The Teatro Calderon of Valladolid !!!

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We are back to my dear Spain again !! love it !! We came by car of course and took time to see new areas and old repeat with some of them as introduction to my sons and our dog Rex ! I came into Valladolid after several years and it was sublime ! This should be the end of the tour of Valladolid, many more pending , we will be back, eventually. Therefore, let me close out with the Teatro Calderon of Valladolid !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

Valladolid teatro Calderon de la Barca front jun24

The City of Valladolid is in the province of Valladolid, in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y Léon, only 202 km from from Madrid. This is huge and beautiful worth the detour me think and we will be back, eventually.

The Teatro Calderón (theater) is the main theater in the city of Valladolid. This theater is called after Calderón de la Barca, an important Spanish poet and playwright. It is located in the city center, of eclectic design and neoclassical trend, In the space where today the theater is located, the Palace of the Admiral of Castile, a large building of low -origin of which there is little information and that was totally demolished to build the current theater until the mid -19C.

The Teatro Calderon opened on September 28, 1864 with the representation of the work of Calderón de la Barca, El alcalde de Zalamea or the mayor of Zalamea. It consists of a large supporter on Angustias and large windows, and inside a majestic room, in the form of an Italian horseshoe, with a armchair, low boxes, stalls, amphitheater, gallery and paradise or chicken coop. It is decorated with luxurious paintings. The side lamps, of modernist style, date from the beginning of the 20C. It had capacity for about 1200 people. The sumptuousness and magnitude of the building made it one of the main ones in Spain.  Between the 19C and 20C, the tenor Julián Gayarre sang, works of the company of María Guerrero and Tomás Breton were represented more than one concert.

Valladolid teatro Calderon de la Barca side left jun24

It underwent a deep remodeling, after a series of issues in its history, on April 9, 1999 it is again reopened by S. M. Queen Doña Sofía, the main hall to which a lamp held by the Royal Factory of Glass of the Granja de San Ildefonso. Since its reopening in 1999 it was the headquarters of the Castilla y León Symphony Orchestra (OSCYL), but since April 2007, the orchestra headquarters are located in the new Miguel Delibes auditorium of the city. In 2001, the II International Congress of the Spanish Language was held in the Teatro Calderon. In the present it has capacity for 1141 persons, and hosts during the season representations of theater, opera, zarzuela, dance, ballet, flamenco and jazz in addition to being the headquarters of the International Film Week of Valladolid (Seminci). But its dependencies are not limited to the theater, but also has an exhibition hall, the Delibes room and its lounge of mirrors, places where non -stage activities are held.

The official Teatro Calderon : https://tcalderon.com/

The Valladolid tourist office on the Teatro Calderon: https://www.info.valladolid.es/en/detalle-teatro/-/asset_publisher/uUZYX3ne2wQW/content/lugares-teatro-teatro-calderon

There you go folks , another wonderful nostalgic, sentimental trip to my dear Spain, Valladolid is nice, awesome will say back after so many years it seems all for the first time, and love it ! We will be back, eventually, Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Teatro Calderon of Valladolid !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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