{"id":6267,"date":"2020-12-14T19:17:42","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T19:17:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2021-04-07T23:58:38","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T23:58:38","slug":"shakespeare-at-teatro-colon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shakespeareargentina.org\/en\/shakespeare-at-teatro-colon\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakespeare at Teatro Col\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the inauguration of the Teatro Col\u00f3n<\/strong> of Buenos Aires in 1908, the works of William Shakespeare was represented hundred of times through operas, music, ballets and wonderful pieces based on Shakespeare\u00b4s work. The most represented were the Operas inspired by him such as Romeo and Juliet<\/em>\u00a0by Charles Gounod, Falstaff, (based on The Merry wifes of \u00a0Windsor, and Henry IV), Macbeth <\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Otello<\/em> by Giuseppe Verdi, Hamlet<\/em> by Thomas Ambroise, Beatrice and Benedict<\/em>\u00a0(inspired on\u00a0Much Ado About Nothing<\/em>) by H\u00e9ctor Berlioz and\u00a0A Midsummer\u00b4s Night Dream by\u00a0<\/em>Benjamin Britten, among other.<\/p>\n

Most of them were represented at the Col\u00f3n in more than a dozen of seasons but the most popular was Falstaff<\/em> represented more than twenty seasons in the history of the theatre.<\/p>\n

Following we share some memorables productions inspired by Shakespeare performed at Teatro Col\u00f3n:<\/p>\n

1908\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

AMLETO & OTELLO<\/strong>\"\"<\/p>\n

Image of the Programme of Teatro Col\u00f3n in 1908<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

On the same year of the inauguration, in 1908, the Opera\u00a0Hamlet (Amleto<\/em>)<\/strong> by Thomas Ambroise,\u00a0<\/strong>Jules Barbier & Michel Carre and\"\"Otello by<\/em>\u00a0Giuseppe Verdi<\/strong>\u00a0and Arrigo Boito, were performed by the Gran Compa\u00f1\u00eda L\u00edrica Italiana<\/em> directed by Luigi Mancinelli. \"\"<\/p>\n

See\u00a0<\/a>Programme \u00a01908-Hamlet-Amleto<\/a><\/p>\n

See Programme 1908-Otello<\/a><\/p>\n

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1953<\/strong><\/p>\n

EL SUE\u00d1O DE UNA NOCHE DE VERANO<\/strong><\/p>\n

The delicious play\u00a0A Midsummer\u00b4s Night Dream<\/em>\u00a0was represented\u00a0at Teatro Col\u00f3n directed by the oustanding \u00a0Director\u00a0Antonio Cunill Cabanellas (1894-1969) one of the most prestigios figure of the national stage. He was the\u00a0<\/strong>first\u00a0<\/b>director of the Teatro Nacional de la Comedia<\/em> at the Teatro Cervantes (1935-1941) and also founder in 1936 of the Instituto Nacional de Estudios de Teatro, (INET<\/em>). He was Director of the Teatro General San Mart\u00edn<\/em> of the city of Buenos Aires.\u00a0The Department of Dramatic Arts of the Instituto Universitario Nacional de Artes<\/em>, \u00a0and one the halls of the teatro San Mart\u00edn are named after him.\u00a0Here we share a pictures of the excellent la review published on the newspaper Democracia on April 21 1953\"\"<\/strong>The greatly admired Argentin actor Pepe Soriano was part of the cast and has his debut as a profesional actor in this amazing production.<\/p>\n

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1962<\/strong><\/p>\n

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT\u00b4S DREAM\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00d3pera in three acts by Benjamin\u00a0Britten and Peter Pears, presented in Sudamerica for the first time with the corus and Orquesta Estable del Teatro Col\u00f3n<\/em> in Julio de 1962 dirigida por\u00a0Basil Coleman y Meredith Davies.\"\"<\/strong>CD Edited in Germany in 2014 from the Teatro Col\u00f3n in Buenos Aires in 1962<\/em><\/p>\n

1999<\/strong><\/p>\n

OTELLO <\/strong>Opera in four acts (1887)\u00a0by Giuseppe Verdi and Arrigo Boito<\/p>\n

Listen the opera\u00a0presented at the Teatro Col\u00f3n on April 1999:<\/p>\n