Teatro Teresa Carreño [Caracas]
type: Item
label: Teatro Teresa Carreño
description: Theatre building in Caracas, Venezuela
description: operagebouw in Venezuela @nl
EUTA building identifier: 5318
Importance: Not rated
Type of information: Performance venue
Field: architecture
Country: Venezuela
City: Caracas
opening date: 1983-04-19T00:00:00Z
Wikidata source: Q173876
GPS: Point(-66.898 10.4988)
Capacity: 2900
architectural style: brutalism
Wikidata instance: Q153562
Carthalia ID: 1028
Preservation state: extant building
Preservation state: Used as theatre today
Note: Concert hall, built 1971-1983. The complex includes two main concert halls (Sala Ríos Reyna with 2500 seats, and Sala José Félix Ribas with 400 seats), an exhibtion hall (Sala Teresa Carreño), and several rehearsal halls. Home to the Orquesta Sinfónica de Venezuela and to the Orquesta Nacional Juvenil. Used for symphonic and chamber concerts, opera, theatre, and ballet performances as well as drama, film, and music festivals (including the annual Latin American Music Festival in November). Named in honour of the Venezuelan composer and pianist, Teresa Carreño (1853-1917).