Teatro Goldoni di Livorno Turns 180, Launches International Call for Site-Specific Velario Artwork

Fatti principali

• The Fondazione Goldoni launched the international call "180 anni del Teatro Goldoni – Il Teatro della Luce" for a site-specific artwork for the theatre's velario
• Submissions are open until 1 November 2026 to artists, collectives, and curators with no age or nationality limits
• The winning work will be inaugurated on 24 July 2027 and join the Foundation's permanent collection
• The Teatro Carlo Goldoni di Livorno was designed by Giuseppe Cappellini and inaugurated on 24 July 1847
• Its iron-and-glass vault admitting natural light is unique among historic European theatres
• The theatre was first named Teatro Leopoldo and renamed for Carlo Goldoni after Italian unification
• Cavalleria rusticana premiered there in 1890 amid a partnership with Pietro Mascagni, and the 1921 Socialist Congress that founded the Partito Comunista d'Italia was held there
• After wartime bombing and post-war closures, the theatre reopened in 2004 following conservation work
• A technical-scientific study by architect Giulio Camiz on light refraction and diffusion underpins the call
• The jury is led by Vincenzo Farinella with Andrea Lissoni, Cristiana Perrella, and Livorno mayor Luca Salvetti
• The selected project receives a €15,000 fee plus a production and installation budget of up to €20,000
• Installation takes place 1–22 July 2027 before the 180th-anniversary inauguration