The construction of the Municipal Theater Giuseppe Verdi of Salerno was approved by the City Council on 15 December 1863, on the proposal of the then Mayor Matteo Luciani.
The design and direction of the works were assigned to the architects Antonio D’Amora and Giuseppe Manichini who based their theory on the measures and proportions of the San Carlo Theater in Naples. The decoration works were instead directed by Gaetano D'Agostino. The theater was inaugurated on 15 April 1872 with the representation of Rigoletto; while the 27 march 1901 the theater was named after Giuseppe Verdi, who died on January 1 of that year.
The Verdi theater in Salerno has been closed for 14 years due to the earthquake of 1980, until the 6 July 1994, during the celebrations for the 50th anniversary of Salerno Capitale, was reopened to the public.
The restoration brought to light the historical and artistic detail that still make it the most precious nineteenth-century theater, among the few in Italy, perfectly preserved.
The Verdi theater in Salerno: the opera season, ballets and theatrical seasons
The theater is now home, in addition to the Opera Season, ballets and concert music, of theatrical seasons, festival, concerts, events for young people, laboratories and research seasons. Thousands of students have learned to know and appreciate the theater, thanks to guided tours. The sensitivity of the municipal administration has meant that the city can finally find a temple of music and culture. To crown a historical journey of music, it came on the occasion of the tenth anniversary, the appointment of an artistic director of the caliber of Daniel Oren, which gave the Verdi theater an adequate international resonance.
