Teatro Municipal [Santiago]
type: Item
label: Teatro Municipale di Santiago @it
label: Teatro Municipal de Santiago @es
description: Theatre building in Santiago de Chile, Chile
description: operagebouw in Chili @nl
alternative label: Teatro Municipal
EUTA building identifier: 5175
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Chile
City: Santiago
GPS: Point(-70.6475 -33.4408)
Wikidata source: Q6936293
opening date: 1873-07-16T00:00:00Z
Capacity: 1500
Web: www.municipal.cl
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 986
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1853-1857 by Francisco Brunet de Baines and Augusto Charme in co-operation with Charles Garnier. Opened 17 September 1857 with Verdi's Ernani. Destroyed by a fire on 8 December 1870 that broke out during a concert of the opera singer, Adelina Patti. Subsequently rebuilt largely to the original plans. Re-opened 16 July 1873 with Verdi's La Forza del Destino. Declared a National Monument in 1974. Main auditorium: 1500 seats, concert hall Sala Claudio Arrau: 250 seats.
Burnt down date: 1870-12-08T00:00:00Z