San Carlo Theater 

Glory of Cimarosa, Bellini, Donizzetti, Rossini. Naples is full of theaters, built during the 18th. Century and the San Carlo Theater just in front the Gallery Umberto is not only the largest theater in Naples but in Italy as well and one of the finest in the world.

The theater was commissioned by Charles of Bourbon and built in just eight months by Antonio Medrano in 1737.

The interior glitters with gold and red. With 185 boxes in six tiers, the huge stage (640 squares feet), the luxurious golden curtain supported by two winged victories around the Royal Box and the vault painted by Cammarano, the theater has been for two centuries the center for music lovers in Europe.