Solís Theatre
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Solis Theatre is Uruguay
's oldest theatre
. It was built in 1856 and is currently owned by the government of Montevideo
. It is located in Plaza Independencia
(Ciudad Vieja
).
In 1998, the government of Montevideo started a major reconstruction of the theatre, which included two US $110,000 columns designd by Phillipe Starck. The reconstruction was completed in 2004 with the re-opening taking place in August of that year.
Acoustic studies of the rehabilitation project was entrusted to Jerome Falala of the French studio AVEL ACOUSTIQUE.
Tomás Giribaldi
's La Parisina, considered the first Uruguayan national opera, was premiered at the Solís on September 14, 1878.
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
's oldest theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
. It was built in 1856 and is currently owned by the government of Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
. It is located in Plaza Independencia
Plaza Independencia
Plaza Independencia is the name of Montevideo's most important plaza. It splits Ciudad Vieja from downtown Montevideo, with the Gateway of The Citadel on one side and the beginning of 18 de Julio avenue on the other....
(Ciudad Vieja
Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo
Ciudad Vieja is the name of the oldest part of the city of Montevideo, capital city of Uruguay. Nowadays, Ciudad Vieja is a barrio of this city. In the last couple of years it has gone through a major transformation that has made it the main nightlife centre in town...
).
In 1998, the government of Montevideo started a major reconstruction of the theatre, which included two US $110,000 columns designd by Phillipe Starck. The reconstruction was completed in 2004 with the re-opening taking place in August of that year.
Acoustic studies of the rehabilitation project was entrusted to Jerome Falala of the French studio AVEL ACOUSTIQUE.
Tomás Giribaldi
Tomás Giribaldi
Tomás Giribaldi was an Uruguayan composer. His opera La Parisina, premiered at the Solís Theatre in Montevideo on September 14, 1878, is considered the first Uruguayan national opera. It was composed in Italian, and set to a modified libretto by Felice Romani which had previously been used for...
's La Parisina, considered the first Uruguayan national opera, was premiered at the Solís on September 14, 1878.