Teatro Principal de Puebla

The Teatro Principal is the only one that dates back to the 18th century - it is on the 250th birthday - and in the State of Puebla it is recognized worldwide as a very rich place in art and culture combined with the visibility of its buildings combining its baroque and colonial architectural style as the renowned and historic Teatro Principal with the simple proof of modernity and antiquity in a single building.

As was?

The Teatro Principal is the oldest theater in the Americas, celebrating its 255th anniversary this year, dating from the 18th century. It began as a small project of an amateur named Juan Gómez Melgarejo, a carpenter and theater buff. of the City called "The Corral de Comedias".

In 1613 the mayor of the city ordered its destruction, but Melgarejo asked for a license to operate the Viceroy and was authorized in 1626 under the condition of cooperating with the Hospital de Indios de San Roque with 6 pesos for each presentation. Its construction began in 1742 under the position of Architect Fco Xavier Salazar and a Neoclassical Colonial design by Miguel de Santamaría; but it was so slow and careful construction that just finished the stage began the presentations and people took their own chairs to see the works, was officially completed and inaugurated in 1761 under the name of "Ancient Coliseum" with the work titled " before everything is my lady, "in 1920 suffers a fire and is remodeled and reopened in 1940 with its current name" Teatro principal "with the work" Who loves you to you? "of the Isabelita Blanch Company.

His latest remodeling was in 2010 with state-of-the-art technical installations, such as automatic lighting and consoles with more than 250 channels. Theaters, opera, music, dance, festivals, assemblies, government reports and even graduations and have stepped on their boards both actors, musicians and professional dancers from all times from the colony to date as amateurs who begin their careers in the artistic medium.