Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex
Opera house in Caracas, Venezuela / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex (Complejo Cultural Teresa Carreño), also known as Teresa Carreño Theatre (Teatro Teresa Carreño), is the most important theatre of Caracas and Venezuela, where performances include symphonic and popular concerts, opera, ballet and plays. It is the second largest theater in South America after the Néstor Kirchner Cultural Centre at Buenos Aires.
Teresa Carreño Cultural Complex | |
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Complejo Cultural Teresa Carreño | |
General information | |
Architectural style | Brutalist |
Address | Caracas, Venezuela |
Coordinates | 10.4990°N 66.8978°W / 10.4990; -66.8978 |
Opened | April 19, 1983 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Tomás Lugo Marcano, Jesús Sandoval and Dietrich Kunckel |
Other information | |
Seating capacity | 2900 |
Website | |
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The theatre was built on a 22,000-square-metre (240,000 sq ft) lot and named after the Venezuelan pianist Teresa Carreño. It is located in the cultural district of the city: Bellas Artes. It houses two concert halls: the José Félix Ribas and the Ríos Reyna (named after José Félix Ribas and Pedro Antonio Ríos Reyna, respectively).
The following are resident performing arts groups:
- Teresa Carreño Opera Choir
- Teresa Carreño Ballet directed up to 2002 by choreographer Vicente Nebrada
- National Philharmonic Orchestra of Venezuela.
Its spaces are also shared by the National Theater Company of Venezuela and the Monte Ávila Editores bookstore (Librerías del Sur).
The artistic director of the theater is the Venezuelan conductor Rodolfo Saglimbeni.