Buenos Aires Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Theaters=== [[File:Panor谩mica interior del Teatro Col贸n (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[Teatro Col贸n]].]] Buenos Aires has over 280 [[Theater (structure)|theaters]], more than any other city in the world.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1074260-la-ciudad-con-mas-teatros-del-mundo|title=La ciudad con m谩s teatros del mundo|date=26 November 2008|newspaper=La Naci贸n|access-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302053849/https://www.lanacion.com.ar/1074260-la-ciudad-con-mas-teatros-del-mundo|archive-date=2 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Because of this, Buenos Aires is declared the "World's Capital of Theater".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.argentina.travel/en/xp/buenos-aires-latin-america-s-theatre-capital/4216|title=ABCD|website=Argentina.travel|access-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180924070738/https://www.argentina.travel/en/xp/buenos-aires-latin-america-s-theatre-capital/4216#.WPF0i4g1_IU|archive-date=24 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> They show everything from musicals to ballet, comedy to circuses.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/en/article/theatre-film|title=A city of theatre, film, literature and music|website=Official English Website for the City of Buenos Aires|date=7 October 2014|access-date=5 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170420051459/https://turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/en/article/theatre-film|archive-date=20 April 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Some of them are: *[[Teatro Col贸n]] is ranked the third best opera house in the world by National Geographic,<ref>[http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/opera-houses/ "Top 10: Opera Houses"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001093729/http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/opera-houses |date=1 October 2016 }} on travel.nationalgeographic.com. Retrieved 14 April 2014</ref> and is acoustically considered to be among the world's five best concert venues. It is bounded by the wide [[9 de Julio Avenue]] (technically Cerrito Street), Arturo Toscanini Street, Tucum谩n Street, as well as Libertad Street at its main entrance.<ref>[http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/English/history.htm History of the Teatro Col贸n (Col贸n Theater; in English)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517070546/http://www.teatrocolon.org.ar/English/history.htm |date=17 May 2008 }}</ref> It is in the heart of the city on a site once occupied by [[Ferrocarril Oeste de Buenos Aires|Ferrocarril Oeste]]'s ''Plaza Parque'' station. *[[Cervantes Theatre (Buenos Aires)|Cervantes Theater]] (Teatro Nacional Cervantes), located on [[C贸rdoba Avenue]] and two blocks north of Buenos Aires' renowned [[opera house]], the Col贸n Theater, the Cervantes houses three performance halls, of which the Mar铆a Guerrero Salon serves as its main hall. Its {{convert|456|m2|ft2|abbr=on}} stage features a {{convert|12|m|ft|abbr=on}} rotating circular platform and can be extended by a further {{convert|2.7|m|ft|abbr=on}}. The Guerrero Salon can seat 860 spectators, including 512 in the galleries. A secondary hall, the Orestes Caviglia Salon, can seat 150 and is mostly reserved for [[chamber music]] concerts. The Luisa Veh铆l Salon is a multipurpose room known for its extensive [[gold leaf]] decor. *[[Teatro Gran Rex]] opened on 8 July 1937 as the largest cinema in [[South America]] of its time; it is an [[Art Deco]]-style theater. *[[Avenida Theatre|Teatro Avenida]] (Avenida Theater) was inaugurated on Buenos Aires' central [[Avenida de Mayo]] in 1908 with a production of [[Spanish literature|Spanish dramatist]] [[Lope de Vega]]'s ''Justice Without Revenge''. The production was directed by [[Mar铆a Guerrero]], a [[Spanish Argentine]] [[theater director]] who popularized classical drama in Argentina during the late 19th century and would establish the important Cervantes Theater (Teatro Nacional Cervantes) in 1921. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page