The Colon Theatre is a very famous theatre that is well known all across the world. It is actually one of the best acoustic in the entire world. The building alone takes up about 8,202 sq. mts. and it features a mix of Italian and French Baroque. The theatre is capable of seating up to 2,478 people and 4000 people are able to stand is this limit is exceeded. The building is 7 stories high.
The entire inside of the building is made up of mostly the colors red and gold.
History of the Colon Theatre
The very first Colon theatre was opened on April 28th in 1857. It was located across the way from Plaza de Mayo. The structure of the building was created by Carlos E. Pellegrini. This building lasted for about 4 decades and then it was changed into Banco de la Nacion Argentina where very famous singers of Argentina performed their music.
Features of the Building
The Colon Theatre is located by the Libertad, A. Toscani, Tucuman Street, and A. Toscanini. The surrounding ground that it was built on is a total of 37884 sq. mts. and the facades are separated in three orders. A pointed roof stands above the terraces.
The building features French and Italian features. The basement was created with Greek style ideas. On the floors, walls, and the monumental you will find this style. The hallway openings have huge arch entrances with very distinctive molding features. The style is eclectic, which is a style that was commonly used during the early 20th century.
The entrance of the hallway of the Colon Theatre is what most people remember. It is basically made from Verona marble with a stained glass dome at the very top. The staircase which leads to the foyer also has the stained glass on the walls. The foyer room is known as the golden room. Next to where the main stairs are there is a lane which leads to where the carriages are. It is a narrow street on the interior for traveling between Toscanini and Tucuman St.
The ornamentation was built with very high quality marble in different areas throughout the theatre. The staircase is made from white marble and the balusters are made out of marble which came from Portugal. At the very end of the staircase, there are two carved lion heads on either side of it. The lion heads were both hand carved. The last area of the semicircle area gives guests access to a hallway where they are led to two vitreaux that are used as bolsters for the Golden Hall.
The Busts hall is located in the foyer and it is where several famous composers have sculpture figures posted in remembrance of them. Composer such as Beethoven, Bizet, Rossini, and Wagner can be found on there. You can see the entrance hallway when you look from the large windows.
From either end of the Busts hall, you can get to the Golden Hall. This hall takes up the entire side of where Libertad Street is; two endings of the hall meet together to join the streets.