Arriaga Theatre [Bilbao, ES]
type: Item
label: Teatro Arriaga @nl
description: Theatre building in Bilbao, Spain
description: theater in Bilbao, Spanje @nl
alternative label: Arriaga Theatre
EUTA building identifier: 1471
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Spain
City: Bilbao
GPS: Point(-2.9249 43.2595)
Wikidata source: Q3750900
opening date: 1890-05-31T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
Redevelopment date: 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 139380
theatrEurope table: HST_0146
context: No heritage theatre machinery El Teatro Arriaga de Bilbao renovará, durante el descanso vacacional de julio, las instalaciones del foso de orquesta, el suelo del escenario, motores de los telones e iluminación por un importe de 372.000 euros.
Capacity: 1200
Web: informacion-tecnica
architectural style: Baroque Revival architecture
architectural style: eclectic architecture
architect: Joaquín Rucoba
Burnt down date: 1914-12-22T00:00:00Z
Burnt down date: 1914-01-01T00:00:00Z
The European Route of Historic Theatres: Iberia Route
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q190985
Carthalia ID: 346
Modern Opera Houses index: Descriptive text, II. pp. 17, 18; Block plan, II p. 17; General view, II. p. 17 ; Eront elevation, II. PI. 34 ; Plan, area, III. El. 34; Plan 3rd tier, II. PI. 35 ; Longitudinal section, II. PI. 35 ; Skeleton section of audi­torium, III. PI. opp. p. 62 ; Skeleton plan of auditorium, III. PI. opp. p. 62 ; Cost and dimensions, III. p. 16; References, III.
reopening date: 1986-12-05T00:00:00Z
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Built 1890 by Joaquín Rucoba. Named in honour of the Spanish composer, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga y Balzola (1806-1826). Damaged by flooding in 1983. Seubsequently rebuilt, re-opened 1985.