Celia Torrá
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Celia Torrá was an Argentine composer, conductor, and violinist. She was the first woman to conduct an orchestra at the Teatro Colón.
Celia Torrá, 1925
Teatro Colón
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The Teatro Colón is a historic opera house in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is considered one of the ten best opera houses in the world by National Geographic. According to a survey carried out by the acoustics expert Leo Beranek among leading international opera and orchestra directors, the Teatro Colón has the room with the best acoustics for opera and the second best for concerts in the world.
Main façade of Teatro Colón
1864 view of the original Teatro Colón (at left) and the old Plaza de Mayo colonnade, both long since demolished
The first theatre (left), in front of Plaza de Mayo in 1881, photo by Alexander Witcomb
Side view of the theater