SolÃs Theatre
The Teatro Solís is a building in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo.
In the present in the Ciudad Vieja on Calle Buenos Aires Teatro Solís 678-86 is the most important stage of the country and the second largest theater in South America. The counting of the main attractions of the city Teatro Solis has two dining rooms, the great hall with the stage, the orchestra pit, the slightly elliptical shape of the room, and the superposed in floors, revolving boxes has very close resemblance to La Scala in Milan. This hall with a capacity of 1500 spectators serves both the performance of operas as well as theater and concert events that take place there regularly. Furthermore, are offered in varied program in the smaller rooms of the theater about tango dance classes. Find multiple daily paid, optional multi-lingual ( Spanish, Portuguese, English) guided tours for tourists instead, employing students of the University are led by Montevideo from the theater.
History
Built in 1842-1856 the main building in the style of historicist eclecticism was opened on 25 August 1856. As an architect Carlo Zucchi in 1837 was responsible for the original plan, the final planning goes back to FX de Garmendia, while the facade is the work of architect César Clemente. The side wings were built in 1868 under the auspices of architect Víctor Rabu. 1943 was a rebuilding guided instead by the architect A. Altamirano and R. Cohe. Since 1975 the Teatro Solís Monumento Histórico Nacional is classified as. From 1998, restoration work was carried out, the planning, the architect A. Farina and C. Pascual and their Executive - Planning L. Rocca and D. Giménez took over, with the latter also led the renovation work of the side wings.
Location
It is located on the edge of Plaza Independencia in the Ciudad Vieja, surrounded by Calle Buenos Aires, on which the main entrance is, and Calle Juncal and Calle Reconquista.