Skip to content Skip to sidebar Skip to footer

Halloween Concert Centro De Bellas Artes Luis a Ferrãƒâ© October 27

Performing arts heart in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré

"Bellas Artes de Santurce"

Centro de Bellas Artes Luis Ferre.jpg
Old names Centro de Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico
Address Ponce de León Ave, Parada 22
Santurce, PR 00940
Location San Juan, Puerto Rico
Coordinates 18°26′51″Northward 66°4′ix″W  /  xviii.44750°N 66.06917°W  / 18.44750; -66.06917 Coordinates: eighteen°26′51″Northward 66°4′9″W  /  18.44750°Northward 66.06917°W  / 18.44750; -66.06917
Owner Corporation of the Performing Arts Center of Puerto Rico
Blazon Concert hall, Opera house, Theatre, Performing arts heart
Capacity
  • Sala Antonio Paoli: i,945
  • Sala Sinfónica Pablo Casals: 1,300
  • Sala René Marquéz: 781
  • Sala Carlos Marichal: 210
  • Café Teatro Sylvia Rexach: 200
Construction
Built 1970
Opened April 9, 1981 (1981-04-09)
Structure cost $11,372,000[one]
Website
world wide web.cba.gobierno.pr

The Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center (Centro de Bellas Artes Luis A. Ferré in Castilian) is a multi-use functioning middle located in the barrio of Santurce in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It features three principal concert and theater halls for plays, ballet, operas and concerts. It was renamed in 1994 afterwards the late Puerto Rican philanthropist, politician and Governor of Puerto Rico, Luis A. Ferré.

The Center opened on April 9, 1981 nether the administration of Governor Carlos Romero Barceló afterward ten years of planning, project financing, and construction. Since then, it has become the most important performing arts venue in the Puerto Rican majuscule, presenting the highest level of commercial theater in Puerto Rico along with ballets and operas, and also hosting artists such every bit Plácido Domingo and Menudo. The center is home to the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra and the annual Casals Festival.

In Jan 2019, Lin-Manuel Miranda'due south musical Hamilton began its third touring production at the venue, with Miranda reprising the titular role of Founding Male parent and Secretary of Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, with higher praise than his original run on Broadway.[2] Miranda returned to the venue after nine years since he reprised the role of Usnavi exclusively in San Juan during the North American touring production of In the Heights, which he also wrote.

Facilities [edit]

The Centre features four main concert and theater halls, two eateries and a central outdoor plaza, each with its ain unique features:

  • Antonio Paoli Festival Hall – Dedicated to a Puerto Rican opera singer, it is the largest hall of the centre. Seating is between 1,875 and 1,945, and features two stories with VIP balconies, world-class audio-visual arrangement, and a 62-by-50-pes (xix past 15 one thousand) phase perfect for scenic musical performances including, operas, ballet, popular music shows, and symphonic concerts.
  • René Marqués Theater Hall – Dedicated to one of Puerto Rico's about famous playwrights and essayists, this hall seats between 748 and 781 guests and with a phase measuring 42 by 40 feet, it is specially designed for plays and musical performances.
  • Carlos Marichal Functioning Hall – dedicated to a respected Puerto Rican fix and costume designer, the hall features seating for 210 guests in an intimate arena-styled theater.

Kenny Thousand in the Sala Sinfónica

  • Sala Sinfónica Pablo Casals – symphony hall defended to the Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor best remembered for the recording the Bach Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939. The $34 million edifice, designed by Rodolfo Fernandez and Acentech Incorporated's Studio A, seats i,300 and serves as the new home of the Puerto Rico Symphony Orchestra.[3]
  • Juan Morel Campos Plaza, dedicated to the Puerto Rican composer of danzas is located right in front of the center'due south principal entrance, it is a large open plaza featuring a pair of sculptures called The Muses and the Las Tablas Eating house, and is available for outdoor activities and presentations for 800 guests.
  • Sylvia Rexach Theater Café – Designed to be a 4th, but smaller, concert hall, the Café opened in 1988 and offers a relaxed nightclub theme for upward to 200 guests with a pocket-size stage for intimate performances. A xylographic mural by famed local artist Antonio Martorell decorates its walls and grants homage to Sylvia Rexach, the famous Puerto Rican bolero singer and composer.
  • Las Tablas Eatery (formerly the Arts Pavilion) – is a restaurant within the Juan Morel Campos Plaza and features an honor-winning architectural pattern. The restaurant, whose theme literally embodies the phrase The Beauty of the Caribbean, is owned by international pop star Luis Fonsi and local music and concert producer Tony Mojena. Its menu, developed by Giovanna Huyke, is built around the theme the gustation of music, and consists mostly of local traditional foods prepared by its in-firm chef Alexis Bartolomei.

Surrounding art [edit]

The middle is surrounded past various fine art expositions, including murals, paintings, and sculptures. The two largest halls feature art expositions which distinguishes each ane:

  • In the Antonio Paoli Festival Hall's second floor, a 30-past-fifteen-foot (9.1 by 4.6 chiliad) landscape titled La Plena by Rafael Tufiño is on brandish and represents twelve famous Puerto Rican plenas by local songwriter Manuel "Canario" Jiménez: Cortaron an Elena; Temporal; El Perro de San Jerónimo; Josefina; Santa María; Tintorera del Mar; Fuego, Fuego, Fuego; Monchín del Alma; Cuando las Mujeres; Tanta Vanidad; Lola; and El Diablo Colorao. The mural was created thirty years before the opening of the Centre betwixt 1952 and 1954. It was moved to its current place in 1987 afterward a 3-yr restoration project by Anton Konrad.
  • In the René Marqués Hall, a twenty-by-39-foot (half-dozen.one by xi.9 thousand) stained glass exposition titled Course and Tropical Crystals past local artist Luis Hernández Cruz illuminates its anteroom with 5,700 multi-colored pieces of crystal bundled to showcase themes related to the sea, the forest, the sky and the overall tropical ambiance.

Near the entrance of the center, various expositions greet guests and visitors, including a 40-foot (12 m) aluminum sculpture by Luis Torruella titled Melodic Reflection. However, the main fine art theme of the eye's archway are The Muses. These are two separate works of art, one being an assortment of 6-pes-tall (1.8 m) bronze female sculptures along the Juan Morel Campos Plaza, by Annex Burgos; and the second being a large mural at the center'southward façade (pictured in a higher place), made from a mixture physical and crystal stones and designed by Augusto Marín. Each muse represents the different arts and cultures which the Center embraces, including local and classical music, theater, literature, dance, films, architecture, sculptures, and painting.

Location [edit]

Located along the Ponce de Leon Avenue in the Santurce section of San Juan, the center is located nigh various retail shops and residential buildings, which produce a vibrant atmosphere around the center both day and night. It has an underground parking garage offer 483 spaces for guests, although adjacent office buildings provide boosted spaces.

References [edit]

  1. ^ Presupuesto del Gobierno de Puerto Rico - Corporación del Centro de las Bellas Artes de Puerto Rico
  2. ^ Jones, Chris (January 12, 2019). "'Hamilton' opens in Puerto Rico with emotional performance by Lin-Manuel Miranda: 'I just love this island so much'". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved 2019-01-13 .
  3. ^ "Projection Portfolio - Acoustics, Vibration, AV Design & IT / Security".

External links [edit]

  • Official site (in Spanish)

perrydaystagethe.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_A._Ferr%C3%A9_Performing_Arts_Center

Post a Comment for "Halloween Concert Centro De Bellas Artes Luis a Ferrãƒâ© October 27"