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Teatro Buenos Aires

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  1. Apr 26, 1918

    Manolita Poli performed at Teatro Buenos AiresSingle source

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Nuevo plano de la ciudad de Buenos Aires (Guía Peuser del viajero), 1936 · BnF, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

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Sources: A la gran muñeca · Paquita Garzón

Played and performed here

  • Manolita PoliApr 26, 1918source

By decade

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  1. 1910s

    1. Apr 27, 1917Enrique Maroni: Opens Mala cría, written with Rogelio Giúdice, at the Teatro Buenos Aires.

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    2. 1918Carlos Lenzi: Blanca Podestá's company stages his first serious play, El domador, at the Teatro Buenos Aires.

      source
    3. Apr 16, 1918Bachicha: Plays with Firpo in "Los dientes del perro" at the Teatro Buenos Aires, backing Manolita Poli in "Mi noche triste".

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    4. Apr 26, 1918Manolita Poli

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  2. 1930s

    1. 1936Agustin Irusta: Returns to Buenos Aires; the trio appears in Canaro's revue La patria del tango at the Teatro Buenos Aires.

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    2. 1936Lucio Demare: Plays piano for Canaro in Ivo Pelay's musical La patria del tango at the Teatro Buenos Aires.

      source

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Manolita Poli — performed at Teatro Buenos AiresApr 26, 1918

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Lost Cangallo theatre where, by one account, Mi noche triste reached the stage in 1918; Canaro staged La Patria del Tango here in 1936.

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