caused the destruction of the front of the theatre leaving virtually only the outside walls and the corridors behind the tiers of boxes standing. What had been the most richly beautiful of opera houses had become a skeleton of bare walls and roofless porticos. After the war opera seasons were held for over forty years in an emergency venue, at the Cinema Teatro Margherita, later transformed into a department store Reconstruction plans began immediately after the war's close. The first design by Paolo Antonio Chessa (1951) was rejected; the second by Carlo Scarpa was approved in 1977 but brought to a halt by his untimely death. Aldo Rossi ultimately provided today's design, in which portions of the original facade have been recreated but the interior is entirely modern. The hall officially reopened in June 1991, with a main hall holding up to 2,000 seats and a smaller auditorium holding up to 200 seats. The theatre is the main location of the concert seasons of Giovine Orchestra Genovese, a concert society founded in Genoa in 1912. Gallery See also Music of Liguria References External links Teatro Carlo Felice website Buildings and structures completed in 1824 1824 establishments in Italy Opera houses in Italy Concert halls in Italy Buildings and structures in Genoa Culture in Genoa Tourist attractions in Genoa Theatres completed in 1828 Theatres in Liguria Music of Liguria Music venues completed in 1828 1824 establishments in the Kingdom of Sardinia