Teatro Galli
Emilio Salvatori-Cristina Zoli

Teatro Galli

Rimini, Italy

In its earlier years, the Teatro Galli in Rimini on Italy’s eastern coast lent its stage to extravagant opera performances. But during World War II, the theater was all but destroyed by Allied bombing. Patchy postwar restoration projects meant the theater never had a chance to regain its former glory—until October 2018, when it reopened after eight years of construction and long-awaited finishing touches to performances by choirs, ballets and orchestras. A bonus: in the restoration process, archaeologists discovered Roman lodgings, mosaics and floors. —Billy Perrigo

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