{"product_id":"9791280717337","title":"The Teatro dell'Opera in Rome - Michele Marriotti","description":"\u003cp\u003eRising near the baths of Diocletian, where Imperial Rome once proclaimed its power, the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome stands as a different but no less enduring monument to Italian genius. Inaugurated in 1880 as the Teatro Costanzi, it was born at a pivotal hour - when a newly unified Italy sought not only political coherence but a shared cultural soul. Within its crimson and golden interiors, that soul found one of its most resounding expressions. Here Puccini's Tosca premiered in 1900, at a time when the theatre became both witness and protagonist of modernity - surviving war, regime, and reinvention - while safeguarding a repertoire that binds Italy to the wider world. To enter its auditorium is to step into a continuum: ancient stone outside, velvet and light within, and above all the breath of singers transforming silence into shared memory.�This is a stunning volume, enriched by glorious photography, that honours and uplifts one of the most important opera houses in the world. Text in English and Italian.�\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michele Marriotti","offers":[{"title":"296 pages, 149 Illustrations, color \/ 14\/09\/2026 \/ Photographs: collections","offer_id":57416764490103,"sku":"9791280717337","price":22.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9791280717337.jpg?v=1787936498","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9791280717337","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}