Teatro Colón closed in 2007 for restoration. There has been much controversy, so much so, we cannot remember all the details. Work planned for completion during May 2008 is still not finished. The problems surrounding the restoration project are reminiscent of the dramas and tragedies that delayed the building of Teatro Colón at the end of the nineteenth century.
By the end of 2009, the restoration of Teatro Colón should finish, with a grand public opening on 25 may 2010.
Recently, the Centre for the Interpretation of Restoration Works (Centro de Interpretación Vivencial) opened an exhibition to the public where visitors can learn about the progress of the restoration works through audiovisual and multimedia presentations. The Interpretation Center, located on Viamonte 1180, offers free entrance Monday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm, and Saturdays and Sundays, 2 pm to 6 pm.
Teatro Colón has an interesting history. Building Buenos Aires’ greatest theatre of opera, music, dance and the classics was an epic endeavor with scenes worthy of a Greek Tragedy or indeed a Shakespearian comedy – quite fitting really.
Architect Francesco Tamburini and his pupil, Vittorio Meano, laid the first cornerstone of Teatro Colón in 1889. Designed in the neo-classical Italian style and on a scale to surpass the classical theatres of Europe, the building works were plagued by financial difficulties, arguments about location, deaths of key players and a love triangle that ended in murder.
The building of Teatro Colón finally completed in 1908 under the direction of the Belgian architect Julio Dormal who made some changes to the original structure and left a French style to the decoration.
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