Gerolamo Theodoli designed the theater, which the Sforza-Cesarini family commissioned. It was built in 1731 and inaugurated on January 31, 1732. Duke Francesco Sforza-Cesarini ran it from 1807 to 1815, and Rossini's The Barber of Seville premiered there on February 20, 1816.
The auditorium has the traditional horseshoe shape, with six levels of boxes. It holds 696 seats, 344 in the stalls and 352 in 40 boxes on five levels. The interior is wood. The article calls it restored many times, without dates or details, and names no style.
The Teatro Stabile company of Rome has been based there since 1994. The article does not say who owns the building, and it gives no visiting information.
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