Teatro Colonial is a theater of Buenos Aires located at the corners of Paseo Colon and Belgrano, San Telmo neighborhood.[1]

Teatro Colonial de Buenos Aires
General information
StatusTheater
Architectural styleColonial Revival architecture
LocationPaseo Colón No. 413, San Telmo, Buenos Aires

The current building dates from 1945, and was built on the land that belonged to Vicente de Azcuenaga, a wealthy merchant born in 1706 in Biscay.[2] It featured the performances of distinguished national culture referents, including Juan Carlos Gené and Sergio Renán.[3]

Some works of the Colonial Theater were musicalized by notable musicians and tango singers such as Astor Piazzolla and Edmundo Rivero.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Historia del antiguo Buenos Aires. Felipe Bosch. 1971.
  2. ^ Gran enciclopedia argentina: todo lo argentino ordenado alfabeticamente. Geografía e historia, toponimias, biografías, ciencias, artes, letras, derecho, economía, industria y comercio, instituciones, flora y fauna, folklore, léxico regional, Volumen1. Diego Abad de Santillán. 1956.
  3. ^ El Colonial, un teatro con historia. La Prensa.
  4. ^ El libro del tango: historias e imágenes, Volumen1. Horacio Arturo Ferrer. 1970.