As we known, Sao Paulo was growing in first decades of 20th century. All the economy was involved in coffee exportation and it represented and increasing economy. When the city is growing, the culture grows as well. It's normal because it's a wish of every society to build their own identity.
The history of Theatre started a bit before of 20's. We had a theatre called Teatro São José but it caught on fire in1898. It was totally destroyed and since then, São Paulo hadn't any theatre. But we had a dream to build a new, sophisticated and beatiful theatre. In São Paulo, the European culture was stronger and the French was the most important language to learn. So, everything from France was a kind of inspiration for us, mainly in architecture. If you visit Downtown, you'll see some old buildings with an inspiration in French architecture.
Theatre Municipal was projected by an architect called Ramos de Azevedo and builded by immigrants from Italy, Claudio Rossi and Domiziano Rossi in 1903 which finished in 1911. It opened in September 12th, 1911.
The building was inspired on Paris Opera, so it remains very much the neo-renaissance and inside it, neo-baroque.
The buiding was restored three times:
First, in 1952 and the Theatre opened two years latter. In 1981, the theatre became a Heritage City and then it passed for a second restauration in 1985, but now to preserve the building. The last was a few years for 100th anniversary, it was opened in September 12th, 2012.
The Theatre received Ella Fitzgeral, Duke Ellington, Maria Callas, Enrico Caruso, Arturo Toscanini, Claudio Arau, Arthur Rubinstein, Ana Pawlova, Nijinsky, Isadora Duncan, Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Baryshnikov. There had played many concerts, operas and also, the Art Modern Week in 1922.
Nowadays, it is still so pretty as the first time! It’s our jewel, I mean our diamond! Maybe, our theatre have the same value as Theatres in London, Paris, Belgium, Holland, etc. You're welcome to visit the Theatre. You'll see a fantastic place with a lot of histories to tell you.
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