Rigoletto

Rigoletto is a cinema located in the Kungshuset building at Kungsgatan 16 in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm, Sweden. It opened on 17 March 1939 as the twelfth cinema in the Swedish Ri-Teatrarna chain, with an original capacity of 1,201 seats, and its inaugural screening was the film Den Stora Valsen. Over the following decades it became known for technical firsts: on 18 December 1953, during a showing of The Robe, it became the first cinema in Sweden to project in CinemaScope and stereo sound. In 1970 it installed 70 mm projectors and an audio system specifically for the premiere of Patton on 26 March. In the early 1980s the venue expanded and was converted into a six-screen multiplex with a total capacity of about 2,000 seats. Today Rigoletto operates as part of the SF Bio chain, now branded Filmstaden, and remains one of central Stockholm's best-known cinemas.

Rigoletto opened on 17 March 1939 as the twelfth cinema of the Swedish Ri-Teatrarna chain, with a capacity of 1,201 seats. Its first screening was Den Stora Valsen. The cinema is housed in the Kungshuset building at Kungsgatan 16 in the Norrmalm district of Stockholm. On 18 December 1953, during a showing of The Robe, Rigoletto became the first cinema in Sweden to present a film in CinemaScope and stereo sound, a landmark moment in Swedish exhibition history. In 1970 the venue installed 70 mm projectors and a dedicated audio system for the premiere of Patton on 26 March. In the early 1980s the cinema was expanded and reconfigured into six auditoriums with a combined capacity of about 2,000 seats. It later became part of the SF Bio chain, which today operates under the Filmstaden brand, and it remains an active cinema in central Stockholm.

• 1980

  Expanded in the early 1980s into six screens with about 2,000 seats.

• 1970

  Installed 70 mm projectors and audio system for the premiere of Patton on 26 March.

• 1953

  On 18 December, during The Robe, became the first cinema in Sweden to screen in CinemaScope and stereo.

• 1939

  Opened on 17 March as the twelfth cinema of the Ri-Teatrarna chain, with 1,201 seats; inaugural film Den Stora Valsen.

A historic first-run cinema in central Stockholm, now a modern multiplex within the SF Bio/Filmstaden chain.

• Cinema screenings

• Multiplex programming

• CinemaScope and 70 mm heritage screenings

1. 1Rigolettowikidata.org
2. 2Rigoletto (salle de cinéma)fr.wikipedia.org
3. 3Rigoletto – Filmstadenfilmstaden.se