The Capranica is one of the most prestigious theaters built in Rome at the end of the 17th century,  and  thanks to its extraordinary acoustics  and magnificence it has enjoyed a long and illustrious career.
For more than two centuries, up until the late 1800's, it was, in fact, a hub of theatrical and musical culture.

The first musical events were organised 1679 and the theatre shot to international  fame with productions of  operas by the leading Baroque composers such as Alessandro Scarlatti and ther celebrated composers of the 1700's - Vivaldi, Albinoni, Paisiello, Galuppi, Stradella, Caldara, D. Scarlatti, Leo, Porpora, and Pasquini, whose works were  extraordinary successes.

All the greatest singers of the era, including Farinelli, Caffarelli and Carestini,  to name  just a few of the most famous, appeared on this stage.
Evenings at the theatre were highly popular with  Rome's high society. and sone of Rone's most musically significant productions were staged here.

Many  non-musical productions were also stages including many of Goldoni's plays.  The last opera staged at the Capranica was  Giuseppe Verdi's Ernani in 1881. After this production the theater was closed and reopened as a cinema only in 1922.
After  more than a century os silence the Capranica returned to 'sound' in 2002 with a musical production by the Centro Congressi in an effort to enhance its  extraordinary natural characteristics, which make the theater an ideal setting for musicals and theatrical performances of the highest level.