TEATRO MELICO SALAZAR

Melico Salazar was the tenor who replaced Caruso at La Scala in Milan. It was first a cabildo (town hall) and then an army headquarters where the national anthem was composed in 1852. It became a boys' high school in 1913 before being closed in 1924. In 1926, it became for the first time a theater where zarzuelas and operettas were performed. Destroyed in 1967 by a fire, the Raventos theater finally became the Melico Salazar in 1976 and was renovated in the 1980s. With its 2,000 seats, it is the second largest theater in the city after the Nacional.