Reflections on Teatro Colon

 Our primary mission today was to visit and tour the Teatro Colon. It's one of the world's most famous opera theaters. To get there, we finally gathered up enough courage to ride the subway. Here they call it the Subte. I guess that's short for subterranean. Which it certainly is.  On every other subway I have ever ridden, the trains run in the same directions as the cars in the streets. Not is BA!  No big deal. We just hopped on and rode it in the wrong direction until we came to a stop that let us crossover. 

This theater holds about 2500 people and was built at the turn of the 20th century.  We would love to see a show in it, but this is their summer break and they won't be back until March.  We had to settle for a theater tour

  The first thing that strikes you when you get inside are the beautiful stained glass skylights. This is the one on the main staircase but there are several more in the upper lounges.

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We weren't allowed to use flash photography, so the colors on this panorama are sort of washed out.  But as you can see, this is a very ornate theatre and that  the Portenas (native Buenos Aires -ian's) really hold this theatre dear.  

Here is our guide telling us more about the theatre and it's famous acoustics.

Below is one of the upper galleries they call the Hall of Mirrors. It was modeled after Versailles.   Here's Patrice and if you look carefully, you can see me taking the picture.

 

Lastly, here are a couple of sites just outside the theatre....

 

I like this shot because it shows how they built the new to reflect the old buildings.

I don't know if it's on purpose, but it seems to reflect their philosophy when it comes to building something new.

 

And lastly, here's a ballet statue just outside the theatre which seems to be a reflection of what will go on there come March.