Teatro Ángela Peralta, Mazatlán

Teatro Ángela Peralta is a theater building in the city of Mazatlán, Sinaloa. It was erected in the Porfirian era of the port and is considered one of the most beautiful and important buildings of its type in Mexico. It was declared a National Historical Heritage in 1990.

Ángela Peralta Theater

It was inaugurated on February 15, 1874 with the name Teatro Rubio, property of businessman Manuel Rubio. At that time this theater was a modest popular hall. Once it was completely finished, it was officially inaugurated on February 6, 1881. The singer Ángela Peralta died on August 30, 1883 in the adjacent Iturbide hotel (today the Municipal Center of the Arts). There is no evidence that the soprano ever sang before audiences at the theater that now bears her name, but it can be argued that she rehearsed. During the years of World War II, the Rubio Theater became the Ángela Peralta Cinema and was closed years later in 1964, although it continued to be used as a workshop for the Carnival Queen's floats. In the 1969 carnival it was opened for the last time to offer a performance. In 1975, Hurricane Olivia lifted the wooden roof of the theater and crashed inside it, breaking its cast iron balconies and leaving the forum's woodwork in pieces. After more than 10 years of deterioration and oblivion, the architect Juan León Loya carried out the restoration of the building. Once the second restoration of the theater was completed, it was inaugurated for the third time in October 1992. On December 19, 1990, by presidential decree, the theater was declared Historical Heritage of the Nation. Today it is home to artistic and cultural events of national and international stature.

Gallery

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  Exterior of the building
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  Access to the ticket office
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  Information sign
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  Central facade
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  The theater at the beginning of the 20th Century
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  Theater interior

External links

• Media related to Teatro Ángela Peralta, Mazatlán at Wikimedia Commons