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6 unusual facts about Teatro Colón


Conchita Supervía

She made her stage debut in 1910 at the young age of 15 at the Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires, Argentina in Stiattesi's Blanca de Beaulieu.

El gran teatro

The whole action of the novel takes place during a performance of Wagner's Parsifal at Buenos Aires' famous opera house, the Teatro Colón.

Enrico Tamberlik

Tamberlik portrayed Alfredo in La traviata to the Violetta of Sofia Vera Lorini for the opening of the original Teatro Colón opera house in Buenos Aires in 1857.

La yumba

The tango was performed in Buenos Aires' Teatro Colón on December 26, 1985 during the Osvaldo Pugliese's 80th anniversary, standing out as one of the first tangos played into the facilities of the famous classic-music theatre.

Maria Barrientos

It is however in South America, especially at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, that she enjoyed her greatest triumphs.

Peter Elkus

His classes have been presented in 10 countries including University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna, the Munich State Opera, the Accademia Musicale Ottorino Respighi in Assisi and Rome, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.


Carmina Slovenica

The ensemble has performed in many venues world-wide: the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Space, the Teresa Carreño Theatre in Caracas, the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.

Claudia Muzio

She established a special relationship with audiences at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, where she first appeared in June 1919 (in Catalani's Loreley).

Dorina Frati

Together with “I Solisti Veneti” and under the direction of C. Scimone, Ms. Frati performed in venues such as the Bunka Kaikan, the Teatro Colón, the Herkulessaal, Victoria Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Palau de la Musica Catalana, the Beijing Concert Hall, the Festspielhaus and the Musikverein.

Jean-Paul Penin

He recorded the work (first world recording, Vezelay Basilica, October 7, 1993, Radio France, Accord-Universal and France Télévisions), and was invited to conduct the work all over the world, including the Teatro Colón in Buenos-Aires in May 1998 and at the Santander International Festival in 2003.

Mónica Cosachov

Cosachov has composed works including La Rama Dorada, Concierto de Cámaras, La Magia de la Navidad that were released in theaters including the Zurich Opera, The Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Teatro Reina Sofia and Teatro Colon of the City of Buenos Aires.

Nicola Rescigno

He conducted at most of the major opera houses of Italy, and made guest appearances at Glyndebourne Festival Opera, Royal Opera at Covent Garden, Opéra National de Paris, Vienna State Opera, Zurich Opera, and the Teatro Colón among other theaters.

Virginio Colombo

During the early part of the 20th century there were many immigrant Italian architects working in Buenos Aires including Francesco Tamburini, who designed the Teatro Colón, Vittorio Meano, who designed the Argentine National Congress, Mario Palanti, who designed the Palacio Barolo, Francisco Gianotti who designed the Confitería El Molino, and Juan Antonio Buschiazzo who made alterations to the Centro Cultural Recoleta and designed the Italian Hospital.


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Carlo Cossutta

It marked the beginning of his reigning years at the Teatro Colón where he portrayed four roles in 1964: the title role in the world premiere of Alberto Ginastera's Don Rodrigo, Gabriele Adorno in Verdi's Simon Boccanegra, Kalaf in Ferruccio Busoni's Turandot, and the title role in "Oedipus Rex" ((Stravinsky)).

Jeffrey Douma

Choirs under his direction have appeared in Leipzig's Neue Gewandhaus, Prague's Dvorak Hall, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Sydney Town Hall, Christchurch Cathedral, Avery Fisher Hall, and Carnegie Hall, and he has prepared choruses for performances under such conductors as Valery Gergiev, Sir David Willcocks, Nicholas McGegan, Krzysztof Penderecki, Sir Neville Marriner, and Helmuth Rilling.

Oscar Milani

He has appeared at the Gewandhaus, Leipzig, the Semperoper, Dresden, the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, the Salle Cortot, Paris, the Konzertsaal of the Meistersinger Conservatorium and Meistersingerhalle the Martha Kirche in Nuremberg and at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

Peter Elkus

He has been judge of the Regional Auditions of the Metropolitan Opera and President of the panel of judges for the Richard Wagner Foundation, Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires.