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Venue

Teatro Politeama Argentino

Opening and closing

Our venue records; each note says what the year counts

Opened
1879Inaugurated 16 July 1879 (Wikipedia).
Closed
1958Demolished 1958 (Wikipedia); a new theatre opened on the site in 2022.

Sources: Paquita Garzón

By decade

Dated moments, each with its source, and what we filmed

  1. 1920s

    1. 1922Antonio Buglione: Plays in José Martínez's orchestra at the Teatro Politeama.

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  2. 1930s

    1. 1930Elvino Vardaro: The Vardaro-Pugliese sextet, now with Aníbal Troilo, plays the cine Metropol; in 1931 it appears at the Teatro Politeama.

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    2. 1937Agustin Irusta: The trio plays Mal de amores at the Teatro Politeama and breaks up.

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What we don't know yet3 of 4 known

Events held here.

Data: recordings, facts and sources

Open from1

Open from 1879Single source

Open until1

Open until 1958Single source

Notes1

Reconstructed in 1936 by the architect Alejo Luis Pazos on the same site on Corrientes; in 1937 it staged Canaro's musical Mal de amores.Single source

Premiered at1

La provinciana — premiered at Teatro Politeama ArgentinoJun 28, 1922Single source

Played in1

Francisco Canaro — played in Teatro Politeama Argentino1937Single source

Old Corrientes house counted among the stages where tango grew up; Agustín Irusta and Roberto Fugazot sang in Mal de amores there in 1937.

Where
Avenida Corrientes 1490

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