Teatro Principal de València
The Teatro Principal de València (Valencian: Teatre Principal), meaning Main Theatre of València, is a theatre in Valencia, Spain. It is located in downtown Carrer de les Barques (meaning Boats Street), close from the City Hall, as well as the Northern Station and the adjacent Bullring.
Background
The Principal is the oldest surviving theatre in the city and predates national hallmarks such as Madrid's Teatro Real and Barcelona's Liceu. Valencia's former main theatre, the Corral de las Comedias de la Olivera, had been demolished when theatrical stagings were banned for moral issues, but after they were resumed following a 1760 Royal Decree by Charles III the construction of a new main theatre was sealed in 1774.
Construction
The building was originally designed by
The construction was suddenly resumed in 1831 under architect Juan Marzo, who redesigned again the maps, turning it into a three-story building instead of the four originally planned.
Use
Opera
Operas and zarzuelas such as respectively Manuel Penella's El gato montés and José Serrano's La venta de los gatos were first performed in the Principal.
Despite the 1987 transfer of the
Orchestral music
The Valencia Orchestra performed regularly in the Teatro Principal from its creation in 1943 as the city lacked a concert hall, with most touring orchestras choosing to perform in the music hall of Llíria's Music Society, 25 km northwest of Valencia.[5] When the Palau de la Música opened in 1987 the orchestra moved there.
The Palau de la Música was temporarily closed in July 2019 after part of the secondary hall's ceiling collapsed,[6] and with the repairs expanded by a technical report and delayed until 2022,[7][8] the Principal has since become provisionally the Valencia Orchestra's main venue once again.
Piano music
Franz Liszt gave three concerts in the Teatro Principal in March 1845 during the international tour the undertook in order to defray Ludwig van Beethoven's statue in Bonn.[9]
The José Iturbi Piano Prize was held in the Principal from its creation in 1981. Thirteen editions were held in the theatre until the competition was moved to the Palau de la Música in 2004. Following the temporary closing of the latter the competition returned to the Principal for the 2021 edition.
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The concert that launched Nino Bravo's career took place in the Teatro Principal in March 1969.[10]
References
- ^ Teatro Principal. Valencia Actua
- ^ El Teatro Principal, un cumpleaños olvidado. Las Provincias, 23 July 2017
- ^ Teatro Principal. Valencian Community Arquitecture Guild
- ^ “El triomf de Tirant”, la ópera de Blanquer. Apolo Music Instructive Center, 12 August 2015
- ^ Guía para entender por qué hay dos orquestas en Valencia. Valencia Plaza, 24 September 2015
- ^ Palau Música: 2 meses del desplome y hacia la redacción del proyecto de obras. La Vanguardia, 29 August 2019
- ^ El informe técnico tilda de inhabitable el Palau y urge a la reparación inmediata. Las Provincias, 6 July 2019
- ^ Las obras en el Palau de la Música tardarán otro año en arrancar y durarán 18 meses. Las Provincias, 12 July 2021
- ^ Y Liszt deslumbró a Valencia. Levante-EMV, 22 October 2011
- ^ Nino Bravo, un mito artístico 40 años después de su muerte. ABC, 23 April 20913