Avenida Theatre
The Avenida Theatre (Teatro Avenida) is a theatre in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Overview
The Avenida Theatre was inaugurated on Buenos Aires' central
Bodas de Sangre was staged there that year. It soon earned renown for its varied operettas and zarzuelas (many led by renowned Spanish theatre director Federico Moreno Torroba), as well as for special events, such as a 1939 production of Aida for the benefit of Spanish charities dealing with the aftermath of that country's Civil War
.
The production of Spanish theatre at the Avenida declined after 1960, and the Avenida turned to Broadway theatre productions instead. One early success was the local 1963 production of
La Traviata in 1967 and the theatre's purchase by local impresario Faustino García helped lead to Moreno Torroba's return in 1970 and a revival of the Avenida's erstwhile standby, the zarzuela
, during that decade.
The advent of Argentina's last military dictatorship in 1976 led to an abrupt decline in local theatre activity, leading to the Avenida's closure in 1977. A 1979 fire nearly destroyed the Avenida, and the theatre remained shuttered until its reopening on 19 June 1994. However, the original building's top section, which included the former Hotel Castilla, were not restored.
With the closure of the city's
Rossini's The Barber of Seville
, amongst others.
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