01212nas a2200157   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653003300043653001600076100001900092245005200111856014400163490000700307520072000314022002001034                                       d10aIntangible cultural heritage10aOpera house1 aDario D Orazio00aItalian-Style Opera Houses: A Historical Review  uhttps://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85087805156&doi=10.3390%2fapp10134613&partnerID=40&md5=7c60212d611c6ec420cb65cbc680e47f0 v103 aAttending an opera involves a multi-sensory evaluation (acoustical, visual, and more), cultural background and other emotional parameters. The present work aims to investigate the historical development of Italian-style opera houses, from the 16th century until today. Called "Italian" due to their origin, they developed thanks to the mutual influence of the genre and the building characteristics. Furthermore, the acoustics of historical opera houses is now considered as intangible cultural heritage, so it should be known and preserved. The paper addressed the state-of-the-art literature-most of which was proposed in Italian-which can be driven easily by the sharing of historical and contemporary knowledge.  a20763417 (ISSN)