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The XVIII century saw also the arrival at San Carlo of Christoph Willibald Gluck, invited to Naples by the impresario Diego Tufarelli for his Clemenza di Tito 1752) preceding Johann Christian Bach that brought to San Carlo his operas Catone e Alessandro between 1761 and 1762.
The San Carlo was built under the aegis of Bourbon king Carlo III within only six months and opened on November 4, 1737 (the feast day of the king's patron saint) with the Sarro opera Achille in Sciro. The cast included Angelo Amorevoli, Anna Peruzzi and Vittoria Tesi.
The Real Teatro di San Carlo ("Royal Theatre of Saint Charles"), as originally named by the Bourbon monarchy but today known simply as the Teatro (di) San Carlo, is a historic opera house in Naples, Italy, connected to the Royal Palace and adjacent to the Piazza del Plebiscito.
Francesco Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (“Carlino”), Rome. Commissioned by Cardinal Francesco Barberini in 1634 for the Holy Order of the Trinity; construction began in 1638 and the church was consecrated in 1646.
Mar 7, 2012 · Just a stone’s throw from Sant’Andrea, is San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, one of my favourite Roman churches. It is the great masterpiece of Bernini’s contemporary and often thwarted rival, Francesco Borromini.
Giovanni Antonio de Medrano personally designed the Obelisk of Bitonto, the Palace of Capodimonte and the Teatro di San Carlo in Italy for Charles III of Spain.
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Abstract. This essay examines the role of the hymns, the sacred polyphony by Vincenzo Pellegrini and Andrea Cima, and the spiritual madrigals of Giovanni Battista Porta in promoting the officially sanctioned image of Carlo Borromeo after his elevation to the status of ‘beato’ and following his canonisation.
