Trieste, at Teatro Rossetti special guided tours with actors

Behind the curtain of Trieste ’s Politeama Rossetti lies an almost 150-year history, a cultural and architectural heritage that never ceases to fascinate anyone who walks through it. With “Rossetti Open,” the Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia opens the doors of its most intimate and least known world to the public, with the aim of transforming the guided tour into an engaging, theatrical and narrative experience.

In fact, it is not a traditional exploration of the rooms: those who choose to participate in “Rossetti Open” are accompanied by an actor who, in the role of guide, interweaves historical facts and anecdotes with his own personal experience, enriching the story with moments of acting, reflections and small performances. It is a sensory and narrative itinerary in and behind the theater, between its scenic and hidden spaces, between the splendor of the past and the vitality of the present.

The initiative stems from the desire to let the public rediscover the extraordinary beauty of the Politeama Rossetti, inaugurated in 1878 in eclectic style and today the main seat of the Stabile. An imposing building full of charm, often taken for granted even by those who habitually frequent it to attend performances. The 1,600 bright stars of the ceiling, the majestic chandelier, the elegant cast-iron columns, the velvets, the decorations, the galleries and corridors: each element tells of an era, a taste, a function. “Rossetti Open” allows you to admire them from new perspectives and understand their historical and cultural value.

But the true soul of the project lies in the narrative of what the Rossetti has experienced throughout its long history. The Politeama has hosted some of the biggest names on the international theater and music scene. For prose, it is enough to recall Sarah Bernhardt, Emma Gramatica, the famous Futurist Evenings, and a long list of protagonists that reaches to the present day. For music, the archives speak of such memorable evenings as those when theOrchestra della Scala conducted by Arturo Toscanini performed, or when a very young Maria Callas trod the Rossetti stage in 1948. And again, the operettas conducted by Franz Lehár, a symbol of an era and an artistic tradition that vigorously traversed Trieste.

During “Rossetti Open,” these names, these stories, come to life in the theatrical narrative. The actor guides the audience on a personal and choral journey, where the History with a capital letter is intertwined with the everyday history of the actor’s craft, with the behind-the-scenes of production, with the magic that only the stage can create. Every nook and cranny of the theater, even the most hidden, thus becomes an integral part of a narrative that reveals how much the Rossetti is more than just a building: it is a stage machine, certainly, but also a living organism, in constant transformation, fed by the passion, ingenuity and memory of generations of artists and spectators.

The initiative is promoted by the Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia, founded in 1954 and recognized among the most important public theaters in Italy, awarded the title of Theatre of Significant Cultural Interest. Currently directed by Paolo Valerio, with Francesco Granbassi as president, the Stabile has a precise vocation: to promote and spread theatrical culture, with programming that weaves together original productions and guest performances.

The main venue is precisely Politeama Rossetti, whose main hall - since 2010 titled “Sala Assicurazioni Generali” - can accommodate up to 1,530 spectators, making it one of the largest Italian and European theaters dedicated to prose. Flanking it is the more intimate Sala Bartoli, with its 128 seats, dedicated mainly to contemporary drama.

The strength of the Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia also lies in its ability to preserve the historical memory of Italian theater while renewing it, opening its spaces to new forms of fruition and storytelling. “Rossetti Open” is an example of this.

Each appointment of “Rossetti Open” is a different experience, as each actor-guide brings into play his or her own experience, his or her own outlook, his or her own way of telling in a journey that aims to fully restore the idea that theater is not only what happens on stage, but also what is built over time, in the corridors, in the dressing rooms, in the memories of those who have lived it.

To find out the dates and to book your participation in “Rossetti Open,” you can visit the official website of the Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia at www.ilrossetti.it, or follow the theater’s social channels, which are constantly updated with the calendar of initiatives and insights into upcoming performances. You can also purchase tickets from this page.

Trieste, at Teatro Rossetti special guided tours with actors

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