Guided tours by appointment.
The entrance to the Social Theater is devoid of porticoes or colonnades because the narrowness of the street it overlooks does not allow for imposing constructions, but the result is equally surprising: as you cross the entrance, you will enter a magical, elegant but cozy environment, warmed by the wood of the parapets and ceiling beams.
The vertical development of the boxes, arranged in three tiers and topped by a fourth gallery, visually represents the hierarchies in force among the aristocratic classes of the time. This structure is requested from designer Leonardo Pollack expressly by the group of nobles financing the opera, as if to crystallize and emphasize the class differences of the time.
Because the Teatro della Società, that was the original name, was born as a response to a challenge: to stem the gradual and steady loss of the Upper City’s primacy to the suburbs of lower Bergamo.
But while magnificent, it will not be enough to reverse the course of history.
Guided tours by appointment.
TICKET OFFICE TEATRO SOCIALE
via Colleoni, 4 – Bergamo Alta
Open to the public:
only in case of performance, 1 1/2 hours before the start of the event
The Teatro Sociale is located in the heart of Bergamo Alta, along the so-called “Corsarola.”
BY CAR
Those arriving in Bergamo by car should follow the signs to the historic center; once at Porta Nuova it is best to leave the car in the nearest underground parking lots (Piazza della Libertà and Via Borfuro) and take the Line 1 bus to Città Alta.
Or you can continue by car to Bergamo Alta and park in the paid parking lots along the walls or in the guarded parking lots within the city walls.
There is no private vehicle access in the Upper Town:
BY BUS.
The Theater can be reached from the bus station in fifteen minutes by buses of Urban Public Transport Line 1.
The bus stop for urban transportation is Colle Aperto.
From the bus stop to the theater it is less than a 10-minute walk.
Città Alta is also served by Line 3 (stop Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe), the Airport Bus, which connects the “Caravaggio” Airport with Colle Aperto, and the Funicular, located halfway down Viale Vittorio Emanuele with arrival at Piazza Mercato delle Scarpe.
The cable car station connecting the lower town with the upper town is 300 meters from the Social Theater.
BY TRAIN
The Theater can be reached from the train station in fifteen minutes by urban public transport Line 1 buses.
The bus stop for urban transportation is Colle Aperto.
From the bus stop to the theater it is less than a 10-minute walk.
| Via Bartolomeo Colleoni, 4, 24129, Bergamo, Bergamo |
| info@fondazioneteatrodonizetti.org |
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| +39 035216660 |
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| Suitable for children |