Leanne in Argentina: pictures part 4

So today we went on a field trip to the Teatro Colón, which is this super high class, super awesome theater where they have their opera, ballets, and concerts. Apparently the price of a seat where we were is usually more than 1000 pesos (about 250-300 USD), but the government sponsors free concerts frequently, so we went to one of those. For homework we did some research about it, and apparently its acoustics are some of the best in the world. The other most important opera houses are the Met in NY, one in London, the Sydney Opera House, One in Paris and one in Germany somewhere.

Stuff outside:

Building across the street, also a statue

kind of better--and I just realized, IS THIS THE SYNAGOGUE? I´m definitely going to have to check. I mean, look at those tablets on top.

Plaza across the street from it--I forgot the name.

Detail on the pillars on the outside of the theater

Ornate, pretty doors

close up

The front of the theater, to the side of the entrance place.

This building has a red roof.

gorgeous

this is confusing, turn your head to the right to see this right side up. This is a balcony outside of the theater: the swirly thng is the top part of a column, and the bust is a bust that was on the balcony.

Inside the theater:

tiles in the entrance hall/reception area

gorgeous stained glass skylight

Random statue in the hall

Turn your head to the left. This is the main foyer. To the left is where the doors to the Sala (the main room) would be, with steps leading up to it.

This is awesome. It was right above the area in the previous picture, also as a skylight.

details in the corners of it

The skylight on the other side of the hall from the first skylight.

the rest of that skylight

In the Sala:

Tilt your head right. Thems is the balcony seats. The very top row is the paraisia, which is basically the standing room, or the nice way to say nosebleed seats.

Apparently the curtain is brand new. We´re lucky because for the last number of years the theater was closed for renovation.

the chandelier on the ceiling. So gorgeous.

One quarter of the painting around the chandelier. So much prettier in real life. Also, these pics were a pain to take because I had to hold my camera perfectly still, pointing up, for long enough for it to realize that the picture should have a blue background.

Next quarter.


By this time I had turned my camera in order to get the scene right side up. The stage is to the right.

The last quarter.

Private balconies closer to the stage.

The awesome gilding at the top of the private balconies, right under the ceiling

above the stage they had the names of various composers who had their work performed here. This one says Chopin

The... top part of the stage. Totally forgot everything I learned in drama class in like eighth grade.

pretty light fixtures.

My Spanish teacher (Paola, left) and another teacher, Cecilia.

The awesome blue painted part was facing the audience.

The awesome decorated corners of the ceiling, right beneath the names of composers

Horrifyingly bright flash. And I couldn´t figure out how to turn it off. =/

better view of the patterns on the curtains (and the musicians´chairs)

Other buildings in the area:

The Obelisk. Like the Washington Monument, only smaller. It´s kind of in the center of everything, and apparently Argentinians use it as a point of reference.

I can´t read all of this, but: Federal capital, this is for the national congress, the 11 of september of 1880. Dedicated to the president Nicolas Avell Aheda (or Aneda, I can´t see), Decreed by president Julio A Roca, 11 of december 1880.

Pepsi advertisement, and I hate to say it but I definitely saw this before I saw the obelisk

You can see some of the political protesters here (all non-violent, don´t worry, they apparently do this pretty regularly). Also, the Claro logo.

while trying to get a pic of the protesters, I got a pic of a taxi. Here´s what they look like, except that the Radio Taxis (which are the safe onesto take) have a little thingy on th top.

This is what they think of America.

too lazy to transate, just google it

Loving the architecture.

Kind of puts a damper on the heart-warming last picture, eh? lol

And finally, birds and plants and Prometeo:

This is neat because it´s an example of plants basically being immortal. Obviously someone cut off all the branches on this tree, but the vascular cambium was like "no big deal" and started growing new branches. This is basically what people want to do with grafting and other plant technologies.