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The principal venue is the [[García Lorca]] Auditorium, with seats for 1,500 persons, provides a home for the Cuban National Ballet Company, as well as for other dance and musical performances. During the 19th and 20th century performances took place on its stage included: [[Ole Bull]], [[Enrico Caruso]], [[Fanny Elssler]], [[Jenny Lind]], [[Anna Pavlova]], [[Antonia Mercé]], [[Ruth Saint Denis]], [[Ted Shawn]], [[Teresa Carreño]], [[Vicente Escudero]], [[Maya Plisetskaya]], [[Clorinda Corradi]], [[Sarah Bernhardt]], [[Carla Fracci]] and [[Alicia Alonso]], as well as companies such as the [[American Ballet Theatre]], the [[Royal Winnipeg Ballet]], [[Antonio Gades]] ballet, the Ballet of the [[Colón Theatre]] of [[Buenos Aires]], the Ballet Folclórico of Mexico, plus other [[ballet companies]] of the time. |
The principal venue is the [[García Lorca]] Auditorium, with seats for 1,500 persons, provides a home for the Cuban National Ballet Company, as well as for other dance and musical performances. During the 19th and 20th century performances took place on its stage included: [[Ole Bull]], [[Enrico Caruso]], [[Fanny Elssler]], [[Jenny Lind]], [[Anna Pavlova]], [[Antonia Mercé]], [[Ruth Saint Denis]], [[Ted Shawn]], [[Teresa Carreño]], [[Vicente Escudero]], [[Maya Plisetskaya]], [[Clorinda Corradi]], [[Sarah Bernhardt]], [[Carla Fracci]] and [[Alicia Alonso]], as well as companies such as the [[American Ballet Theatre]], the [[Royal Winnipeg Ballet]], [[Antonio Gades]] ballet, the Ballet of the [[Colón Theatre]] of [[Buenos Aires]], the Ballet Folclórico of Mexico, plus other [[ballet companies]] of the time. |
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Revision as of 20:49, 5 January 2019
Great Theatre of Havana | |
 Front and side facades, Paseo del Prado | |
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| Former names |
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| Location | 458 Paseo del Prado 10600 Havana, Cuba |
| Owner | National Government |
| Type | Opera house, Performing arts center |
| Genre(s) | Ballet, Opera, Flamenco, other |
| Capacity | 1,500- The Garcia Lorca Auditorium |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1915 |
| Renovated | 1914, 2004 |
| Architect | Paul Belau |
| Tenants | |
| National Ballet of Cuba (1950-present) International Ballet Festival of Havana (1960-present) | |
The Gran Teatro de La Habana[1] is the former Centro Gallego. Designed by the Belgian architect Paul Belau and the U.S. firm of Purdy and Henderson, Engineers, was paid for by the Galician immigrants of Havana to serve as a their community- social center. Located in the Paseo del Prado, the theatre has been home to the Cuban National Ballet and to the International Ballet Festival of Havana. Its facilities include theatres, a concert hall, conference rooms, a video screening room, as well as an art gallery, a choral center, with several rehearsal halls for dance companies.
History
Since its inception in 1838, Teatro Tacón had occupied the north-western part of the site bounded by Paseo del Prado and Calle Consulaso and Calles San Rafael and San Jose,Its auditorium hosted such European artists as Enrico Caruso and Sarah Bernhardt. During the first years of Cuban independence when thousands of immigrants arrived in Cuba from Spain, a new building addition was constructed around the concert hall of Teatro Tacón.[2] Originally known as the Centro Gallego de La Habana, the building is decorated with sculptures by Giuseppe Moretti, representing benevolence, education, music and theatre.
Architecture
The Art Nouveau Centro Gallego was built around the old concert hall of the Teatro Tacón located at the corner of Calles of San Rafael and Consulado.[1] Architect Paul Belau, architect of the Presidential Palace, and the U.S. firm Purdy and Henderson, Engineers, kept the original theatre and built the Centro Gallego, an Art Noveau style building addition that enlarged the support functions of the concert hall and introduced an elaborate system of circulation. The exterior of the original Teatro Tacón received a stone facing to harmonize with the new exterior of the Centro Gallego. [2]
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Teatro Tacón, Havana, 1900 -
Teatro-tacon. -
Gran Teatro de La Habana -
Concert hall of the Teatro Tacon renamed Sala García Lorca. -
New stone facing over original Tacón Theatre. Calles of San Rafael and Consulado. -
Typical Havana 8 metrer high archade passageway on Paseo del Prado.
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The theatre today
The principal venue is the García Lorca Auditorium, with seats for 1,500 persons, provides a home for the Cuban National Ballet Company, as well as for other dance and musical performances. During the 19th and 20th century performances took place on its stage included: Ole Bull, Enrico Caruso, Fanny Elssler, Jenny Lind, Anna Pavlova, Antonia Mercé, Ruth Saint Denis, Ted Shawn, Teresa Carreño, Vicente Escudero, Maya Plisetskaya, Clorinda Corradi, Sarah Bernhardt, Carla Fracci and Alicia Alonso, as well as companies such as the American Ballet Theatre, the Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Antonio Gades ballet, the Ballet of the Colón Theatre of Buenos Aires, the Ballet Folclórico of Mexico, plus other ballet companies of the time.
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References
- ^ http://www.balletcuba.cult.cu
- ^ Estrada, Alfredo José (2007). Havana: An Autobiography. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 100–1.
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