Naum Theatre
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The Naum Theatre , named after its owners Michel Naum and Joseph Naum of Levantine Catholic background, [1] was a theatre and opera house on İstiklal Avenue in the Beyoğlu (formerly Pera) district of Istanbul , Turkey . It was opened in 1844 and remained active until the building was severely damaged by the Fire of Pera in 1870. [1] [2] The ruined theatre building was purchased by Ottoman Greek banker Hristaki Zoğrafos Efendi , who built the present-day Çiçek Pasajı on its land plot in 1876. [2]
History
The Naum Theatre was originally built in 1839 as the Bosco Theatre by Italian illusionist Bartolomeo Bosco , on a plot of land on İstiklal Avenue owned by the Naum family,. [1] The original building was wooden and in Ottoman style . [1] After Bosco left the city, ownership of the building passed to Michel and Joseph Naum, who, upon completing the renovation works, reopened it as the Théatre de Péra in 1844. [1] The first play to be performed here was the opera Norma by Vincenzo Bellini . [1]
After the original wooden building suffered fire damage in 1846, a new theatre was constructed. It opened on 4 November 1848 with Macbeth by Giuseppe Verdi . In 1849 it was renamed the Théatre Italien Naum . [1] The theatre was frequently visited by Sultans Abdülaziz and Abdülhamid II , and hosted Giuseppe Verdi 's opera Il Trovatore before the opera houses of Paris. [2] The majority of the operas that were performed at the Naum Theatre were composed by Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti and Gioachino Rossini . [1] In a letter to his mother, Gustave Flaubert wrote that he watched an opera by Donizetti at the Naum Theatre the day after his arrival in Istanbul (then Constantinople). [1]
Michel and Joseph Naum held the sole right to stage many European plays and operas in Istanbul, and brought many foreign troupes to the city. [1] They also printed the first Ottoman Turkish translations of many operas as booklets. [1] Apart from the usual evening performances, they also organised daytime versions for audiences coming from the Asian side of the Bosphorus . [1]
Çiçek Pasajı
After the Fire of Pera on 5 June 1870, the ruined theatre was purchased by Ottoman Greek banker Hristaki Zoğrafos Efendi , and Ottoman Greek architect Kleanthis Zannos designed the current Çiçek Pasajı building, which was constructed in 1876 on the same site. [2]
See also
- Atatürk Cultural Center – main concert hall on European side of Istanbul
- Süreyya Opera House – opera house on Asisan side of Istanbul
- Zorlu Center PSM – largest performing arts theatre and concert hall in Istanbul
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Vatan: "Paris’in Garnier’si neyse, İstanbul için de Naum Tiyatrosu oydu" by Buket Aşçı, 16 December 2010. [ permanent dead link ]
- 1 2 3 4 History of the Çiçek Pasajı in Istanbul Archived 2012-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Casa Garibaldi, Istanbul" . 14th Istanbul Biennial . Retrieved 2020-03-20 .
External links
- Emre Aracı: " Naum Tiyatrosu – 19.Yüzyıl İstanbul’unun İtalyan Operası ". Yapı Kredi Yayınları, Istanbul, 2010. ISBN 978-975-08-1801-1
- Vatan: "Paris’in Garnier’si neyse, İstanbul için de Naum Tiyatrosu oydu" by Buket Aşçı, 16 December 2010. [ permanent dead link ]
- Oynakbeyi.com: Naum Tiyatrosu
Previously known as "Pera"
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