Teatro Degollado [Guadalajara]
type: Item
label: Teatro Degollado
description: Theatre building in Guadalajara, Mexico
description: operagebouw in Mexico @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5436
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Mexico
City: Guadalajara
opening date: 1866-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q2398791
GPS: Point(-103.3444 20.677)
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 139751
Web: teatro-degollado
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q191045
Carthalia ID: 933
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1856 as Teatro Alarcón. Opened 1856 with Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Later renamed in honour of the Mexican liberal patriot, General José Santos Degollado (1819-1861). Home to the Orquesta Filarmónica de Jalisco, the Ballet Folklórico de la Universidad de Guadalajara, and the Ballet del H. Ayuntamiento de Guadalajara. Used for opera, ballet and drama performances, and classical concerts. 1015 seats.