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00:00:00 Arrival - Alagoas Square
00:00:40 The Building from Outside
00:02:51 Ticket Office
00:03:13 Assyrio's Hall
00:04:37 The Restrooms WC
00:05:36 Main Hall
00:06:09 The Stage
00:06:20 The Ceiling
00:06:33 Seating Area
00:07:01 The Building - Inside
00:07:39 The Stairs
00:08:41 Stained Glass
00:09:18 Chiquinha Gonzaga's Piano
00:10:06 Miniature Model
00:10:35 The Balcony
BONUS:
00:10:50 Restaurant Amarelinho da Cinelânida - The Way
00:11:20 Entrance - Amarelinho da Cinelândia
00:11:55 Caipirinha
00:12:06 Filé Osvaldo Aranha - Filet
00:12:53 Bombonière Pathé
"One of the most imposing and beautiful buildings in Rio de Janeiro, Theatro Municipal, inaugurated on July 14, 1909, is considered the main venue in Brazil and one of the most important in South America. Its history blends with the trajectory of the country's culture. Over just over a century of existence, the Theater has received the greatest international artists, as well as the main Brazilian names in dance, music and opera.
The idea of a national theater with a state-owned artistic company had existed since the mid-nineteenth century and had João Caetano (1808-1863), an enthusiast of Brazilian theater, as well as a businessman and actor of great merit, one of its strongest supporters. The project, however, only began to gain consistency at the end of that century, with the commitment of our illustrious playwright Arthur Azevedo (1855-1908). Azevedo's tireless fight was fought in the pages of newspapers and ended up bringing results. Regrettably, however, he did not live long enough to see his dream come true, dying nine months before its opening date.
Mayor Pereira Passos – whose urban reform initiated in 1902 radically changed the appearance of downtown Rio de Janeiro – took up the idea and, on October 15, 1903, opened a public competition to choose the architectural project. When the registration deadline ended, in March 1904, seven proposals were received. The first two places were tied: the project called Aquila, in which the “secret” author would be the engineer Francisco de Oliveira Passos, son of the mayor, and the Isadora project, by the French architect Albert Guilbert, vice-president of the Association of French Architects .
The result of the competition caused a strong controversy in the City Council, accompanied by the main newspapers of the time, around the true authorship of the Aquila project, suspected of having been prepared by the architecture section of the City Hall, and the supposed favoritism of Oliveira Passos. The final project was the result of merging the two winners, since both corresponded to the same typology, inspired by the Paris Opera.
After the changes, the building began to be erected on January 2, 1905, with the placement of the first of the 1,180 hardwood stakes on which it is seated. On May 20 of that year the cornerstone was laid.
Some of the most illustrious and renowned artists of the time were invited to participate in the decoration, such as Eliseu Visconti, Rodolfo Amoedo and the Bernardelli brothers. European craftsmen were also recruited to create stained glass and mosaics. Work began at an accelerated pace, with 280 workers taking turns in two shifts. In just over a year, it was already possible to visualize the sumptuousness combined with the elegance and beauty of the construction of the future theater.
The Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro, with capacity for 1,739 spectators, was inaugurated by President Nilo Peçanha and Mayor Sousa Aguiar on July 14, 1909, four and a half years after the works began.
In the beginning, the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro received, mainly, opera and dance companies coming mostly from Italy and France. From the 1930s onwards, it began to have its own artistic bodies: Symphony Orchestra, Choir and Ballet, which remain responsible for the official artistic seasons until today.
Since its inauguration, Theatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro has had four major renovations: 1934, 1975, 1996 and 2008. The first of them increased the capacity of the room to 2,205 seats and, despite the complexity of the work, it was carried out in three months – currently , the Theater has 2,252 seats. In 1975, restoration and modernization works were carried out and, in the same year, the Technical Production Center was created. In 1996, construction began on the Annex building with rehearsal rooms for the Choir, Symphony Orchestra and Ballet. The renovation started in 2008 and completed in 2010 focused on restoring and modernizing the facilities.
Currently, with 113 years of service to national culture, the Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro remains one of the main venues in the country. " - https://theatromunicipal-rj-gov-br.translate.goog/apresentacao/?_x_tr_sch=http&_x_tr_sl=pt&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp