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The Colón Theatre will remain closed until 2010.
Technical Specifications:
Location: 618 Cerrito
Neighbourhood: San Nicolás
Opening: 1908
Architects: Francisco Tamburini, Víctor Meano, Jules Dormal
Buses: 7, 9, 10, 17, 23, 45, 59, 67, 70, 75, 99, 100, 106, 109, 111, 115, 140.
It is one of the main lyrical theatres of the world. During the 20th Century, the most important directors, singers, and dancers from the period performed here.
In 1857 the first Teatro Colón was opened, in front of Plaza de Mayo. In 1888 it was closed to become the head office of the National Bank and the authorities from Buenos Aires invited tenders to build the new theatre.
The government pretended to opened it in 1892, but, although the workers started in 1889, they did not finish until the year 1908. Tamburini died and he was replaced by his collaborator Víctor Meano, who directed the building until his death, in 1904. Belgian Jules Dormal finished the building.
The main hall, horseshoe shaped, is considered as one of the best acoustics halls in the world. The dome is decorated by painter Raúl Soldi.
The theatre has a stable cast, a corps de ballet, orchestras, set design and costumes workshops, a library and a museum. Seating capacity is 3542, with room for 700 people standing.
Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Camille Saint-Saëns, Manuel de Falla, Aaron Copland; are some of the composers who directed their own music at the Colón, among others.
Some of the Conductors are: Herbert von Karajan, Leonard Bernstein, Zubin Mehta, and Daniel Barenboim. The long list of singers includes Enrico Caruso, Fedor Chaliapin, Titta Ruffo, Maria Callas, Montserrat Caballé, Alfredo Kraus, José Carreras, Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, and Samuel Ramey. Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Rudolf Nureyev, Maia Plisetskaya, Mijail Baríshnikov, Antonio Gades, Jorge Donn, Julio Bocca, Maximiliano Guerra, and Paloma Herrera, are some of the many great dancers who performed at the Colón.
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