▁a ▁the ater ▁into ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century , ▁although ▁it ▁became ▁increasing ly ▁a ▁ven ue ▁for ▁com ic ▁plays ▁rather ▁than ▁oper as . ▁An ▁establishment ▁calling ▁itself ▁the ▁F ior ent ini ▁exists ▁today ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁site ▁but ▁has ▁not ▁function ed ▁as ▁a ▁theatre ▁for ▁many ▁years . ▁It ▁is ▁now ▁a ▁b ingo ▁hall . ▁ ▁Teatro ▁San ▁Bart ol ome o ▁The ▁Teatro ▁San ▁Bart ol ome o ▁was ▁the ▁prede cess or ▁of ▁what ▁is ▁now ▁the ▁main ▁opera ▁house ▁of ▁Nap les , ▁the ▁Teatro ▁di ▁San ▁Carlo . ▁Bu ilt ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 0 , ▁the ▁Bart ol ome o ▁was ▁originally ▁devoted ▁to ▁pro se ▁theatre ▁but ▁by ▁ 1 6 5 0 , ▁it ▁was ▁primarily ▁an ▁opera ▁house ▁and ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁performances ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁real ▁opera ▁in ▁Nap les — that ▁is , ▁works ▁by ▁Monte ver di ▁and ▁others ▁from ▁the ▁north , ▁which ▁had ▁begun ▁to ▁filter ▁down ▁to ▁the ▁south . ▁It ▁had ▁been ▁very ▁badly ▁dam aged ▁during ▁the ▁ins urre ction ▁of ▁ 1 6 4 7 - 4 8 ▁but ▁was ▁soon ▁re built ▁at ▁great ▁exp ense . ▁In ▁ 1 7 2 4 ▁the ▁opera ▁seria ▁Did one ▁ab band on ata ▁with ▁the ▁inter mez zo ▁L ' im pres ario ▁delle ▁I sole ▁Can arie ▁by ▁Met ast as io ▁and ▁the ▁composer ▁D omen ico ▁Sar ro ▁was ▁performed ▁there .