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São Paulo’s Cultura Artística theatre reopens with a focus on chamber music
São Paulo’s Cultura Artística theatre now focuses on chamber music after reopening following a major restoration.
A fire of unknown cause in 2008 destroyed about 90% of the building’s interior, leaving its façade mural and foyer.
Architect Paulo Bruna led a restoration that kept the building’s original look while adding new technology.
The main auditorium was cut from about 1,500 seats to 760 to bring performers and audiences closer and improve the sound.
Acoustic features include sculpted wall surfaces and entrance chambers that reduce noise from outside the hall.
The venue has presented chamber music, but its programme can also include theatre and films.
It hosted a play directed by Antonio Fagundes and screenings at the 50th Mostra de Cinema this year.
Cultura Artística in São Paulo has reopened with its programme focused on chamber music.
The theatre’s 2008 fire destroyed about 90% of its interior installations.
A restoration led by architect Paulo Bruna preserved the building’s original aesthetic while adding new technologies.
The main auditorium was reduced from about 1,500 seats to 760 to suit chamber music and improve the sound.
The theatre’s programme can still include plays and films.
- Who
- The Cultura Artística theatre.
- What
- It has reopened with a focus on chamber music.
- When
- Sixteen years after a fire in 2008. The sources do not state the reopening date.
- Where
- Rua Nestor Pestana, 196, in the Consolação district of central São Paulo.
- Why
- The theatre’s more compact auditorium is intended to bring artists and audiences closer and improve sound for chamber music.
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A fire of unidentified cause destroyed about 90% of the theatre’s interior installations.
The theatre was restored, with its original aesthetic preserved and new technologies incorporated.
- Fire damage
- About 90% of the interior installations
- Restoration architect
- Paulo Bruna
- Acoustic design
- Acústica & Sônica, led by José Augusto Nepomuceno
- Main auditorium capacity
- 760 seats, down from about 1,500
- Address
- Rua Nestor Pestana, 196, Consolação, central São Paulo