Teatro de la Victoria (Buenos Aires)

Teatro de la Victoria was one of the main theaters in the city of Buenos Aires around the middle of the 19th century.[1] It was one of the most modern and luxurious of its time, built by an Italian architect who also had carried out the works of the Parroquia Nuestra Señora de Balvanera.[2]

Teatro de la Victoria
Teatro de la Victoria, c. 1880
General information
StatusTheater
LocationMonserrat, Buenos Aires
AddressCalle de la Victoria No. 954
InauguratedMay 24, 1838
Closedc. 1880
Design and construction
ArchitectJosé Santos Sartorio
Ildefonso Pagano

History

The Teatro de la Victoria of Buenos Aires was built during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas by the architects José Santos Sartorio and Ildefonso Pagano.[3] His building was established on Victoria street No. 954, current Hipolito Irigoyen between Tacuarí and Bernardo de Irigoyen, Monserrat neighborhood.[4]

It was inaugurated on May 24, 1838 with the function of "Amantes y celesos, todos son locos", a comedy written by Ventura de la Vega.[5] Among the most distinguished artists who made presentations at the Teatro de la Victoria, are included the Compañia Dramatica Española of Matilde Duclós and José Ortiz,[6] the Italian musician Agostino Robbio,[7] and the Argentine pianist Remigio Navarro.[8]

It was attended by notable members of the national and international aristocracy as María del Carmen Sáenz de la Quintanilla, wife of General Carlos María de Alvear, Miguel Otero, governor of Salta, and John James Onslow, Captain of the HMS Daphne.[9]

  • Billboard of the Teatro de la Victoria in 1856
  • announcement about the Victory Theatre in the British Packett
  • billboard of the Compañía Dramática Española

References
  1. Historia del teatro argentino en Buenos Aires, Volumen2. Osvaldo Pellettieri. 2002. ISBN 9789505564378.
  2. La arquitectura en Buenos Aires: 1850-1880. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Instituto de Arte Americano e Investigaciones Estéticas. 1972.
  3. La época de rosas, 1830-1851. Vicente Gesualdo. 1978.
  4. El teatro en Buenos Aires durante la epoca de Rosas, 1944. Raúl Héctor Castagnino. 1944.
  5. Biblioteca teatral, Volumen4. Argentina. 1943.
  6. Revista argentina de ciencias políticas: derecho, administración, economía política, sociología, historia y educación, Volumen24. Argentina. 1922.
  7. La historia del Teatro Colón, Volumen1. Roberto Caamaño. 1969.
  8. La música en el Uruguay, Volumen1. Lauro Ayestarán. 1953.
  9. Vernet, caballero de las islas. Silvia Plager, Elsa Fraga Vidal. 2005. ISBN 9789500726993.

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