02 · GALLERY
Five frames.
Teatro Colón opened in 1908. Acousticians measure it routinely against the Vienna Musikverein and the Concertgebouw. The horseshoe is Carrara marble and Slavonian oak, the auditorium 2,478 seats, the reverb 1.7 seconds at full audience load. The hall is so well-tuned that the Latin American touring circuit's opera and ballet calendars are organised around when Colón is available. The backstage technical tour at 11am lets you stand on the stage and clap once. The reverb tail wraps you for two full seconds. You never recover.
Take the backstage technical tour at 11am. They let you stand on the stage and clap. You'll never recover.
South America's anchor concert hall. Non-negotiable inclusion.
Opera season runs April through November, weekly performances. Backstage technical tours at 11:00, 12:00, 13:00 daily are the cheapest serious-music experience in South America at AR$ 6,000. Avoid the December summer break.
Box office Tuesday to Saturday 10:00 to 18:00, Sunday 11:00 to 17:00. Performances most evenings during season. Guided tours daily on the hour. Closed Mondays for maintenance.
Subte Line D to Tribunales, exit on Libertad and walk one block to the corner of Cerrito and Tucumán. From Plaza de Mayo, fifteen minutes north on foot. The building is the most photographed cultural landmark in Buenos Aires.