Teatro de la Maestranza

The Teatro de la Maestranza is an opera house located in Seville, Spain.[1]

Teatro de la Maestranza
AddressPaseo de Colón 22[1]
Seville
Spain
TypeOpera House
Capacity1,800
Construction
Opened1991[2]
Years active1991 -
ArchitectAurelio del Pozo and Luis Marín
Website
www.teatrodelamaestranza.es

The theatre was conceived to be one of the main cultural venues of the Seville Expo '92,[3] and the first performance took place in 1991, shortly before the inauguration of the Universal Exposition. The theatre was refurbished in 2005.[3]

Although the Teatro de la Maestranza is mainly devoted to opera,[1] there are also performances of Zarzuela (Spanish operetta) and other musical performances.[1]

The resident orchestra is the Royal Seville Symphony Orchestra (ROSS),[4] and the artistic director is Pedro Halffter.[5] The theatre is the ROSS' main concert venue and the home of the Choir of the Friends' Society of the Maestranza Theatre.[6]

On 16 July 1992, during a rehearsal at the Teatro de la Maestranza for a performance by the Opéra national de Paris of Verdi's Otello, a suspended platform which formed part of the scenery collapsed onto the stage, killing a female member of the chorus and injuring a further 41 people, several of them seriously.[7]

References
  1. "Teatro de la Maestranza:Frommer's review". NY Times.
  2. "History of the Teatro de la Maestranza (in Spanish)". Teatro de la Maestranza.
  3. "ANTECEDENTES EL PROYECTO".
  4. "Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla (in Spanish)". ROSS. Retrieved 26 August 2009.
  5. "Director Artístico".
  6. "History". Choir of the Maestranza Theatre.
  7. "El Teatro de la Bastilla de París se hace responsable del accidente de La Maestranza". El País. 18 July 1992. Retrieved 10 January 2012.

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