Teatro Degollado

The Degollado Theater is located in the city of Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico. This theater, among other functions, is the headquarters of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Jalisco and a regular setting for recitals, concerts, as well as contemporary classical dance performances.

The first stone was laid on March 5, 1856, opening on September 13, 1866 with the opera Lucia de Lamermoor and the performance of Angela Peralta in the lead role. In an ornate neoclassical style, following the influence of the Italian theater. Its vault has frescoes by Gerardo Suárez and Jacobo Gálvez that allude to the fourth song of the Divine Comedy, the oval lobby measures 10 × 6.5 m wide. In this building of 97 m long, 36.4 m wide and a maximum height of 22.5 m.

In a principle called Teatro Alarcón on the death of General Santos Degollado, in his honor it was given the current name. Its portico is made up of 16 architrave columns of Corinthian order, its façades are covered with quarry and a marble relief was built, with the image of Apollo and the nine Muses, where the phrase "May the rumor of discord never arrive " It is currently home to the Philharmonic Orchestra of Jalisco, De las Galas of the International Encounter of the Mariachi and the Charreria, the Folkloric Ballet of the University of Guadalajara, the Ballet of the City of Guadalajara and concert stage, Opera, classical ballet, recitals, works theatrical performances and presentations of outstanding national and international artists. Capacity of Capacity: 1,015

For this theater, personalities such as Ángela Peralta, Virginia Fábregas, Anna Pávlova, Juan Gabriel, Rocío Dúrcal, Andrés Segovia, Pablo Casals, Plácido Domingo, Rudolf Nureyev, Marcel Marceau, among others have paraded.