Tacón Theatre

Teatro Tacón (at left), Havana, 1855

Teatro Tacón, Havana, 1900

The Teatro Tacón was a theatre in Havana, Cuba, opened in 1838. Its auditorium contained 2,750 seats.^[1] It was built by Pancho Martí.^[2][3] In 1847 Bottesini's opera Cristoforo Colombo premiered at the theatre.^[4] By 1855 so many attended events that the city issued parking regulations for carriages on performance nights.^[5]

See also

• Gran Teatro de La Habana, successor to Teatro Tacon
• Paseo del Prado, Havana, street adjacent to theatre

References

1. Leopoldo Fornés Bonavía (2003). Cuba, cronología: cinco siglos de historia, política y cultura (in Spanish). Madrid: Editorial Verbum. ISBN 978-84-7962-248-0.
2. Ramírez 1891.
3. Ned Sublette (2004). Cuba and Its Music: From the First Drums to the Mambo. Chicago Review Press. ISBN 978-1-56976-420-6.
4. Robert Murrell Stevenson (1992), "Havana", New Grove Dictionary of Opera, New York, ISBN 0935859926
5. "Art.169-175". Ordenanzas municipales de la ciudad de La Habana (in Spanish). Imprenta del gobierno y capitania general. 1855.

Bibliography

• Jacobo de la Pezuela (1863). "Habana: Edificios de Recreo: Teatro de Tacon". Diccionario geografico, estadístico, historico, de la isla de Cuba (in Spanish). 3. Madrid: Mellado.
• Serafín Ramírez (1891). "De 1830 a 1840". La Habana artística: Apuntes históricos (in Spanish). Havana: Imp. del E. M. de la Capitanía General. pp. 133+. (+ Programs of the theatre, p.657-660)

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