Acoustic Design and Its Importance in Architecture _Teatro alla Scala in Milan

Abstract

The Teatro alla Scala (Italian: La Scala), better known as La Scala, in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses.  The theater opened in August of 1778, under the name NoVo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala, with a performance of aliare's opera Eloruba Rikonozciota In 1776, a fire burned down the former theater, known as the Ducale, so several wealthy Milanese went at the request of Duke Frederick of Austria, to help them build a new theater.  The neoclassical architect Giuseppe Piermarini submitted a preliminary design for the new theater, but it was rejected by the Austrian governor, Count Vermin. The second time, the Empress of Austria, Empress Maria Theresa, accepted that the new theater be built. It was built in the place of the Church of Santa Maria in Scala, from which the theater got its name. The church was demolished, and construction work began, which ended two years later.  Then it can accommodate 3,000 spectators, and six booths, as well as the largest podium in Italy.