro Minerva. In July 1896, the Minerva saw Venice's first cinema projection when the Lumière brothers brought their equipment to the theatre. It was still being used as a cinema in 1906 but was later demolished. By the end of the 20th century the site was occupied by a shop and a block of flats.

Premieres at the theatre 1642: L'amore innamorato by Francesco Cavalli 1649: L'Euripo by Francesco Cavalli 1685: Clearco in Negroponte by Domenico Gabrielli 1716: La costanza trionfante degl'amori e de gl'odii by Vivaldi 1717: Tieteberga by Vivaldi 1718: Artabano, re dei Parti by Vivaldi 1718: Armida al campo d'Egitto by Vivaldi 1718: Gl’inganni per vendetta by Vivaldi 1750: Il mondo nella luna by Baldassare Galuppi 1757: Merope by Florian Leopold Gassmann 1758: Issipile by Leopold Gassmann 1759: Gli uccellatori by Leopold Gassmann 1760: Filosofia in amore by Leopold Gassmann 1761: Li tre amanti ridicoli by Baldassare Galuppi 1762: Un pazzo ne fa cento by Leopold Gassmann 1765: L'amore in ballo by Giovanni Paisiello 1766: Le serve rivali by Tommaso Traetta 1773: L'innocente fortunata by Giovanni Paisiello 1774: Le nozze in contrasto by Giovanni Valentini 1775: La contadina incivilita by Pasquale Anfossi 1775: Didone abbandonata by Pasquale Anfossi 1775: L'avaro by Pasquale Anfossi 1776: Le nozze disturbate by Giovanni Paisiello 1777: Lo sposo disperato by Pasquale Anfossi 1778: Ezio by Pasquale Anfossi 1778: La forza delle donne by Pasquale Anfossi 1779: Azor Re di Kibinga by Pasquale Anfossi 1781: Gli amanti canuti by Pasquale Anfossi 1781: Il trionfo di Arianna by Pasquale Anfossi 1787: L'orfanella americana by Pasquale Anfossi 1787: Don Giovanni Tenorio by Giuseppe Gazzaniga 1801: Martino Carbonaro by Giuseppe Gazzaniga 1802: Le metamorfosi di Pasquale by Gaspare Spontini 1810: Adelina by Pietro Generali 1810: La cambiale di matrimonio by Gioachino Rossini 1811: L'equivoco stravagante by Gioachino Rossini 1812: L'inganno felice by Gioachino Rossini 1812: La scala di seta by Gioachino Rossini 1812: L'occasione fa il ladro by Gioachino Rossini 1813: Il signor Bruschino by Gioachino Rossini 1815: Bettina vedova by Giovanni Pacini

See also Opera houses and theatres in Venice

References

Zoppelli, Luca (1992), 'Venice' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Teatro San Moisè

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Teatro San Moisè claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In engineering, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Teatro San Moisè before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Teatro San Moisè ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Teatro San Moisè

In research: Teatro San Moisè appears in engineering research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Teatro San Moisè in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Teatro San Moisè is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1640 establishments in Italy, 1640 establishments in the Republic of Venice, Buildings and structures completed in 1640, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Teatro San Moisè outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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