Teatro Massimo BelliniCompleted in 1890 and created for home grown composer Vincenzo Bellini, Catania's opera house is appropriately extravagant, from the stucco-and-marble extravagance of the foyer (termed the ridotto) into the glory of the theatre itself, wrapped in four tiers of gilded boxes. Its painted ceiling, even by Ernesto Bellandi, depicts scenes from four of … [Read more...]